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While realistically aware of the tensions and conflicts that can mar the community of Christ, Paul calls them to stand firm and rise to the joy and peace that Christ intends for his body in the world.
Paul, in prison, gives testimony to his own sense of contentment in God’s care.
Paul’s closing words to this church reveal his deep bond with them. As the church which he loved so much, he opens his heart to make it clear that his prayer for them is to know the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ as the supreme good.
A worship service outline on Philippians 2.
Believers live a dual citizenship – as full citizens of this world loyally obedient to God, and as citizens of heaven waiting for their full redemption in Christ. Paul calls for full maturity on this matter.
Paul aims to encourage the Philippians to live with joy and find deep assurance by faithfully standing in the conviction that their union with Jesus Christ provides credentials and righteousness that cannot be matched.
A worship service outline based on Philippians 2: 19-30 focusing on the importance of being one body in Christ.
Christian maturity eagerly reaches forward to the full hope of glory that Christ by his resurrection has provided for us.
A worship service outline on Philippians 2: 12-13
Find out what can happen when groups of people spend weeks immersed together in a book of the Bible.
The “mind of Christ” is powerfully portrayed for us in his humiliation and in receiving the name above all names as the one to be worshiped. We will give him this worship by coming to His Table.
Our position in Christ calls and obligates us to have the mind of Christ, to be as selfless as he was for the sake of and service to others.
