➨Listen/Watch/Read the sermon “11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I…
➨Listen/Watch/Read the sermon Let’s consider the idea of junk food — but not the Doritos, Nilla Wafers, and Breyers ice cream we consume from time to time. (Or maybe more than from time to time!) In our world today, the potential for “junk food” to…
➨Listen/Watch/Read the sermon The words that start things off make up one of the most well-known phrases in Scripture: “Do not be anxious about anything.” Isn’t it interesting that Paul’s phrase here regarding anxiety isn’t a suggestion, but a command? But still you might be…
➨Listen/Watch/Read the sermon We point out four principles in the first five verses that will prepare us to tackle anxiety in our lives. First principle: The balance between standing firm (the Greek translation can be thought of as “planting our feet”) and love that Paul…
It’s important to make following Christ personal to us, waking up each day and asking the Lord, “What can I learn from you today? What do you want me to do today?” The first secret to being a spiritual “winner” is to “press on.” In…
Paul drew a distinction between his past Christian life (verse 7) and his present Christian life (verse 8) in terms of his own spiritual audit. In other words, Paul continued, day in and day out, to assess his own spiritual state even after having been…
No matter how Christians participate in the act of advancing the gospel of Jesus Christ, three elements are always present: 1.Compassion (Do you care?) 2.Faithfulness (Are you reliable?) 3.Availability (Are you ready?) In fact, these three qualities have always been present in believers through the…
How to Live in a Crooked World Philippians 2:14-18 “Do all things without grumbling or disputing that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that…
“Do all things without grumbling or disputing.” — Philippians 2:14 Who among us hasn’t been guilty of that? Of complaining? But while we as believers certainly have joined the chorus of complaining from time to time, we really don’t need to be singing that tune!…
As we got back into Paul’s letter to the Philippians amid the outset of 2022, it’s found in chapter 2, verse 12-13: “ Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence,…