
Where have we been:
Love would abound
To Live is Christ to die is gain
No selfish ambition, but be like Christ
Knowing Christ and the power of his resurrection
Two women
Some disagreement
Exhortations
New Way of Being Human
Whole Letter
Be together, shaped by the Gospel
Let’s start with being together
Disagreement
Significant to be name dropped
Treats them as equals
Unnamed helper
Ephaph? Someone else left in charge?
We will collide with one another
Paul teaches us
1). We are equals
2). We are to work toward reconciliation
3). Always a third party, the church, we are right there with you to reconcile
4). In the Lord
Throughout Philippians
In Christ, our Savior
In Lord, our King
Exhortations - Gospel shapes us
We don’t shape it; it shapes us
Peewee football - trying to figure out the game
Crowds in the stands - yelling to kick the ball like soccer or hit the ball with a stick like baseball
Tough…if we do what they say, they will cheer for us
But, our coach, he’s the one we listen to…
Hear our coach 5 things!
1). Rejoice
Starts with joy!
Paul writes this in prison!
We have Christ!
2). Let your reasonableness be known to everyone
Forbearance? Gentleness? Yes
Word history - It’s both
Again, in this game, we have people yelling at us
Stand for truth? Be Gentle?
Coach - yes
3). Don’t be
Isn’t that just nuts?
Soooooooo much to be anxious about
Crowd actually agrees on this one - be anxious
Nope
Pray
…not carefree….we have so much to care about
God cares more, so go to Him
He will guard our hearts and minds
Let’s go with our prayers
Anxious heart and mind - eyes wide, hearts pounding fists out
We live in Christ
He will guard us
4).
World is scary, messed up, broken
Also, full of glory…
True, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, worthy of praise
Think about those things
Not just churchy things
Not just in grown
Be out in the world - be on the look out!
Kingdom of God is NEAR!
Like Elijah, we have more allies than we thought
Creation is on our side!
Bad ideas show themselves, truth will be told
Glory in it! Think about it!
Funny command - think about it
Your brain wants to dwell
Songbomb
We can change what we dwell on
5).
Paul - practice the teaching as its been given
Practice it, small bits
It will shape us
Worship, Together
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