June 6/7, 2020
Patrick Conrad, Lead Pastor
Unprecedented Joy in Unprecedented Times
• conditional / fickle based on outward circumstances.
• shallow; it leaves us empty and craving more.
• an internal discipline of our spiritual life un-deterred by external circumstances or emotions.
• substantial, weighty, significant. Joy is the serious business of spiritual maturity; the true measure of our maturity in Christ…
TEXT: Philippians 2:1-5 (NIV) “Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus…”
Make My Joy Complete…
vs. 2, “then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.”
vs. 3, “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.”