The Prayer that Love for the Church Demands
Philippians 1:9-11 In the last few weeks, we have been looking at this incredible opening to the book of Philippians. In the last two weeks, in verses 3 through 8, we have seen the amazing way in which Paul truly loves the Christians in Philippi. In fact, let’s read those verses together again. *I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your…
Grace to Learn and Obey
Psalms 119:33-40
Making Disciples, Part 1
Selected Scriptures
The Foundation of Love for the Church
Philippians 1:7-8 Last week we looked at verses 3 through 6 of Philippians Chapter 1. In those verses, we saw the amazing, the unbelievable love that Paul has for all of the believers in the church at Philippi. We talked about the fact we live in this culture that is constantly trying to get us to focus on ourselves and to think about ourselves, and we even demonstrated how this is also the focus of much of what we see…
Love for the Church
Philippians 1:3-6 Turn in your Bibles to Philippians Chapter 1, if you’re not there already. Last week we began our study of the Book of Philippians by looking at Paul’s salutation and greeting and what we found were three ways that we need to be thinking about our identity—as first, slaves of Christ; second, saints in Christ; and third, as members of the body of Christ through our connection to a local church. It was evident that Paul wanted them…
Introduction to Philippians: Foundation for Joy
Philippians 1:1-2 Today, we are going to begin what I think should be an important time in our church as we begin to take the time between the sections of Luke as Travis teaches through them, to look at Paul’s letter to the Philippians. So, what’s going to happen is whenever Travis is up here, he’s going to be continuing through exposition of Luke to help us better understand the foundation and essential truths from the person and work of…
Life and Strength from God
Psalm 119:25-32 Travis: All right, guys, let’s pray. Father, I want to thank you again for tonight and for another chance to go through this precious, precious Psalm. We find ourselves, like the psalmist does, we find ourselves sometimes weary, in need of strength. And this is a perfect, just a perfect stanza for us. So I pray that you would minister to us by your Spirit, by your Word. Help us to understand what’s here and to put some…