Philippians 1: 9-11 My Prayer for You All CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul prayed that God would do for the Philippians certain very specific things in their lives. My prayer for you is the same: That your love would abound In knowledge connected with truth (Bible) and your relationship with the...
Philippians 1:3-8 Encouraging Words CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul was encouraged by the Philippian saints and these words should be both an encouragement to us and an example to us on how we can encourage others. He was encouraged by them by their: Remembrance (v. 3) He remembered them regularly and...
Bishops and Deacons Philippians 1:1-2 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The only two scriptural offices in the church are the bishops and deacons. The bishop is the overseer. Acts 1:20 Phil 1:1 I Tim 3:1,2, qualified Titus 1:7, qualified I Pet 2:25, comes from Jesus There is not an ecclesiastical hierarchy. The bishop is also...
Well, it’s not the praise and worship you see today. Brother Jim Modlish preached this lesson in January 2004. Paul said in Phil 3:3, “For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.” We are, therefore,...
Without Murmurings Phil. 2: 14-18 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul’s desire for the Philippians is that they would do everything they were supposed to do without murmuring and disputing. To murmur is to complain discreetly. It is meant to pass the complaint along to just a few in the immediate vicinity...
God wants to work his will in our lives and for him to be able to do this we have to have the mind of Christ – God was able to get done therough Jesus Christ what he wanted because Jesus had the right mind about what God was going...
Others Phil. 2 1-4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When Salvation Army founder William Booth was on his death bed, he was visited by one of the managers of the telegraph system of London. The man asked Booth if he had a last message he would like to send to his Salvation...
For the Gospel Phil. 1: 21-30 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul lived for the sake of the gospel and he expected those he led to the Lord to do the same thing. Everything Paul did in his life was for the sake of the gospel. And from his life we should...
The Furtherance of the Gospel Phil. 1: 12-20 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The things that happened to Paul, particularly his imprisonment, were for the furtherance of the gospel. Preaching the gospel was Paul’s principle concern. His persecutors thought once he was in prison, the gospel couldn’t continue to spread by his...
Paul’s Prayer Phil. 1: 1-11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the first eleven verses of this first chapter of Philippians, Paul tells the Philippians what he has been praying for them. The things he prays in this text are the same things that any preacher would want to be able to...
