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Seeking God’s Pleasure – A Study of Philippians
“What to Pray for Those You Love”
Philippians 1:9-11
Our prayers for others are often so insipid and small-minded in what we ask for. Paul here offers a meaty prayer whose petitions, when granted by God, become the source of great spiritual and practical blessing: that God’s love, informed by knowledge and discernment (i. e., wisdom), will abound so that the Philippians will hit the bull’s-eye of moral virtue in their everyday lives (pure and blameless), evidencing the full fruit of righteousness, whose source is Jesus. All this to the glory of God – a prayer that God is sure to answer!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Seeking God’s Pleasure – A Study of Philippians “Partners in the Gospel” Philippians 1:3-8 Mateen Elass
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Seeking God’s Pleasure – A Study of Philippians
“Partners in the Gospel”
Philippians 1:3-8
The hub of this passage is Paul’s perception of the Philippians as active partners in advancing the gospel in their community and beyond. His thanksgiving to God, his expression of joy, his confidence of their future, and his heart of love for them all stem from the knowledge that they share his passion, which of course is also God’s passion. How do our lives measure up against this standard of partnership in the gospel? Where is our focus as a church, and as individual believers?
Seeking God’s Pleasure – A Study of Philippians
“Partners in the Gospel”
Philippians 1:3-8
The hub of this passage is Paul’s perception of the Philippians as active partners in advancing the gospel in their community and beyond. His thanksgiving to God, his expression of joy, his confidence of their future, and his heart of love for them all stem from the knowledge that they share his passion, which of course is also God’s passion. How do our lives measure up against this standard of partnership in the gospel? Where is our focus as a church, and as individual believers?
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Seeking God’s Pleasure – A Study of Philippians “A Missional Approach to Life” Philippians 1:1-2 Mateen Elass
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Seeking God’s Pleasure – A Study of Philippians
“A Missional Approach to Life”
Philippians 1:1-2
Mateen Elass
As we begin our study of this letter, we will do some background work in Acts 16 to discover Paul’s passion and methodology in church planting, and ask the question, “What does it mean for us as a congregation and as individual believers to live with a missional mindset? ”
Seeking God’s Pleasure – A Study of Philippians
“A Missional Approach to Life”
Philippians 1:1-2
Mateen Elass
As we begin our study of this letter, we will do some background work in Acts 16 to discover Paul’s passion and methodology in church planting, and ask the question, “What does it mean for us as a congregation and as individual believers to live with a missional mindset? ”
Monday, January 5, 2009
“Chosen and Appointed” John 15:1-17 Mateen Elass
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“Chosen and Appointed”
John 15:1-17
Mateen Elass
This “I Am” saying of Jesus provides excellent help as we take a fresh look at our church mission statement. Emphasizing that true community develops from being connected to the same source, and that joy arises from living in accord with the will of that source, Jesus declares that we have been chosen and appointed by him to “go and bear much fruit. ” Without the verb “Go”, one might assume that bearing fruit simply meant loving others in the community with Christ’s love. But in light of Jesus’ major theme in the Gospel of John that his disciples are “sent” into the world, bearing fruit must have a larger scope – to make disciples for Christ as a central consequence of love.
“Chosen and Appointed”
John 15:1-17
Mateen Elass
This “I Am” saying of Jesus provides excellent help as we take a fresh look at our church mission statement. Emphasizing that true community develops from being connected to the same source, and that joy arises from living in accord with the will of that source, Jesus declares that we have been chosen and appointed by him to “go and bear much fruit. ” Without the verb “Go”, one might assume that bearing fruit simply meant loving others in the community with Christ’s love. But in light of Jesus’ major theme in the Gospel of John that his disciples are “sent” into the world, bearing fruit must have a larger scope – to make disciples for Christ as a central consequence of love.
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