Sermon Series:            “We Are the Church: Gathered, Empowered, Scattered”

Sermon Text:               Philippians 1:18b-26

Sermon Title:              “Christian Worship: Aching, Groaning, and Waiting”

The Big Idea:               We Wait Patiently on God in the Face of Suffering and Death… And Wait Worshipfully on our God for His Full Promise of Life.

Sermon Outline:

1.        Taking Death on Its Own Terms … The Prelude to Christian Worship.

2.        Bodily Aches and Groans … The Context of Christian Worship. (vv. 18b-21)

3.        Hope-Filled Waiting on God … The Heart of Christian Worship. (vv. 22-26)

4.        Sermon Uses to Worship While We Wait.