What completes your joy? Is it a checklist that has every item checked off? Is it a clean, peaceful home? Or is it getting away from it all for a weekend? What would you tell others would complete your joy? In our passage, Paul reveals to the Philippian church what would make his joy complete. And it isn’t centered on a delightful meal or even a sweet family gathering. We will see that Paul’s joy was not yet complete – he urges the church of Philippi to complete his joy by being unified which had three components – 1. it was based on unifying foundational truths, 2. had unified actions based on those foundational truths and 3. measures to protect that unity.

Keywords: Joy, Unity in Christ, Church life