Being strong in the grace of Jesus Christ

Living fully for God, confident in the gospel and reliant on the Holy Spirit

In this last message of the series we conclude with looking at the beginning and end of Chapter 4 of Philippians (4:1-9). Joy, peace, and grace are offered. Will we accept?

What does it look like to have unhindered contentment like Paul describes in Philippians 4:10-23? Carolyn shared her story and how God has helped her learn contentment in Him regardless of the situation she has been facing.

Philippians 2:19-30 contains Paul sharing how he hasn’t been journeying alone. He has pressed on with friends (that he honours). 3:1-21 then contains a call to press on in God’s grace rather than have confidence in our religiosity. Stephen encourages us to allow the Gospel to be impressed onto us…allowing it to grip us afresh to enable us to press on towards the goal in Jesus.

Philippians 1:27 calls us to live our lives in response to the Gospel. Mickey Walker takes us through the next passage (Philippians 2:1-18) and reminds us to fix our eyes on Jesus. If we are to live for him and be like him, we need to focus on him.

Paul calls the church to live lives that are reactions to and reveals of the Good News of Jesus Christ. How do we do that in a consistent manner?

Phil explores the concept of friendship, which has a huge impact on our mental health, well-being and happiness. Friendship should be sacrificial, intentional and invitational.

In this second message of the Unhindered series, Paul says how his chains are not hindering the Gospel or his worship of God. How can we have unhindered devotion to Jesus? It is by intentionally and prayerfully seeking to be captivated by Christ rather than captive to the things that hold us back.

There are so many things that stop us from living fully and freely for Jesus and in life. During this series and this message we explore some lessons from the letter to the Philippian Church and see that God wants to continue working in us, bringing His purposes, plans, freedom and fulness to all spheres of our lives. He will continue until completion. We are invited to join him in this.