è Background: Acts 16

• Overruled! (Acts 16:6, 7)

• Out of the ordinary (Acts 16:9, 10)

• An Unusual small beginning for a Great Church! (Acts 16:12-15)

• Miracles and suffering …. And a mighty church in the making (Acts 16:15, 18; Acts 16:30-34)

è Introduction to Philippians 1:1

è The saints and the leadership (Philippians 1:2)

è The Power of “covering prayer” (Philippians 1:3-6)

è God is at work, still working to complete His work in you! (Philippians 1:6; See also Philippians 2:13)

è God turns difficulty, painful circumstances into powerful platforms for His glory! (Philippians 1:12-14)