This is Paul commemorating the virtues of kingdom workers like Timothy and Epaphroditus. We all need people around us to help us accomplish what God has called us too. And everyone has a part to play in the kingdom. Could this be a weekend we...
Work out your salvation with fear and trembling. What does that look like? Obedience and not grumbling. This will set us apart from the world like stars against a dark sky.
Do we stand out or blend in to the darkness around us?
Encouragement to be like Jesus. To lay down our rights and our lives for the sake of others. One of the greatest texts on the trajectory of Jesus life…from the right hand of the father, to the earth, to the cross, to the grave, and back to the...
Paul encourages the church…not just individuals…but the church collective…to content themselves in a manner worthy of the Gospel. How? 3 Things: Standing firm in the Spirit, Striving together for the faith, and doing so without fear. If we...
Paul updates the church on his imprisonment. Paul sees his suffering as a blessing…and purposeful. "The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel." It allows him to preach the gospel to the guards and...
Gratitude and thanks. Paul has great affection for this church. And prays for them. His prayer for them should change the priority of our prayers. He doesn’t pray for the temporary things that we pray about, health or job or circumstances. But...
We are not in this alone. We strive to do life with people who help us look more and more like every day, week, month, and year. We know that when we struggle through trials of many kinds, we often need people to lean in to, so we intentionally...
There is a reason they call Matthew 28:19-20 the “Great” commission… True disciples of Jesus multiply. We live lives on mission for Jesus by reaching into our communities (workplaces, sports teams, book clubs, etc.) and making more and better...