Why do we want to live rebelliously and self-indulgently when it leads to destruction? God gives us commands because he is all about us finding true joy.

Our good works have nothing to do with our salvation. They are simply the fruit and evidence that we know the Lord.

Since we have Christ as our mediator, interceding for us even now, we know that everything that comes to us has gone through the Father.

When we truly understand what Christ has done for us by taking on the punishment of our sins, we find true joy and peace.

If Christ could come and die the worst death imaginable, how can we not then put others before ourselves?

Paul emphasizes the importance of unity and of striving side by side for the Gospel.

Is Christ everything to us like he was to Paul? Is he our nourishment, our identity, our life?

Real life - real, true, abundant life - is found in knowing, glorifying and enjoying Christ.

Paul's eyes were fixed on the Lord Jesus Christ, not on his own comfort, ease, or circumstances. Can we say the same thing? Are we primarily concerned with the spread of the Gospel?

Paul sees the Philippians as living displays of God's grace. Can people look at us and say the same thing about us, or do we look too much like the world?