What is my role and what is God's role in my sanctification? Is it all up to me, or all up to God? Or is it half up to me and half up to God? Paul addresses these questions in Philippians 2:12-13. The answer may surprise you.

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Join us as Pastor Wade discusses what it is to live an extra-ordinary life.

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Join us as Paster Wade discusses what are the marks that make a healthy church.

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In order to help the Philippian believers pursue unity, Paul exhorted them to selfless humility, and then lifted up the supreme example in our Lord Jesus Christ.[youtube id="1TarQUNhEks"]

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How do we live our lives worthy of the gospel of Christ? By standing together, striving together, and suffering together, in spite of the opposition we will face when we boldly proclaim God's truth.[youtube id="XypvAbEY_7g"]

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Join us as Pastor Wade discusses how to defend against false teaching by using the spiritual gifts in the church body.

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Join us as Pastor Wade discusses the importance and goal of spiritual gifts in the church.

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In this message we seek a God-centered perspective in three areas of life: suffering, living, and dying. If we can see these things from God's divine perspective, and live the way the apostle Paul did, we can expect God to use in greater ways!

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When Paul prayed for the Philippians what did He ask God to do? Interestingly, he didn't pray about all the things we usually pray about - safety, protection, healing, prosperity. Instead, he focused exclusively on the spiritual growth of the saints in Philippi - their love, knowledge, discernment, sincerity, blamelessness, and fruit. I think we would be wise to do the same.

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What do healthy church relationships look like? We get a wonderful example of healthy spiritual relationships in Philippians 1:1-8. Here we are encouraged to be thankful for one another, pray for one another, be confident of God's work in one another, and have a godly affection for one another.

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