Philippians

Philippians: Heart for the People

May 1, 2022 • Micah Witham • Philippians 1:1–11

A pastors heart/hopes for his people. Confident that God will complete what God has begun, I pray your love may abound in knowledge, that you may be able to discern a path that leads to life, and that your lives will be filled with the fruit of life and resurrection.

Philippians: Joy in Relationship

May 8, 2022 • Micah Witham • Philippians 1:12–26

Paul seems content to live his life for the sake of something other than HIMSELF. He seems to be offering a reversal to the natural tendency of humans which is to focus on self.

Philippians: One Mind and Spirit

May 15, 2022 • Micah Witham • Philippians 1:27–30, Philippians 2:1–4

Striving together AS ONE without fear of opposition knowing that suffering may come.

Philippians: Cruciform Hope

May 22, 2022 • Micah Witham • Philippians 2:5–11

The first half of the poem is the cruciform life…a path of descent, humility and sacrifice. The second half of the poem is the daring hope that in the end God redeems all that God created.

Philippians: Shine Like Stars

May 29, 2022 • Micah Witham • Philippians 2:12–18

Philippians 2:12-18 says to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. What does that mean and what does it actually mean to "shine like stars in the universe"?

Philippians: Heaven on Earth

June 12, 2022 • Micah Witham • Philippians 3:12–21

Philippians 3:12-21 mentions heaven and usually this gets put into the category of "up there someday when we die", yet Paul in verses 20-21 makes clear that Jesus brings "heaven" to us in these bodies on this earth.

Philippians: Contentment

June 26, 2022 • Jenna Daniels • Philippians 4:10–23

Philippians 4:10-23 I have learned to be content in all circumstances. Jenna discusses the wrestling we sometimes experience with verses like this.

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