Philippians 2:5-11 {Prayer} I want to ask you a question … is there a difference between joy and happiness? Are sure? Let’s look at the definitions of these two words. Joy is “A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.” Happiness is “the State of being happy.” When you look in a Thesaurus ……
Philippians 2:5-11 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance…
Philippians 4:13 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Dear Friends in Christ, Today is the day that we Christians declare war on a disease that has attacked each one of us more times than we care to remember, a disease that has paralyzed our passions, played havoc with our hopes,…
To the people of Tibet she is known as Jumalunga which means “goddess mother of the sky.” The citizens of Nepal to the south call her Sagamartha which also means “goddess of the sky.” But it was Sir Andrew Wall, the British Surveyor General of India, who in 1852 gave her the name that stuck. Does anybody know what that name is or what I’m even talking about? I’m talking about Everest. Mt. Everest.
Philippians 3:8-11 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from…
Philippians 3:12-14, 20-21 12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do:…
Philippians 4:5 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Dear Friends in Christ, Back on Aug. 9 of last year I started a sermon series that was unlike any I had ever done before. I started preaching through an entire book of the Bible. Though we took a break during…
Philippians 4:12-13 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who…
Philippians 4:14-19 14 Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. 15 Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; 16 for even…
Philippians 4:10-13 10 I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what…