1.
We will make our main purpose in life to show how great God is (Phil. 1:11),
which more specifically will require us to show how great our Savior, Jesus
Christ is (Phil 1:20-21).
2.
This purpose will be achieved by the following characteristics and activities:
·
We will do the things that please
God (1:11; 2:12).
·
We will grow to be content and
happy in our Savior (1:18-23; 2:14-15; 3:1; 4:4, 10-13).
·
We will learn to depend upon God in
prayer (1:3-11; 4:6).
3.
In order for us to see those
characteristics and activities in our lives, we will do the following:
·
We will grow in our knowledge of
God and his will through taking in the content of the Bible (1:9; 2:16)
·
We will pray alone and with others
often.
·
We will allow others to invest in
us and we will invest in others—understanding that we cannot honor God and live
on mission without the help of each other (1:5, 7, 27; 2:19-30). In our
congregation, this means involvement in a Bible Fellowship and an Iron
Man/Woman Team.
·
We will intentionally and
prayerfully work to help family and others to know Jesus, grow to be like him,
serve him, and share him. To put this in other terms, for all of us, this means
we will pray for and invest in unbelievers to help them become believers, in
believers to help them become those who win others to Christ, and in those who
win others to Christ so they can become multipliers—those who turn around and
help others do the same (1:5, 12f.; 2:5-11, 19-30).
·
We will look for the right niche in
which God wants us to serve him and others as we use our spiritual gifts
(1:1-2).
As we continue on through this letter of Paul to the
Philippians, we will unpack each of these points mentioned above and discover
how we should carry them out in relation to each of the mission fields in which
Jesus Christ as placed us: Family, work, community, friends, neighbors, and
church.
Glorifying God With You As A Joyful Follower,
Tom
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