“What Will Keep Me from Giving Up?”
Philippians 1:3-11 (19-28) Oct.21, 2007 Play
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In It with an Inmate
○ tough reception for Paul in Philippi:
attacked by crowd, beaten, jailed (Acts 16)
○ Philippian church still involved with Paul
10 years later in prison in Rome
○ Steve Bell recalls friendships formed and
help offered by prairie inmates
God will Complete the Work
○ God began the work, will carry it on to
completion (6; Mt 16:18)
○ Lord supplies grace, affection,
righteousness, joy, safety (7f, 11, 19, 21, 26, 28; Jn 14:26, 15:26,
16:7)
Partners and Team-mates
○ Philippian church ‘partners’ (koinonia),
sharing in God’s grace (4,7)
○ provided manpower, money, prayer support
(2:25; 4:18; 1:19)
○ stand firm in one spirit, contending as one
man - like athletes in contest (27)
○ hockey teams fare better when don’t score on
own net
○ Paul determined to remain alive for church’s
benefit, though desires to depart & be with Christ (23f; 7f)
Divine Supply when “Out to Lunch”
○ Wilmot Centre pastor & wife struggling
with osteosarcoma, unending pain
○ pleasant surprise when couldn’t even find
enough food in kitchen to pack school lunches
○ divinely inspired promptings a blessing to
those coping with hardship