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A Life Worth Celebrating - Phil. 1:1-4:23. • 60+
Rev. Lance Lewis | Created: 9/3/2008 | Size: 56k What do you celebrate? What causes you delight? Do you have a settled sense of joy and delight? Why is your life worth celebrating? What is the key if any to a life that is lived in celebration as opposed to one that is not? What was the apostle Paul celebrating as he wrote this letter to the... |
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Joy's Foundation - Philippians 1:1-11. • 40+
Rev. LanceLewis | Created: 9/4/2008 | Size: 54k What was Paul's and by extension the Philippians basis or foundation for their settled state of joy? Although a number of factors contributed to their joy I think they can be summed up by recognizing that Paul and his companions oriented their lives around the gospel. In other words, they lived a... |
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Joy's Fuel - Phil. 1:12-20. • 60+
Rev. Lance Lewis | Created: 9/15/2008 | Size: 67k Are you okay with that? Are you willing to accept that Gods will for you mainly concerns your holiness, your worship and your witness of the gospel? Are you willing to follow Christ as His disciple which may mean enduring a measure of difficulty and hardship that He wont remove or exempt you from?... |
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Joy's Hope - Phil. 1:21-29. • 60+
Rev. Lance Lewis | Created: 9/15/2008 | Size: 57k What is life all about? How can I know when Im really living life as it was meant to be? What is or should be the focus of a life in Christ? And is it the kind of life I want to lead? |
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Looking Out For Number 1. Part 1. - Phil. 2:1-4. • 50+
Rev. Lance Lewis | Created: 9/17/2008 | Size: 44k What is the purpose of the USA? Is everyone who lives, works in or works for the country on board with that purpose? Even for those who agree on the purpose are they unified in pursuing it? What about the city of Philadelphia? Is everyone who lives, works in or works for the city on board with... |
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Looking Out For Number 1. Part 2 - Phil. 2:5-11. • 60+
Rev. Lance Lewis | Created: 9/17/2008 | Size: 56k However, we look out for number one in that we look to highlight, exalt and push the agenda of Jesus Christ. Moreover we are zealous and jealous to see that His grace, power, goodness, love and Name are given all the credit, praise and accolades for whatever He does in His church and our lives. |
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One Life To Live. Pt. 1 - Phil. 3:1-7. • 60+
Rev. Lance Lewis | Created: 10/8/2008 | Size: 40k Have you ever asked yourself what makes someone tick? In other words what are they about? What is it that motivates them to do whatever it is theyre doing? What makes you tick? Why do you do what youre doing? What would you say is the general aim or goal of your life? To put it another way what are... |
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One Life To Live Pt. 2 - Phil. 3:8-16. • 50+
Rev. Lance Lewis | Created: 10/8/2008 | Size: 48k Of course we don't live in a religiously based culture like Paul did. Ours is a commerce based culture in which the good life is seen not in religious devotion but in reaching for, obtaining and enjoying the good life. Our society prizes a life of wealth, ease and comfort. |
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A Woman's Place - Phil. 4:1-3. • 70+
Rev. Lance Lewis | Created: 9/2/2008 | Size: 29k What is the place of women within the ministry of Gods church? How involved should they be in the ministry of the gospel and what form ought that take? Does God expect women to stay home, raise their children while their husbands and the men of the church do the work of ministry? |
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Rejoice, Request, Reflect - Phil. 4:4-9. • 50+
Rev. Lance Lewis | Created: 10/9/2008 | Size: 54k How do we pursue a gospel driven agenda in the face of life? To put it another way what are some of the things that sustained Paul as he pursued a gospel driven lifestyle? |
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Yes I Can - Phil. 4:10-13. • 60+
Rev. Lance Lewis | Created: 10/9/2008 | Size: 60k Paul wrote that though he was blessed with the Philippians gift he wasnt in dire need. That was so because Paul had learned the secret to godly contentment. What is that secret? To be content is to be satisfied with what God has given you and what circumstance Hes put you in to the extent that you... |
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But For The Grace of God - Genesis 36:1-8 • 40+
Rev. Lance Lewis | Created: 11/20/2008 | Size: 57k To be godless is not strictly to deny Gods existence and thus to live as profane a life as you can. Like Esau a godless person can acknowledge Gods existence. Its just that Gods person, express will, agenda, word, worship, rule, salvation and Son carry no weight with that person. Though they may... |
