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2 How to Fall in Love With Your Church - Part 1 Series: Philippians-Gateway to Joy Philippians 1:3-5

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4 1.Learn to Thank God for the “Divinely Designed ________” in Your Church!

5 1.Learn to Thank God for the “Divinely Designed Positives” in Your Church!

6 3 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you Phil. 1:3

7 A.The Human _________

8 A.The Human Negatives

9 A.The Human Negatives 27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; Philippians 1:27 3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; Philippians 2:3

10 A.The Human Negatives 14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing Philippians 2:14 18 For (many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ Philippians 3:18 2 I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to live in harmony in the Lord. Philippians 4:2

11 B. The Divine _________

12 B. The Divine Positives

13 B. The Divine Positives 15 You yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel, after I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone; 16 for even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs. Philippians 4: 15-16

14 B. The Divine Positives 1 Now, brethren, we wish to make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia, 2 that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality. 3 For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord, 2 Cor. 8:1-3

15 B. The Divine Positives 19 for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, Phil. 1:19 29 For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, Phil. 1:29

16 2. Learn to Joyfully Pray for the “Divinely Designed ________” in Your Church!

17 2. Learn to Joyfully Pray for the “Divinely Designed Problems” in Your Church!

18 2. Learn to Joyfully Pray for the “Divinely Designed Problems” in Your Church! 4 always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, Phil. 1:4

19 A.The Joy-Effect of Consistent Prayer

20 A.The Joy-Effect of Consistent Prayer 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world. 9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you 10 always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you. Rom. 1:8-10

21 B. The Joy-Effect of Believing Prayer

22 B. The Joy-Effect of Believing Prayer 9 And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ; 11 having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. Phil. 1:9-11

23 3. Learn to Appreciate the “Divinely Designed ___________” in Your Church!

24 3. Learn to Appreciate the “Divinely Designed Partnerships” in Your Church!

25 3. Learn to Appreciate the “Divinely Designed Partnerships” in Your Church! 5 in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now. Phil. 1:5

26 A. Partners in ___________

27 A. Partners in Forgiveness

28 B. Partners in ______

29 B. Partners in Truth

30 C. Partners in _______

31 C. Partners in Prayer

32 D. Partners in _______

33 D. Partners in Worship

34 E. Partners in _______

35 E. Partners in Service

36 F. Partners in ________

37 F. Partners in Character

38 G. Partners in _________

39 G. Partners in Generosity

40 H. Partners in _______

41 H. Partners in Mission

42 I. Partners in __________

43 I. Partners in Evangelism

44 J. Partners in ___________

45 J. Partners in Relationship

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