1. I have you in my …….Prayers Philippians 1:9-11
Prayer for...
Abounding Love
Approved Excellence
Applicable Purity
Appropriate Fruit
Actual Praise

2. I have you in my …….Prayers Part 1
Abounding Love (vs. 9)
Love – agape is unique to N.T.
Greatest virtue Matthew 22:36-40
Prerequisite to all other virtues Corinthians 13:13
Perfect bond of unity Col. 3:14

3. I have you in my …….Prayers
Abounding Love (vs. 9)
Divine love - “And this I pray”
Shows us this love is divine in nature and origin 1 John 4:7,8,16
Godly love via Holy Spirit Rom. 5:5
Biblical love is a choice Matt. 5:43

4. I have you in my …….Prayers
Abounding Love (vs. 9)
De facto love –
Philippians were already doing it.
Gal. 5:22 ; John 13:35 ; 1 John 3:14, 4:20
Decisive love –
We must choose to love & love sacrificially
John 15:12,13 ; Luke 10:30-35

5. I have you in my …….Prayers
Abounding Love (vs. 9)
Dynamic love – “abounds”; (perisseuo) - overflowing in abundance
Energizes obedience Rom. 13:8-10
“In real knowledge” Rom. 15:14
Real knowledge produces holiness

6. I have you in my …….Prayers
Abounding Love (vs. 9)
Discerning love –
“all discernment” (aisthesis) refers to high levels of Biblical, theological, moral and spiritual perception
Discernment is the application of real knowledge 1 Thess. 5:21,22

7. I have you in my …….Prayers
Application
Are you loving in your strength or the strength of God’s Holy Spirit?
How is your spiritual discernment?
What are you doing to sharpen it?