Couch to Godliness

TURN to PHIL… CH. 2...

??YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENT??— CHRIS & KIM,, KEVIN,, US,, & KYLEIGH… EXCITED to START THIS...

LOOK W/ ME @ TEXT,,

READING V.12-13...

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THE APOSTLE PAUL WRITES,

Philippians 2:12–13 (ESV)

12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

OPEN in PRAYER

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INTRO: WORKING OUT – PROVES GREAT EFFORT

IN RECENT YEARS I HAVE FOUND OUT VERY QUICKLY THAT WHEN IT COMES TO PERSONAL HEALTH YOU DON’T GO ANYWHERE GOOD WITHOUT EFFORT.

HEALTHY LIFE = UPHILL BATTLE...

STORY: MOWING in COUDERSPORT??

IF YOU’RE in NEUTRAL—WHICH WAY DO YOU GO

“EVEN a DEAD FISH CAN FLOAT DOWNSTREAM”

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GROWTH TAKES a LOT of EFFORT...

MAINTAINING TAKES EFFORT....

THE ONLY THING — EASY = GOING DOWNHILL

· MUSCLES THAT AREN’T USED — ATROPHY.

· MUSCLES THAT ARE USED — GET STRONGER.

IT TAKES WORK.

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(T) CHURCH, BEYOND BEING PHYSICALLY HEALTHY…

IF WE’RE GOING TO BE SPIRITUALLY FIT,

DON’T YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT TAKES SOME WORK TOO?

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NEED:

AND I BELIEVE THIS IS WHY WE NEED THIS PASSAGE THIS MORNING.

PASSAGE CHALLENGES US REGARDING SPIRITUAL GROWTH...

NATURALLY—DON’T GO ANYWHERE GOOD WITHOUT EFFORT…UNUSED MUSCLES ATROPHY...

SO it is SPIRITUALLY

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AS CHRISTIANS—WE’VE EMBARKED on a JOURNEY of LIFELONG GROWTH

**CONTRAST: JUSTIFICATION & SANCTIFICATION**

DECLARED RIGHTEOUS—NOW to GROW INTO IT...

SOMETIMES on JOURNEY PEOPLE GET TIRED---MAYBE LAZY---MAYBE WANT to GIVE UP

PASSAGE SHOULD STIR US THIS MORNING...

(T) BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO OFFER A QUICK RECAP TO BRING EVERYONE UP TO SPEED ON WHERE WE ARE IN THIS STUDY IN PHILIPPIANS.

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RECAP: “THE MONARCHY OF JESUS CHRIST”

NOW 8 PARTS DEEP in PHILIPPIANS!

BACK in CH. 1....

Philippians 1:27 (ESV)

27 Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ

LIVE as a CITIZEN of HEAVEN

UMBRELLA COMMAND:

REMAINING FAITHFUL to TRUE GOSPEL

LIVING W/ CHRISTIAN HUMILITY—FOLLOWING JESUS’ EXAMPLE

HUMBLED HIMSELF in GREATEST MEASURE...

LEAVING HEAVEN BEHIND—FORM of SLAVE—HUMBLED to DEATH—DEATH on CROSS...

LAST Wk: HE’S BEEN EXALTED— “LORD”

CHRISTIANS... WE’RE on the WINNING SIDE!

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(T) AND NOW, AFTER ILLUSTRATING HOW CHRIST LIVED OUT THE IDEALS OF HUMILITY AND HOW HE IS THE EXALTED LORD,

WE’RE GOING TO SEE PAUL RESUME HIS ETHICAL TEACHING,

SHORTER PASSAGE…

LOOK W/ ME AGAIN @ VS. 12...

THE APOSTLE WRITES,

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PREACHING PASSAGE: PHIL. 2:12-13

THOUGHT 1: THE COMMAND

12 THEREFORE, MY BELOVED, AS YOU HAVE ALWAYS OBEYED, SO NOW, NOT ONLY AS IN MY PRESENCE BUT MUCH MORE IN MY ABSENCE, WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING,

BIBLICAL EXEGESIS: “WHAT’S the ‘THEREFORE’ THERE FOR?

ENDS ARGUMENT—DOESN’T START ONE...

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I BELIEVE: PAUL = CONCLUDING ETHICAL TEACHING ALTOGETHER + CHRIST HYMN SECTION...

CALLED to WALK WORTHY

CALLED to WALK HUMBLY

CALLED to WALK as JESUS WALKED...

KNOWING of FUTURE SALVATION WHEN HE,, EXALTED LORD,, COMES AGAIN

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“THEREFORE” YOU OUGHT TO...

**BEFORE GETTING to COMMAND—PAUL OFFERS MORE BACKGROUND

REMEMBER: ORIGINALLY WRITTEN to CHURCH @ PHILIPPI… “MY BELOVED”

PAUL ADMONISHES THEM to OBEY in HIS ABSENCE...

**REMEMBER PAUL’S in JAIL!**

“EVEN THOUGH I’M NOT THERE— CONTINUE in CHRISTIAN OBEDIENCE!”

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THEREFORE

+ PREVIOUS OBEDIENCE...

COMMAND: WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION.

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PAUL’S MADE it CLEAR in MANY PLACES WORKS DON’T BRING SALVATION...

Ephesians 2:8 (ESV)

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Galatians 2:21 (ESV)

21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

Galatians 3:24–26 (ESV)

24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.

25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian,

26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

Romans 3:28 (ESV)

28 For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

LATER in PHILIPPIANS (3:9)… PAUL TALKS ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS... NOT of the LAW—BUT FAITH in CHRIST!

PAUL = CLEAR— SALVATION = FREE GIFT of GOD’S GRACE—

RECEIVED THROUGH PERSONAL FAITH & TRUST in JESUS CHRIST—

WHO DIED FOR OUR SINS & WAS RESURRECTED...

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SO WHAT DOES: “WORK OUT or ‘ACCOMPLISH’ YOUR OWN SALVATION” MEAN??

§ TDNT: “ THE VERB SIGNIFIES WORKING AT, AND FINALLY ACCOMPLISHING, A TASK.

IT IS USED IN AGRICULTURE AND IN THE MAKING OF MATERIALS,” [1]

SENSE: WORKING AT,, STRIVING FOR SOMETHING...

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REF. INTRO:.... JUSTIFICATION & SANCTIFICATION

JUSTIFICATION— SINS PAID FOR— JUDICIAL TERM— PRONOUNCED “NOT GUILTY”

INSTANTANEOUS UPON CONVERSION.

**BUT WE’RE NOT SUDDENLY PERFECT PEOPLE**

(Q) HAVE YOU SINNED SINCE YOU’VE BEEN JUSTIFIED? SAY YES.

(Q) ARE WE IMMEDIATELY JUST LIKE JESUS in OUR WORD & DEED? SAY NO.

BUT WE’RE SEEN THAT WAY...

2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV)

21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

BEAUTY of GOSPEL—

SINLESS ONE DIED for OUR SINS

SO WE COULD BE RIGHTEOUS

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SANCTIFICATION— “SET APART” as HOLY...

SENSE of IMMEDIACY— “HAVE BEEN SANCTIFIED” IMMEDIATELY SET APART “MADE HOLY”

PAUL WRITES to “SAINTS” in CHRIST JESUS.. IN PHILIPPI...

“SAINTS” = GOD’S HOLY ONES!

NEW CREATION in CHRIST

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ALSO, 2ND: … A SENSE of WORK in PROGRESS— “BEING SANCTIFIED”… WE WORK to GROW in PRACTICAL HOLINESS

WORKING OUT WHAT GOD HAS WORKED IN

“BECOMING WHAT YOU ALREADY ARE”

GROWING in PRACTICAL/ACTUAL RIGHTEOUSNESS—REFLECTING the CHANGE...

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THIS = WHAT PAUL’S TALKING ABOUT!

STRIVE FOR/ACCOMPLISH/WORK OUT— MAKE a PRESENT REALITY— YOUR FINAL SALVATION & WHAT GOD HAS BEGUN in YOU

ONE SCHOLAR HAS DESCRIBED IT IN THESE TERMS, “HE [PAUL] WAS TALKING ABOUT ‘CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARD THE CONCLUSION OF SOMETHING ALREADY BEGUN’” (THURSTON, 2005, 94).[2]

COMMAND = PRESENT TENSE—ONGOING… IT’S NOT ONCE & DONE…

IT’S EVERY DAY!

GOAL for CHRISTIANS in PHILIPPI

GOAL for CHRISTIANS at GRACE CHAPEL…

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CHURCH......HOW MUCH EFFORT DO WE PUT INTO OUR OWN GODLINESS AND PROGRESS IN SANCTIFICATION?

YOU MIGHT PUT EFFORT INTO:

· YOUR CAREER.

· YOUR RETIREMENT PLAN.

· YOUR PHYSICAL FITNESS.

· YOUR FANTASY FOOTBALL TEAM.

· YOUR HUNTING PLOTS.

· YOUR BUSINESS.

· YOUR RELATIONSHIPS.

HAVE YOU ACTIVELY WORKED ON YOUR OWN GODLINESS RECENTLY?

CHALLENGING THOUGHT— ALL of US...

MYRIADS of DISTRACTIONS

LOTS GOING ON

HAVE YOU BEEN INTENTIONAL W/ SPIRITUAL GROWTH @ ANY POINT??

COMING to CHURCH REGULARLY = GREAT START—

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PAUL FURTHER QUALIFIES: DO THIS...WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING.

REVERENTIAL FEAR of GOD— OUR LIVES = ON DISPLAY

TREMBLING— SENSE of SHAKING W/ FEAR

GOD = CREATOR— HAS CLAIM on our LIVES

GOD = HOLY— NEVER MADE a MISTAKE

**FROM ETERNITY PAST—LONG TIME!

GOD = FATHER,, BUT WE SHOULDN’T TREAT THIS CASUALLY

HE’S GOD. NOT OUR BUDDY.

THIS is the GOD BEFORE WHOM WE LIVE....

ONE COMMENTATOR HAS SAID CONCERNING FEAR AND TREMBLING, “IT IS THE RECOGNITION IN GOD’S PRESENCE THAT NO EFFORT CAN BE TOO GREAT” [3]

IT’S SERIOUS BUSINESS.

(T) BUT IN THE MIDST OF THE HARD CHALLENGE AND COMMAND,

THERE’S SOMETHING THAT PAUL SHARES THAT SHOULD ENCOURAGE US GREATLY.

LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 13. HE WRITES,

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THOUGHT 2: THE THEOLOGICAL BASIS

13 FOR IT IS GOD WHO WORKS IN YOU, BOTH TO WILL AND TO WORK FOR HIS GOOD PLEASURE.

PAUL BEGAN WITH A COMMAND, BUT NOW QUALIFIES IT.

YOU MIGHT BE THINKING…HOW CAN I BECOME GODLY?

I KNOW ME.

I KNOW MY FRAILTY.

I KNOW MY ISSUES.

I KNOW MY SIN.

I KNOW MY PROBLEMS…

GOOD NEWS.

THERE is ONE at WORK WITHIN YOU

THAT ONE @ WORK is GOD!

CREATOR of UNIVERSE = WORKING in RECREATING YOU INTO NEW CREATION!

REMEMBER CH. 1??:

Philippians 1:6 (ESV)

6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

IF YOU’RE in CHRIST:

GOD BEGINS the WORK

GOD FINISHES the WORK

GOD is PRESENTLY @ WORK!

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PAUL SAYS: PRESENT TENSE: “WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION”

QUALIFIES THIS: FOR GOD IS THE ONE WHO IS (PRESENT TENSE) WORKING IN US…

TO BOTH WILL (PRESENT TENSE)

AND TO DO (PRESENT TENSE) HIS GOOD PLEASURE!

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FIRST, TO WILL…

o THIS WORD MEANS TO WANT AND DESIRE, BUT IT’S GOT THE SENSE OF “RESOLVE” OR “PURPOSE” AS WELL (BDAG).

GOD GIVES US DESIRE & RESOLVE to DO HIS GOOD PLEASURE— THAT WHICH IS PLEASING TO HIM.

CHURCH...... THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ISN’T MEANT TO BE A LIFE OF DOING WHAT YOU HATE IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD!

NOT LEGALISM— YOU OBEY OUT of OBLIGATION—HOPING to ACHIEVE RIGHT-STANDING W/ GOD...

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CHRISTIAN LIFE:

GOD FORGIVES US as A FREE GIFT of GRACE

THEN HE WORKS in US—SHAPING US

SHAPING DESIRES— TO WANT WHAT HE WANTS!

DOESN’T MEAN IT WON’T BE HARD SOMETIMES

DOESN’T MEAN YOU WON’T HAVE to FACE TEMPTATION to SIN

BUT BY in LARGE.....

THE CHRISTIAN LIFE ISN’T ONE WHERE YOU OBEY WITH GRITTED TEETH.

YOU CAN OBEY WITH a SMILE!

BECAUSE GOD HAS GIVEN YOU THE WILL AND DESIRE TO DO HIS GOOD PURPOSE.

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YOUR OBEDIENCE SPRINGS FROM A HEART THAT HAS BEEN RENEWED!

Ezekiel 36:26–27 (ESV)

26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.

THAT NEW COVENANT HOPE WE ENJOY!!

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GOD CHANGES OUR HEARTS…GIVES US “TO WILL” TO PLEASE HIM...

CHURCH..... IT’S REALLY HARD TO MAKE A BREAK WITH YOUR SIN, IF YOU STILL LOVE IT.

YOU WON’T MAKE A BREAK WITH GOSSIP IF YOU LOVE IT.

YOU WON’T MAKE A BREAK WITH PORNOGRAPHY IF YOU LOVE IT.

YOU WON’T MAKE A BREAK WITH DRUNKENNESS IF YOU LOVE IT.

YOU WON’T MAKE A BREAK WITH ADULTERY IF YOU LOVE IT.

YOU WON’T MAKE A BREAK WITH COVETOUSNESS IF YOU LOVE IT.

HATE WHAT GOD HATES

LOVE WHAT GOD LOVES...

GOOD NEWS: WHO’S AT WORK IN US?? GOD!

SANCTIFICATION = WORKING OUT—WHAT GOD HAS WORKED IN

CHURCH......THIS IS A SIGN OF YOUR SALVATION AND SHOULD BE A SOURCE OF YOUR ASSURANCE?

NONBELIEVING WORLD— DOESN’T SEEK GOD—DOESN’T WANT to PLEASE HIM...

IF YOU DELIGHT to PLEASE GOD—THIS is a SIGN,, GOD’S BEGUN a WORK in YOU!!

FIRST....GOD GIVES US “TO WILL”

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SECONDLY, HE GIVES US THE ABILITY TO WORK.

BOTH TO WILL & TO WORK!!

**GOD DOESN’T PUT US on TREADMILL W/ CARROT AHEAD!**

WE’RE on a REAL JOURNEY—GETTING SOMEWHERE!

YOU CAN GROW in GODLINESS! AMEN?

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GOD is AT WORK— CAUSING ME to WORK OUT HIS GOOD PLEASURE....

ALL of THIS = SOLUTION to PRIDE.

ANYTHING GOOD in ME is a DIRECT RESULT of GOD’S GRACE AT WORK in ME!

I’M NO BETTER THAN ANYONE, I’M JUST A RECIPIENT OF GRACE.

&&& NOT JUST GRACE THAT FORGIVES…BUT GRACE THAT CHANGES!

MY CHANGE in VOCABULARY— GOD’S GRACE

MY CHANGE in ENTERTAINMENT—GOD’S GRACE

MY CHANGE in LIFE—GOD’S GRACE!

(Q) HOW COULD I BE PROUD??

I’M NO BETTER THAN ANY HOPELESS SINNER on the STREET— APART FROM GOD’S GRACE I’D BE THEM...

IT’S GRACE THAT SAVED ME

IT’S GRACE THAT CHANGED ME

IT’S GRACE THAT HAS MADE ALL THINGS NEW!

HE GIVES ME NEW DESIRES

HE GIVES ME the ABILITY to CARRY THEM OUT

HE GETS ALL the CREDIT!

(T) AND SO, WE SHOULD LEARN FROM THIS PASSAGE TODAY, THE IDEA THAT,

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HOMILETICAL IDEA

WE OUGHT TO STRIVE TO WORK OUT WHAT GOD HAS WORKED IN.

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GOSPEL:

THE ASSURANCE—GOD is AT WORK = ONLY FOR THOSE in WHOM GOD HAS BEGUN the WORK....

HE BEGINS

HE PROMISES to FINISH

HE PROMISES to BE AT WORK...

THESE PROMISES = RESERVED for the FORGIVEN BELIEVER in JESUS CHRIST…

TAKEN OUT of DOMAIN of DARKNESS—TRANSFERRED to KINGDOM of GOD’S BELOVED SON....

THOSE OUTSIDE of CHRIST—CAN’T LIVE a LIFE PLEASING TO GOD...

§ PAUL WRITES IN ANOTHER PLACE,

Romans 3:10–18 (ESV)

10 as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one;

11 no one understands; no one seeks for God.

12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”

13 “Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.”

14 “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”

15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;

16 in their paths are ruin and misery,

17 and the way of peace they have not known.”

18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

OUTSIDE of CHRIST—NONE ARE ABLE to LIVE a GOD-PLEASING LIFE...

FALL SHORT

OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS = NOT ENOUGH

GOOD WORKS = NOT ENOUGH

WE NEED CHRIST & HIS PERFECT RIGHTEOUSNESS...

HE CAME DOWN—LIVED LIFE WE COULDN’T & DIED the DEATH WE SHOULD’VE DIED....

THROUGH FAITH & TRUST in HIM— YOU CAN BE SAVED

**IF YOU DON’T HAVE ASSURANCE,, HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING MATTERS of FAITH—PLEASE TALK to ME AFTER SERVICE TODAY...

(T) AND NOW, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BELIEVED…

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ASSURANCE THAT GOD HAS BEGUN A GOOD WORK IN YOU AND THAT HE IS AT WORK IN YOU…

I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU THIS MORNING.

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APP: A GAMEPLAN FOR GODLINESS: “COUCH TO GODLINESS”

· IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER, WHO HAS BEEN A RECIPIENT OF GRACE,

AND YOU’RE HEADING FOR HEAVEN AS YOUR ULTIMATE DESTINATION…

YOU SHOULD BE STRIVING TO GROW.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU GOT ON THE SCALE, SPIRITUALLY?

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU TOOK A LOOK IN THE MIRROR, SPIRITUALLY?

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU GOT A CHECK-UP, SPIRITUALLY?

NATURALLY:

EKG,,

ECHOCARDIOGRAM,,

BLOODWORK,,

STRESS TESTS, ETC.

ALL CHECK YOUR HEART...

BUT HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR “HEART”

Proverbs 4:23 (ESV)

23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

IF YOU’RE HONEST WITH YOURSELF, HOW DO YOU THINK IT WOULD LOOK?

(Q) HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING LIFE in NEUTRAL?

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PAUL GIVES COMMAND: WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION—

PRESENT-TENSE,, ONGOING REALITY in CHRISTIAN LIFE

WE OUGHT to STRIVE W/ INTENTIONALITY BY GRACE of GOD—TO BE MORE LIKE JESUS CHRIST.

HE’S OUR SUPREME EXAMPLE in EVERYTHING...

LOFTY GOAL

SINLESS SON of GOD

33 YEARS of AGE

3.5 YEARS MINISTRY— NEVER SINNED,, NEVER FELL SHORT...

DEALING W/ LOFTY GOALS?? --- “HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT? A BITE AT A TIME.”

START SMALL. SMALL VICTORIES.

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CHALLENGE: HONESTLY LOOK @ YOUR LIFE....PICK 1 THING to WORK ON

START SMALL,, BUT INTENTIONAL:

NOT MARATHON— 5K

NOT 12 PACK ABS— 2 PACK

NOT LOSING 50 LBS— LOSING 5 or 10

PEOPLE TAKE SMALL STEPS:

STAIRS INSTEAD of ELEVATOR

1 COOKIE INSTEAD of 1 DOZEN

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THIS IS HOW PEOPLE GROW, AND CAN WE NOT APPLY THIS TO GODLINESS TOO?

BECOMING MORE LIKE JESUS = LIFELONG GOAL…

SHOULD BE PURSUED W/ INTENTION… AS GOD GRANTS US DESIRE & POWER to DO HIS GOOD PLEASURE...

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HANDOUT/BULLETIN—CHALLENGE FIND an AREA CREATING a “FITNESS PLAN”

COULD BE: ADDING GOOD THINGS

BIBLE HABITS/SCRIPTURE MEMORY

PRAYING MORE/TIMES of DAY

MORE FAITHFUL to CHURCH

COULD BE: TAKING OUT BAD THINGS

FOLLOWING COMPLAINT W/ THANKSGIVING

PERHAPS DEVICES in YOUR HOUSE NEED MOVED to A SMARTER PLACE

PERSONAL: REMINDING “LOVE is PATIENT” — JESUS DEALT W/ DISCIPLES

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WE SHOULD ALL BE TAKING OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH SERIOUSLY...

YOU CAN OVERCOME SIN

LIVE a GOD-PLEASING LIFE

WHY??

BECAUSE THERE is ONE WORKING WITHIN YOU...

TO WILL

TO DO.

HIS GOOD PLEASURE...

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WE MIGHT IMPLEMENT a PLAN & BE INTENTIONAL...

BUT REMEMBER ALL GOOD in US & ALL POWER to CHANGE is a BYPRODUCT of GRACE,, AMEN?

Close in Prayer

[1]Georg Bertram, “Κατεργάζομαι,” Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1964–) 634. [2]Timothy D. Sprankle and Thomas Moore, Philippians: A Commentary for Biblical Preaching and Teaching, ed. Herbert W. Bateman IV, Kerux Commentaries (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Ministry, 2019), 148. [3]J. Harold Greenlee, An Exegetical Summary of Philippians (Dallas, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1992), Php 2:12. [4] The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Ro 3:10–18.