Gospel Partnerships & World Missions
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· 14 viewsPaul thanks God for the Philippians partnership in the Gospel.
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Introduction:
Introduction:
Last year, on the same day, was Mission Sunday. Faly was preaching on Missions and after he concluded the sermon, all of us rushed to the hospital. Little did we know that would be Pastor Ed’s last day on earth before going to glory.
Its been one year since his passing into heaven. I have been reflecting this week about his priorities before he would pass. He wanted to make sure the family would be taken care of, but he also reminded me to take care of the church.
Last year, on the same day, was Mission Sunday. Faly was preaching on Missions and after he concluded the sermon, all of us rushed to the hospital. Little did we know that would be Pastor Ed’s last day on earth before going to glory.
Before he passed away, he had three main priorites in ministry. First, he wanted our church to be more evangelistic. He wanted us to be more evangelistic using personal testimony. Second, he wanted families to worship together. And finally, the one I remember him most passionate about was rekindling our concern for our missionaries.
He would always complain to the leadership and deacons how our missionaries have not seen an increase in support for several years. With inflation and rising costs of living, our missionaries needed to be better cared for.
This is when we launched our faith promise initiative in 2016. And God blessed that. And we continued in 2017.
Looking at just what has taken place within two years, it has been amazing to see what God has done through Pastor’s Ed heart and concern. He would say and often quote:
“Jesus last command is the church’s first priority.”
“Jesus gave us a Great Commission, not a Great Suggestion.”
Obedience is not optional in regards to fulfilling the Great Commission. You are either being sent, supporting, or disobedient. All Christians are to be involved in the Great Commission.
If we want to see CFBC exists in the next decades, then we cannot lose sight of our priority to make disciples here but also globally. And that’s why I have chosen as our text this morning.
Background
Part of Paul’s purpose in writing to the Philippians is to encourage them and show gratitude for their gospel partnership. We can in one sense say this is Paul’s missionary report while in prison. Paul thanked God for this church:
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.
Philippi, was part of the Macedonian region, and which we read about in 2 Corinthians
Paul founded in the church of Philippi on his second missionary journey in . Nearly 10 years have passed and Paul writes back to the Philippians thanking God for their partnership in the gospel.
Scripture Reading:
Main Proposition: In this portion of Scripture, we will look at what made the Philippians an effective gospel partner, so that we can continue to encourage our missionaries in the Lord in the spread of the gospel to all nations. There are four headings: Two qualities on an effective gospel partner, and two qualities of an effective gospel missionary.
Concern for Missions (v. 10)
Contentment from the Missionary (vv. 11-13)
Commitment to Missions (vv.14-17)
Commendation from the Missionary (vv. 18-20)
Scripture Reading:
I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
If we are going to be an excellent gospel partner, we must have a concern for our missionaries.
I. Concern (v. 10)
I. Concern (v. 10)
I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity.
The problem with many churches concerning their missions program is that the church lacks concern for the people they support. Often, checks are written to people the church does not know about or churches support work they do not know about.
Sometimes church will even send money to people who are no longer on the field or even passed away into glory!
A missionary church will be concerned for the people they support. And the Philippians were concerned for Paul. Concern can also be translated “thoughtful love”. It describes “an active interest in that person’s affairs.”
Paul rejoices in the Lord because of the Philippians love for him. He was encouraged by this church. The word joy and rejoice is repeated several times throughout the letter. And I think joy permeates the letter because Paul’s heart was refreshed by these saints. His joy was still evident even while being in prison.
10 years had passed and the Philippians revived their concern for Paul. Revive speaks of renewal. The word pictures trees and flowers bursting into bloom again in springtime.
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians 1. Their Gift and Paul’s “Need” (4:10–13)
The verb “you have renewed” is a botanical metaphor, meaning to “blossom again”—like perennials or the Spring shoots of deciduous trees and bushes.
Paul is not criticizing the Philippians for not meeting his needs, but encouraging them because of their heart. Philippi was part of the Macedonian churches who experienced deep poverty we read about 2 Corinthians.
2 Corinthians
We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints— and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.
We know they desired to help Paul whether spiritually or financially, but they had no opportunity. Maybe because of persecution or poverty. We don’t know the reason, but we know that their heart was there for Paul.
Application:
A truly Great Commission Church will Care for our Missionaries
This was from Faly’s Last Missionary Report:
What a joy it was to be back in California! It has been a busy few days with many speaking engagements and opportunities to fellowship. The Missions Conference organized by CFBC West Covina went well and I was delighted to be one of the speakers, addressing the centrality of the church in God’s plan to redeem to Himself people from all the nations. CFBC West Covina is one of our supporting churches and they really went out of their ways to make me feel at home and to show their love and care for our family.
Never is the gospel so wonderfully displayed than when the people of God display love for one another. I have been so blessed by how much so many of you expressed that you are praying for us. It is truly a partnership for the gospel.
CFBC—One of the best ways to develop an effective missional church here is simply to have a concern for the gospel and a concern for the Lord’s workers.
They are real people with real families and with real needs.
Do we have a heart for them? Do you have a concern for them? Do you care?
Christian—
Know your missionaries and their needs.
One of the ways you can show concern for your fellow missionaries is through prayer. Pray for your missionaries. Do you know them by name? Do you know their needs? Facebook them and ask them how you can pray for them. Prayer shows concern for God’s workers.
Read their Newsletters. See what is going on in their lives.
Communicate with them about their needs. I remember just a few weeks I was the one who drove P. Lubaton to the airport. I gave him a hug before he went into the terminal and I told him if he ever needed anything, please let me know. And he told me likewise. My heart was so warmed because this is what a gospel partnership is all about.
Transition: A church that is excellent in their gospel partnership will have a concern for world missions. And one way we show concern is by supporting our missionaries in heart. Secondly, we must look at the Missionary’s contentment.
Transition: A church that is focused on missions will have a concern for missions. And one way we show concern is by supporting our missionaries in heart. Secondly, we must look at Paul’s contentment.
II. Contentment (vv. 11-13)
II. Contentment (vv. 11-13)
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.
(v.11) Paul is commending them not because he needed the gift because he learned in whatever circumstance to be content. Some churches accused Paul of being in ministry for financial gain, yet Paul wanted to distance himself by saying he was a content man.
Content is a word the Greek philosophers loved, especially by the stoics. It meant one who was completely self-sufficient and was able to resist the circumstances of his life by the power of his own will. The word also was used of a well-supplied city that needed nothing to be imported.
Paul takes this word and puts a Christian spin on it. He says he is not sufficient in himself, but he is sufficient in Christ.
The Christian is not one who is dependent on himself and his own will, but one who is dependent on a God who strengthens human will to do his will.
Paul’s Circumstances (v. 12)
I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.
Notice where Paul was. Paul was chained to a prisoner living in a small apartment. He did not have freedom to move about. He was awaiting trial that could literally cost him his life. He was chained to a Roman soldier. He did not have many options with food.
Paul was chained to a prisoner living in a small apartment. He did not have freedom to move about. He was awaiting trial that could literally cost him his life. He was chained to a Roman soldier. He did not have many options with food.
“To be discontent would mean that Paul wants to be somewhere else than where the sovereign hand of God has chosen to give him. To be content is to have a peaceful acceptance of where God has providentially placed him. Steve Lawson
Discontentment is a sin all of us battle. If we have a job, we wish we had a better job. If we didn’t have a job, we wished we had a job. If we are single, we may wished we were married. If we are married, we wish we had a bigger house or bigger bank account. If we are at a church with imperfections and flaws, we wished we were at a better church.
WE NEED TO LEARN CONTENTMENT THROUGH LIFE’S EXPERIENCES
Paul knows how to be humbled, an echo and play on words that is used of Christ laying aside his divine glory in becoming a Servant.
Paul knows how to abound. Abound means “to overflow, to have more than enough, to be extremely rich.” Raised in as a Roman citizen and trained under a prestigious Jewish Rabbi.
Paul knows how to be in well-fed and malnourished. Paul knows how to have a lot and have little. He knows how to have plenty of food and have the absence of food.
“He avoids the arrogance that is so often associated with wealth; he also avoids the kind of spiritual arrogance that is often associated with poverty.” D.A. Carson
How do you learn contentment? How do you battle discontentment.
He learned contentment. Contentment is an an acquired discipline and learning process through life’s circumstances.
He learned contentment. Contentment is an an acquired discipline and learning process through life’s circumstances.
Contentment is learned through experience. It is knowing that the things of the world cannot fill your God shaped void.
Contentment is learned through trusting God’s providence and timing. It was in God’s providence that the Philippian gift was sent. Paul knew he was in prison through God’s providence and the gospel was going forth.
I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ.
The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice.
Yes, and I will rejoice, for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Contentment is learned through prayer and dependence on God.
Philippians
Philippians 1:
Two things I ask of you;
deny them not to me before I die:
Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that is needful for me,
lest I be full and deny you
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
and profane the name of my God.
Proverbs 25:3-
“Those who seek to control their own lives will inevitably be frustrated. A confident trust in God’s providence is foundational to contentment.” MacArthur
Contentment is found ultimately in being satisfied in Christ.
Paul’s Strength (v. 13)
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
This is one of the most misused verses of the Bible. It is a favorite of the prosperity preachers and sports athletes. In fact, Steph Curry has a shoe with this verse on it.
Paul’s Strength
This verse does not mean you can jump off a 12 story building and fly. This verse does not mean you can score the winning shot at the buzzer of the NBA Finals or score the winning touchdown at the Super Bowl.
“All things” refers to all the circumstances Paul deals with whether hungry or well-fed, whether rich or whether poor. He has learned the secret of being content in life. It is through Christ who provides all of our needs. Another translation says:
“I have the power to face all such situations in union with the One who continuously infuses me with strength”
The J.B. Phillips translation says, “I am ready for anything through the strength of the One who lives in me”
The secret to contentment is finding your satisfaction and treasure in Christ.
Our hearts runs to idols when we are not satisfied in Christ. So whatever you are discontent with, it may be a sign that you are trying to let this thing give you meaning and happiness when it is found in Christ alone.
Christian: Are you content and find your suffiiency in Christ? Are you content with your work? Your church? Your relational status? Do you trust God to meet your need and find Christ your all in all?
CFBC: Let us pray we find our satisfaction not in job, wealth, security, family, but in Christ and Him alone. This must be learned through experience, providence, and dependence.
Non-Christian—Maybe nothing satisfies you in this life because you seek to find happiness in the wrong places. You keep trying to fill your God shaped hole with things that do not last and things that were never meant to satisfy your deepest longings. Because only God can do that.
“Our hearts are restless until they find rest in thee.”
Missionary—God will supply their needs and a missionary must learn contentment when resources are low and times get difficult trusting God in every circumstances.
Transition: Gospel partnerships form when a church has a concern for world missions and its missionaries, when both church and missionary learn the secret of contentment, and third, effective gospel partnerships happen when there is a commitment to the missionary...
III. Commitment (vv. 14-17)
III. Commitment (vv. 14-17)
Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble. And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only. Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.
Yet it was kind of you to share my trouble.
Again, Paul does not want to sound ungrateful to the church.
Paul’s pain became the Philippians pain. Although he was in prison, they felt his sufferings because they loved him.
Share is the same has the same root word for fellowship. But here it refers to partnership in a common enterprise whether business or relationship. Here it refers to the financial gift the Philippians sent for ministry. Effective gospel partnership happens when there is a genuine commitment.
Paul’s pain became the Philippians pain. Although he was in prison, they felt his sufferings because they loved him.
Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.
Paul’s pain became the Philippians pain. Although he was in prison, they felt his sufferings because they loved him.
One of the things that has helped me develop a love for missionaries is because I know them. I know their faces and their needs. I have seen it firsthand. It makes me have a appreciation and respect for them. I have been in their houses. I have been at the schools. It changed my view of missions by just going there.
I do think STM helps with this. I have been visited the Philippines three times and got to see the work first hand. And after seeing the different ministries, it just made me thankful for these brothers we support.
So when I read the letter and their struggles, I empathize with them. I told our missionaries, just like Pastor Aid would send help and call in the middle of the night to encourage missionaries, we still want to continue that care and concern. We want to share in their trials and joys.
Lord, willing, we can send a team next year to encourage our missionaries.
How did the Philippians share in his affliction? How can we be committed?
A. They gave when no one else gave (v. 15)
And you Philippians yourselves know that in the beginning of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church entered into partnership with me in giving and receiving, except you only.
Paul is reminding them of their partnership back in . After he had planted a church there, he moved on to Thessalonica. And because of persecution, he had to go to Athens and then Corinth alone until Timothy would come and deliver the financial gift so that we could devote himself full time to ministry.
When Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.
B. They had a concern for the spread of the gospel beyond their church(v. 15)
“When I left Macedonia”
And when I was with you and was in need, I did not burden anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my need. So I refrained and will refrain from burdening you in any way.
C. They gave repeatedly (v. 16)
C. They gave repeatedly (v. 16)
Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again.
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians 2. Their Gift as Partnership in the Gospel (4:14–17)
“Once and again” believers from Philippi traveled the 145 kilometers (95 miles) down the Egnatian Way to Thessalonica to assist with Paul’s material needs
Faith Promise and Giving is a Repeated Act
Giving is an act of worship. Our checkbook and money often reveals our values. This is not something we do to appease our conscience. We give knowing God was generous to us in Christ. And we give and give until it hurts because this is what it means to live and suffer for Christ.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
Giving Shows Where Your Heart Is (v. 17)
Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.
Paul was already well supplied and thankful. But what made him more thankful than the monetary gift was the fruit or their growth in grace.
Philippians: An Introduction and Commentary c. Appreciation of the Philippians’ Gifts (4:10–20)
separately translated in NIV; its meaning is ‘fruit’ in the sense of ‘interest’ accruing to a financial account; credited, pleonazonta; account, logos (which in 4:15 is translated as ‘in respect to’ giving and receiving). Moule brings out the commercial flavour with his translation: ‘the interest which is accruing to your credit’.
They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
D. They sent one of their own (v. 18)
I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.
Epaphroditus (not Epaphras) was a choice servant who cared so much about the Philippians and the work of the gospel. We read about Him in the second chapter. He was ill and risked his life to accomplish the work God gave him to do and travel a long distance to get the money to room.
STM
We can be effective gospel partners when we go to our missionaries to encourage them spiritually and financially. When you go on a mission trip, you don’t go because its a vacation. You go because you want to encourage missionaries. Have a others mindset when you go to the field.
In the book you received at our Missions Conference, Andy Johnson writes,
It often seems that our short term trips can be more about us and our experiences than about encouraging gospel work and glorifying God. A thoughtful evaluation of short-term missions trips will reveal that many are ineffective, distracting, wasteful, and in some cases flat-out counterproductive to the cause of Christ among the nations.
Go on STM. But go with the right focus. Go to encourage missionaries and not be a burden to them.
How did the Philippians share in Paul’s sufferings and show care for him? How do we commit?
They gave when no one else gave.
They had a concern for the gospel to go beyond their local church.
They gave repeatedly.
They sent one of their own.
This is something we need to learn as a church.
CFBC
We may not be the sending church of some missionaries, but let us work hard to be a church where the missionary feels most loved and appreciated.
This was the Philippian church. And I pray our Church reflects this same type of love.
Transition: An effective gospel partnership includes concern and commitment, while an effective missionary involves contentment and finally commendation.
Philippians: An Introduction and Commentary c. Appreciation of the Philippians’ Gifts (4:10–20)
separately translated in NIV; its meaning is ‘fruit’ in the sense of ‘interest’ accruing to a financial account; credited, pleonazonta; account, logos (which in 4:15 is translated as ‘in respect to’ giving and receiving). Moule brings out the commercial flavour with his translation: ‘the interest which is accruing to your credit’.
They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.
O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,”
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Transition:
Transition:
Commendation
IV. Commendation (vv. 18-20)
IV. Commendation (vv. 18-20)
Paul wants to encourage the Philippians. He tells them that their gift met his needs and he is well-supplied. He says he received full payment.
I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews
A. Commendation (v. 18)
Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.
“Paul is more delighted with the blessings they will experience because they are a giving and generous church than he is with the help that has come his way.” Carson
But what excites Paul more than the money received, is that their spirituality is increasing.
Their offering and partnership is a fragrant offering. Using OT languatge, this is something that was done to please God. It is acceptable and pleasing to God.
In the OT animials were offered, but in the NT, Jesus would offer himself once and for all so that we can offer our lives as a response to his grace.
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
B. Promise (v. 19)
And look at the promise Paul encourages the Philippians. He tells them to look to God for their strength.
B. Promise (v. 19)
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
He uses the personal pronoun my. Paul is confident that every need of your (which includes material and spiritual need) will be supplied by God.
Why?
He is rich in glory. God is our Creator and He owns all things and He will give you everything necessary to do his will so that you can make much of Him.
Gospel Connection
And all these riches come to us in the person of Christ Jesus.
Jesus Christ makes all of God’s riches available to us because he lay aside his riches and become poor, so that in his humiliation through death, he might offer us in infinite riches in glory in Christ. We can in one sense say God was the first missionary.
This is blood bought justification and sanctification at Christ’s expenses.
This is blood bought Spirit fuel missions lay down your life riches at Christ’s expense.
Missionaries can labor in poverty and difficulty knowing that he have everything in Christ.
This is the secret of contentment.
If you truly have Christ as your treasure, even though you have nothing, you have everything you need for life.
If you have everything, yet don’t have Christ as your treasure, you have nothing even though you have everything.
Christ is our life because He gave up everything so that He can be our everything.
A Christian is one who prizes and cherishes Christ above all.
C. Praise (v. 20)
The only proper response to this message and this good news is praise.
To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians 3. Their Gift as a Fragrant Offering to God (4:18–20)
True theology is doxology, and doxology is always the proper response to God, even—especially?—in response to God’s prompting friends to minister to friends.
Paul had his supply met. He was content with his circumstances even in prison because he had Christ. He had people who loved him. And he was confident in God’s promises to supply their need as well as His.
When God is your everything, you can give up everything so that others might be satisfied in Him.
This is why missions exists, because millions of people are searching for something to quench their soul when only God can satisfy their eternal longing.
“Those who seek to control their own lives will inevitably be frustrated. A confident trust in God’s providence is foundational to contentment.” MacArthur
Paul’s life purpose was summed up here: “To live is Christ, to die is Gain”.
Summary:
What made the Philippian church an effective gospel partner in the cause of world missions?
They were concerned for their missionaries.
They were committed to their missionaries.
What made Paul an effective missionary?
He was content in Christ.
He encouraged the Church with God’s Word and His glorious promises.
Appeal: Faith Promise Commitment
Is our church a Philippian church? A Church that cares and is committed to our missionaries? Are we going to effective in the tasks of world missions and the spread of the gospel.
Will we continue to legacy of our pastor and those who have gone before us for the spread of this good news?
Let us offer our Lord a fragrant offering and a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God. God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. To Him be glory forever in the church through Christ Jesus our Lord Amen.