Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction

Good morning.

It’s great to have you with us today at this gathering of Hope Bible Fellowship.

It’s truly an honor to open the Word with you today.

Go ahead and open your Bible or device to Philippians 1:9-11.

That’s where we are going to be camped out today.

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This morning we are continuing through the letter of the Apostle Paul to the Philippian church.

We’re looking at how Paul had joy in his partnership with them in the gospel.

READ Philippians 1:9-11

PRAY

I. Paul believes that prayer works.

Here we find Paul prays for the Christians in Philippi.

Paul believes prayer works.

He prays for these things because he believes that God answers prayers from His people and secondly that God is the only one who can work these things in the lives of the church.

II.

Paul prays that their love would abound more and more.

Agape - involves putting others before oneself.

Abound - meanings - to be in abundance, be more than enough, be left over

Paul wants their love to become more and more selfless, so much so that in essence there would be leftovers.

ILLUSTRATION: Turkey sandwich at thanksgiving… leftovers

A. With Knowledge

B. With All Discernment

Discernment - the ability to make decisions fore the benefit of others

To be able to perceive and understand

what

III.

So that they may approve what is excellent.

Superior

A. So to be pure and blameless for the day of Christ

B. Filled with the fruit of righteousness in the present.

The natural results of belonging to Christ.

comes through Jesus Christ

Our response/Conclusion

All of this Paul prays in view of the return of Christ.