Renew Your Mind: God's Provision

Romans 8:32 Philippians 4:19

What are all of the main ideas/concepts/points in each of these passages?

tricky part, understanding of all things

discuss what might be included and what might not be included

misapplied often - prosperity gospel text

explain in context of God giving up his own son - connection to God’s love from the week before

add verse 31b for context, the fullness of salvation, talking about Jesus’ love and sacrifice

not my toys and my wants is what is mind here

primarily for our salvation

start with Philippians verse first? Paul writing from prison

maybe start with verse 18 in Philippians

a difference between needs and wants

according to the riches of his glory (his will, not my will, what God wants to provide, he provides what I need)

we need to renew our mind in how we think about this, we want to have what we need according to what God wants to give us

not just physical needs - all our needs, spiritual needs, emotional needs, relational needs

verse 20 in Phil. to the glory of God our Father - look more at this verse

we view God as a cosmic vending machine, we put in the right “change” we will get what we think we need

God gives us suffering, like Christ suffered - only the renewed mind would think of this as a gift from God

sometimes we want good things, but we still don’t get it, and we can get frustrated with that - and God can still say no - we need to conform to his will and not the other way around

rejoice when we don’t get what we want, that is hard to do - especially when we are praying for something that is good

manna from heaven example in the OT,

God’s people recieved manna from heaven, but also spent 400 years in slavery

but also complained about the manna

Jehovah Jireh - God who provides

Romans 8:32 God’s not holding back anything, whatever it costs

OT connection, he has always been a provider, that is part of his character

2) How do the passages contribute to an overall treatment of the main topic of this particular message?

3) Are there important points that need to be made that can NOT be anchored in one of these primary texts? Will addition references be needed?

4) What background will be needed to make sense of these passages (historical or textual)

5) What are questions or issues that we face today that this message (these passages) are addressing? (Uncovered Tension)

6) What is the ONE main point we should be highlighting and applying?

a) What do we want them to know, and why do we want them to know it?

b) What do we want them to do, and why do we want them to do it?