Of Slaves & Saints…

Of Slaves & Saints…

07/09/2017

Philippians 1:1-11

Chris Breslin

“All Joy reminds. It is never a possession, always a desire for something longer ago or further away or still ‘about to be’.” –C.S. Lewis

“The joy of God has gone through the poverty of the manger and the agony of the cross; that is why it is invincible, irrefutable.” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Cancer, as it turns out, is always trying to take everything. It wants your health, mostly, but settles for happiness, strength, peace, and all your time…Cancer will take some things, but it can’t take it all.” –Kate Bowler (blog post)

“Peace is joy at rest. Joy is peace on its feet.” –Anne Lamott

Scripture:

Philippians 4:4

Mark 14:35-36

Hebrews 12:1-2

Philippians 2:5-11

 

Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:

Almighty God by McCracken/Jordan/Leonard

Glory Be to God the Father by Bonar/Mundell

May the Mind of Christ My Savior by Wilkinson/Gordon

Heal Us by Cowper/Twit/Morton

Love Divine, All Loves Excelling by Welsey/Zundel

Blest Be the Tie That Binds by Fawcett/Nageli

Doxology

 

This Week’s Memory Scripture: Philippians 1:9-11

 

Go further:

Epistle to the Philippians by Karl Barth

Paul’s Letter to the Philippians (NICNT) by Gordon Fee

Exploring a missional reading of Scripture: Philippians as a case study (article) by Dean Flemming

Celebration of Discipline, chapter “The Discipline of Celebration” by Richard Foster

Philippians (Two Horizons NT Commentary) by Stephen Fowl

Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, & Mission by Michael Gorman

Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis

Theology and Joy by Jürgen Moltmann

Joy and Human Flourishing ed by Miroslav Volf and Justin Crisp

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