Sermon: Joy & Hope Amidst Life – Philippians 1:21-26
I preached again!
As usual, my PowerPoint is below the video.
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I preached again!
As usual, my PowerPoint is below the video.
Therefore, God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience
Colossians 3:12, HCSB
God is worthy of our praise and gratitude, and we show it by treating each other well in the same faithful manner Christ has treated us.
Listen! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and have dinner with him, and he with Me.
Revelation 3:20, HCSB
God deserves our praise and gratitude, which we can only give when we acknowledge Him as Lord and listen to His call. Then we will be able to rightly thank Him in worship.
Turn away from evil and do what is good; seek peace and pursue it.
Psalm 34:14, HCSB
God is worthy of praise and gratitude, because the further we get from Him the more violent and chaotic humanity becomes. Yet, He has made peace with and for us through Christ.
We have redemption in Him through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.
Ephesians 1:7, HCSB
God deserves praise and gratitude for His faithfulness and redeeming us through Christ’s death and resurrection.
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His faithful love endures forever.
1 Chronicles 16:34, HCSB
God is worthy of our gratitude and praise if for no other reason than He has shown His faithfulness over all of history, ultimately through Christ.
Why am I so depressed?
Psalm 43:5, HCSB
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.
It can feel like God is distant, whether because of evil in the world or our own sin or need to help others, yet we know that in Christ God is always with us through the promised Holy Spirit until His return.
Send Your light and Your truth; let them lead me.
Psalm 43:3-4, HCSB
Let them bring me to Your holy mountain,
to Your dwelling place.
Then I will come to the altar of God,
to God, my greatest joy.
I will praise You with the lyre,
God, my God.
It can feel like God is distant, yet He is always as close as a prayer, inhabits our praise, and promised to always be with His Church.
For You are the God of my refuge.
Psalm 43:2, HCSB
Why have You rejected me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?
It can feel like God is distant, especially when evil thrives, but we can take comfort in knowing that God has not only not rejected us but promised to be with us always when we are in Christ.
Vindicate me, God, and defend my cause
Psalm 43:1, HCSB
against an ungodly nation;
rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.
It can feel like God is distant when evil runs rampant, but we know we stand on God’s truth and His promise that He is always with us.
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