PHILIPPIANS
“Happiness is a Choice”
Message Outline
Philippians 1:1-11
Five Laws of Happiness
·
Don’t look for happiness: ____________________
·
Happiness is not __________________
·
My choices create __________________________
·
Happiness based on happenings ______________________
·
Happy choices are a ______________________________
1.
________________________
for the people in my life
“I thank
my God every time I remember you.” Phil.1:3
(NIV)
“…because of your partnership in the gospel from the
first day until now.” Philippians 1:5
(NIV)
HH: Remember the __________________________________
2. _______________________ for the people in my life
“In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with
joy.”
Philippians 1:4 (NIV)
HH:
Quickest way to change a bad relationship to good:
_______________________________
“And this is
my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and
depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and
may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled
with the fruit of righteousness that comes
through Jesus Christ – to the glory and praise of God.” Philippians
1: 9-11 (NIV)
Pray they
will …
h___________________________
“that your
love may abound more and more” vs. 9
(NIV)
h________________________________
“that you will fully know and understand how to
make the right choices.” vs. 9b-10a
(CEV)
h________________________________
“that you may live pure and blameless lives
until Christ returns”
vs.10b
(NLT)
h________________________________
“that you will be filled with the fruit of
righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and
praise of God.” vs. 11 (NIV)
“The Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.” Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)
3. _________________________ from the people in my life
“Being confident of this, that he (God)
who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until
the day of Christ Jesus.”
Philippians1:6
(NIV)
HH:
Celebrate ________________________________ rather than
judging
them for how ___________________________________
“It is right for me to feel this way about all of you,
since I have you in my heart.” Philippians1:7
(NIV)
4. Love
the people in my life ________________________
“God is my witness that I am telling the
truth when I say that my deep feeling for you all comes from the heart of
Christ Jesus himself.” Philippians1:8 (TEV)
“This is how we know what love is:
Christ gave his life for us. We too, then, ought to give our lives for our
brothers and sisters.” 1 John 3:16
(TEV)
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