PHILIPPIANS
“Happiness
is not just luck”
Message
Outline
PHILIPPIANS 2:19-30
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Paul endorsed two men as role models
Timothy: “I have no one else like him!” vs. 20
Epaphroditus: “Welcome him... HONOUR men like him.” vs. 29
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Paul said sending these men would bring
happiness!
I’m sending (these men)...
“so
that I may be CHEERED” vs. 19
“so that you may be GLAD” vs. 28
“so
that I may have less ANXIETY” vs.
28b
“it will make me happy
and lighten my cares” (LB)
TO
BE HAPPY
1. Shift
the focus _____________________________
“I have no one else
like him, who takes a genuine interest in your welfare. For everyone
else looks out for his own interests…” Philippians 2:20-21 (NIV)
(GN) “He really cares about you… others are concerned only
with their own affairs.”
(Ph) “...they are all
wrapped up in their own affairs...”
“Don't be so obsessed
with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a
helping hand.” Philippians 2:4 (MSG)
2. Become
someone that _______________________
“Those who can’t be trusted are on the road to ruin.” Proverbs 13:15 (GN)
“Timothy has proved
himself, because as a son with his father, he has served with me in
the work of the gospel.” Philippians 2:22 (NIV)
(GW)
“...you know what kind of person Timothy proved
to be.”
Live with ___________________
“Reliable
friends who do what they say are like cool drinks in sweltering
heat—refreshing!” Proverbs 25:13 (MSG)
“Putting confidence
in an unreliable person is like chewing with a sore tooth, or trying to
run on a broken foot.” Proverbs 25:19 (LB)
I keep _________________________
“They always do what
they promise, no matter how much it may cost.”
Psalm
15:4 (GN)
3. Learn
to work well ____________________
Learn to ____________________
“I send back to you
Epaphroditus, my brother, my fellow worker and my fellow
soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my
needs.” Philippians 2:25 (NIV)
(GN)
“...he has worked and fought by my side”
Jesus: “You're blessed when you can show
people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight.” Matthew 5:9
(MSG)
Learn to _______________________
“But now, I must send
him back to you, because he longs to see all of you, and has been
worried about your distress since you heard that he was sick.”
Philippians
2:25-26 (NCV)
“You must get along
with each other! You must learn to be considerate of one another, cultivating
a life in common.” 1 Corinthians 1:10 (MSG)
“I don't just do what
I like or what is best for me, but what is best for everyone so they may
be saved.” 1 Corinthians 10:33 (NLT)
4. Live for something __________________________
“Indeed he was very
ill, and he almost died... he
RISKED HIS LIFE for the work of Christ, and he was at the
point of death while trying to do for me the things you couldn't do because
you were far away!” Philippians 2:27 +30 (NLT)
“Only those who give
away their lives for my sake and for the sake of the Good News will ever know
what it means to really live.” Mark 8:35 (LB)
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