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Jun 01, 2014

How to be Joyful Come What May

Passage: Philippians 1:21

Preacher: Pastor Tim W. Young

Series: How to Have a Joyful Life

Category: Philippians

Summary:

Main Text - Philippians 1:21; NT Reading - Philippians 1:12-26

Detail:

How To Have a Joyful Life

“How to Be Joyful Come What May”

 

Philippians 1:21  For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

 

You Are Part of the Greatest Cause and Are Headed For the Greatest Place

 

1. To Be Joyful Come What May You Must Know You Are Part of Something Greater Than Your Happiness.

 

               The secret of Paul’s Joy in suffering

 

                              For to me to live is Christ

 

               But what does this really mean?                  Galatians 2:20

                              Phil 1:12-13 –

                              Phil 1:14 -

                              Phil 1:15-18 –                   

                              Phil 1:20 –          

                              Phil 1:24-26 –

 

               But what does this really mean to You?

 

2. To Be Joyful Come What May, You Must Know When You Die You Will Enter a Life of Infinite Happiness

 

What is the secret to Paul’s Joy in the face of certain impending death by execution?

 

                              “For to me to die is gain”

 

               But what does this really mean?

 

                              Gain over Life without Christ -      2 Thess 1:8-9

 

                              Gain over Death without Christ - Luke 16:25

 

                                             1 Cor 2:9

 

                              Gain over Life with Christ -   22-23

 

                                             Life with Christ is…

                                                            1 Peter 1:8

                                                            Phil 4:7 –

 

               But what does this really mean for you?

 

How do you finish this phrase…”I couldn’t be better unless I were ___________”