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Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Hinckley Evangelical Free Church
March 10, 2019
Giving from a Christian perspective
Philippians 4:10-23
- There is an old Persian proverb that goes;
- "What I kept, I l_______;
- What I spent, I h_____;
- What I gave I h________!!!!
Planned... Vs 10-12...
1 We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,
2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
3 For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord,
4 begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints—
5 and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us. 2 Corinthians 8:1-5 (ESV)
- Notice that they were in a severe test of a_________, and extreme p____________!
- They begged for the favor of g_________….
- So they p_________ to give at the very first opportunity….
- II Corinthians 9:7
- "Each one must give as he has d___________ in his heart, not r_________ or under c__________, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
- Guilt is always the wrong m_________ for giving!
Fruit bearing..... vs. 13-17
- There is a great principle here.... God will a___________ His will.... with us, or without us.... the choice is ours....
- His joy was because this gift proved that these givers had developed great c____________.... and Christian maturity.
- "Fruit", as used here, is the v__________ expression of that power working inwardly, and yet invisibly, that brings about the visible and outward changes ...
- The word "abound“ …"interest that will a________ to your account"....
- .. vs. 18-20
18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
- The greatest S______________ that you can Give to God , the Greatest S____________ that you can make is "Y______________!!!! Rom 12:1
Monday Mar 04, 2019
Monday Mar 04, 2019
Hinckley Evangelical Free Church
March 3, 2019
Cultivating Contentment
Philippians 4:10-20
“Contentment is a highly prized, but e___________ virtue… it comes only from being rightly r________ to God and trusting His sovereign, loving, purposeful p____________”
- MacArthur
- First, it is “l________________” not earned! Vs 11-12
- this implies a process…learning is a process…
- In all Paul's unique and constant sufferings, he had learned the secret of rising above them. In the midst of all his trials, he kept his f________ on heavenly realities.
- Second it is “d________________”, not Independence
- “I can do everything t__________ H____ who gives me strength”! ….Vs 13
When he reached the limit of his r___________ and s______________, even to the point of death, he was infused with the strength of Christ.
- "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me" ( 2:20).
III. Third it is “r__________________”, not wresting
19 And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19 The New Living Testament
John 1:3 (ESV)
3 All things were made through H____, and without H_____ was not anything made that was made.
- In C____________ 1:16
16 For by him a____ things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—a_____ things were created through him and for him.
17 And he is before all things, and in him a_____ things hold together. - H_______________ 13:5-6 (ESV)
5 Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will n_________ leave you nor forsake you.”
6 So we can c____________ say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”
6 Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment,
7 for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.
8 But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content.
9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
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Friday Mar 01, 2019
Friday Mar 01, 2019
Hinckley Evangelical Free Church
February 24, 2019
Sermon Series: Philippians
Rejoice always
Philippians 4:1-9
The basic premise of this passage is:
… we are to be living a life that is c______________ by a singular lack of worry, or anxiety on our part, and i_______________ by a practical expression of "sweet reasonableness" and the result of this is that we will know p___________!!!
First key is "Right P______________" Vs 6 & 7...
- The Greek word that is translated here as "anxious" or "careful" means "to be pulled in d____________ d______________"....
- Webster tells us that the Old English root word that we get our word "worry" from means "to strangle, or choke".
From the spiritual point of view, worry is "wrong t____________" (that is the activity of the mind,) and "wrong f_________________", (the activity of the heart that is reacting to that wrong thinking)
The Scriptures point out, "And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts (wrong feeling) and minds (wrong thinking) in Christ Jesus." (Vs 7).
“Prayer", as the word is used here is the general word for communicating with God.... it carries the idea of a_____________, devotion, and worship.
The second word that is used here is "petition" or "Supplication"... sharing of our n_______ and p_____________.
Then comes the natural response to believing God... t_______________!!!
The second key is: "T________ right" vs. 8
"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose m_______ is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee." (Isa. 26:3)
“Finally, brothers, whatever is t_______, whatever is n___________, whatever is r_________, whatever is p________, whatever is l___________, whatever is a______________--if anything is e________________ or p______________—think about such things.”
Note: this is a command to discipline the mind!!!!
We are to treat these things as the g________ v______ system…
M_____________ = “to reflect on; or to muse over”
The third key is that we need to DO Right!
“Those things, which ye have both learned and received, and heard and seen in me, Do:and the God of peace shall be with you!”
We need to m_________ what we b________…
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Hinckley Evangelical Free Church
February17, 2019
Sermon Series: Philippians
The Victorious Christian Pt 2
Philippians 3:12-21
First, “F_______ those things which are behind”
"this race is not just a sprint, not a quick, brisk burst of energy, and then done with. In that case, many more would have succeeded"
It is a l_______ d_________ race...one that we must "run with patience" (Heb 12:1)
Paul’s goal?
“…I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of m_____” 3:12
“For me to live is C________, to die is gain” 1:21
“I want to know C_________ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings becoming l______ Him in His death.” 3:11
“This one thing I do…..”
“The “One thing” is not the o_____ t__________ that a Christian will do, but rather it is the goal toward which everything that he does will g_____________.”
All things must contribute to c____________ us to the image of Him whose we are and whom we serve.
…one of the reasons that Paul was such a victorious Christian... He had only one p________!!!!
“The load of tomorrow added to that of yesterday, and carried today, makes the strongest to falter”. Sir William Osler
"Join with others and follow my e_________…” vs17
We need to be able to tell the guy or the gal that we work next to -- follow the way that I live and you will please God!!!“
The idea here is to be a joint imitator.....
The worst enemy is not one who denies the Christ and the Cross, but the one who says that Christ and the cross is not enough!
Our citizenship is in heaven –
- This means that we live for the g_______ of heaven not the earthly.
- he lives by heavens l_____....
we are a colony of Heaven living here on earth..... and we are governed by heavens rules and our responsibility is to obey them.
A change in this vile body ... no more p________, no more sickness or disease ... no more weakness or failure.
It will be changed into the likeness of His glorious b______ ... ever more to be victorious...
There will be nothing in us that will respond to s_____!
Monday Feb 11, 2019
Monday Feb 11, 2019
Hinckley Evangelical Free Church
February10, 2019
Sermon Series: Philippians
The Victorious Christian
Philippians 3:1-11
Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord!
(literally: “K______ on rejoicing”!)
In the midst of… and in spite of …Any and all conditions
“Beware” or “watch out” comes from the Greek verb meaning “to see” and carries the idea of a warning to “Look out” with a view to avoiding!
So just what are they to be avoiding?
“E_____ W_____________”
We can evaluate everything we do with one simple question…. “_____________________________________________?”
What Legalism does:
It pits Faith against ________
Law against ________
Legalism attacks the most committed Christians
D_____________ our relationship with God
Reinforces and builds on I___________
Heaps contempt on God
Leads the c________ to take the Bible away from their people
Signs of legalism in a church:
Judgmental picking
D___________
Inter-personal d___________
Phony, external righteousness
Underlying depression
Signs of grace in a church:
Desire to help
V_______________
Inter-personal c_________
Real righteousness
Release, freedom, and thanksgiving.
How to recognize true believers:
- They W__________ God in Spirit
- They r____________in Christ Jesus
- They have no c_____________ in the flesh
Evidences that I am “In Christ”
- I will K_____________ Him!
- I will be experiencing the Power of the R__________!
- I will become l____ Him in His d______!
Principle #1:
R________________ in the Lord! Vs 1
Principle #2:
beware of S__________________! Vs 2-6
Principle #3:
Place the proper e_________ on the person of Christ. Vs 7-11
Monday Jan 28, 2019
Monday Jan 28, 2019
Hinckley Evangelical Free Church
January 27, 2019
The High Calling
Sermon Series: Philippians
Philippians 2:1-11
- the p_____________________ of Christian living … “For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
- the p_______________ for Christian living, …
the m________ of Christ….."
"if" could be translated "since" or "In view of the fact"
- Is there any encouragement from being united to Christ?
Discovering that being a child of God is adequate c_________________
- Is there any "comfort from His love?
The moment that Christ ceases to be real to us, we lose our affection for others!
Experiencing the L_____ ___ _____ casts out all of those self-seeking aspects of self-love.
- Is there any fellowship in the Spirit
'fellowship' means a joint p_____________.... there must be unity and like-mindedness.
- Is there any tenderness and compassion?
“for my s_________ will bear witness with His S_______” … this is the evidences of real spiritual life
Make my joy complete... that is,
"fill it to the point of o________________",
"Let this mind BE in you, which was also in Christ Jesus."
"...."consider others b_________ than yourselves..."
"But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world".... (G____ 6:4)
"In the b_________" He "was with God, and ... was God" John 1:1,
"God manifest in the f__________" (I Timothy 3:16).
"Before Abraham was, I am" (J_______ 8:58).
... "but made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a s______________"!
... God exalted Him to the Highest place, and gave Him a name that is above every name.... And at that name every knee shall bow... then every tongue shall confess That Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
Tuesday Jan 22, 2019
Tuesday Jan 22, 2019
Hinckley Evangelical Free Church
January 20, 2019
Sermon Series: “Prison Epistles”
Character Counts
Philippians 1:27-30
People won’t buy what we confess in public…
If we are not conducting ourselves with integrity in private!
This is an outright appeal:
“Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner w_________ of the Gospel of Christ!”
Definition:
The word “Conversation” means;
- To perform their d_______ as a good citizen…
- Live a “c______________ life” directed by the Spirit of fellowship….not by rules or statutes!
Things to ‘put off’:
- a_________…
- w________…
- m_________…
- evil s______________…
- filthy communication out of the mouth
Things to ‘put on’:
- bowels of m__________
- k____________
- humbleness of m_______
- m__________
- longsuffering
- f__________ one another
- f__________ one another
Our manner of life either helps or hinders the cause of Christ!
“Stand firm in ‘one Spirit’, contending as ‘one man’ for the faith of the Gospel”!
This is an exhortation to u_______…
The Adversary has one goal in mind… and that is d______
“Snowflakes are frail, but if enough of them get together they can stop traffic”. Vance Havner
“Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do! There can be no courage unless you are scared.”
Eddie Rickenbacker
Courage comes when you are f____________ and there is r_________ to yourself.
Never forget: “Greater is He that is in you than he who is in the world!”
The way you face a____________ both reveals who you are and strengthens your faith and character to be more like Christ.
Called by God to s___________...
This verse simply tells us that the privilege has been bestowed upon us to s_________ in the place of Christ.
Thursday Jan 17, 2019
Thursday Jan 17, 2019
Hinckley Evangelical Free Church
January 13, 2019
Sermon Series: “Prison Epistles”
Proper Perspectives on Problems
Philippians 1:12-30
Problems:
¬everyone has them
¬Most people don’t like them
¬Many don’t want to be one
¬Some think that they are to fix all of them
¬Problems are perceived to be:
–a p____________ for some past failure,
–the willing a_________ of the intervention of God in our lives,
–or the mischief of S_________.
If Problems don’t exist, then we can never realize the ____________ of _________________ them!
¬With the p____________ of every problem there is the p________ to be used in a mighty way!
¬It is impossible to see the Lord’s plan in our lives when our eyes are on ___________!
¬The real test of a Christians p__________ is witnessed when one finds himself under p____________, or facing p______________!
¬When they saw how Paul lived ‘above the circumstances’, they were c__________________ by that example.
¬Suffering comes into our lives because:
–We will not j_________ our own sin
–God is p______________ us from sin
–We need to be ‘s___________” as believers
–We need to learn to lean on the Lord alone
–It keeps us f____________ on the goal…
The ultimate reason that suffering comes into our lives is so that we can become “__________ ________” for others.
“A part of God’s redemptive process was to prepare many bodies in which Christ might be magnified”
–J.H.Pickford
“What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” I C________________ 6:19-20
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." (R___________ 12:1)
¬For me to live is __________ and to die is _____________! YOU fill in the blank!!!
What does your “Prison Epistle” look like?
II Corinthians 3:2
Friday Jan 11, 2019
Friday Jan 11, 2019
Joy Beyond the Obstacles
January 06, 2019
Sermon Series: Philippians
What does your Prison Epistle look like???.
The Theme of Philippians is J___…
–19 times – joy, rejoicing, or gladness
–In spite of incarceration
–In spite of opposition from the e___________
–In spite of opposition from other b____________
The secret is found in the word “mind”
M_______ = ten times
T________ = five times
R_____________ = once
The secret of Christian joy is found in how we think!
Definitions:
Happiness is dependent upon circumstances….
Joy is independent of circumstances
- Joy has the p____________ of being permanent
- Joy is an I______________ state of mind and heart
The four attitudes that maintain joy:
1.The S___________ mind…
Philippians __:___ (ESV)
21 For to me to live is C______, and to die is g______!
2.The S______________ mind ...
Philippians __:__ (ESV)
3 Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in h_________ count others more s______________ than yourselves.
3.The S______________ mind…
Philippians __:20-21 (ESV)
20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we a______ a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 who will t__________ our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to s____________ all things to himself.
4.The s___________ mind …
Philippians 4:____ (ESV)
7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all u________________, will g_________ your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Friday Jan 11, 2019
Friday Jan 11, 2019
The Gift of
“An everlasting relationship”
December 23, 2018
John 1:14 (ESV)
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.