07/09/2017
Philippians 1:1-11
Chris Breslin
“All Joy reminds. It is never a possession, always a desire for something longer ago or further away or still ‘about to be’.” –C.S. Lewis
“The joy of God has gone through the poverty of the manger and the agony of the cross; that is why it is invincible, irrefutable.” –Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Cancer, as it turns out, is always trying to take everything. It wants your health, mostly, but settles for happiness, strength, peace, and all your time…Cancer will take some things, but it can’t take it all.” –Kate Bowler (blog post)
“Peace is joy at rest. Joy is peace on its feet.” –Anne Lamott
Scripture:
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
Almighty God by McCracken/Jordan/Leonard
Glory Be to God the Father by Bonar/Mundell
May the Mind of Christ My Savior by Wilkinson/Gordon
Heal Us by Cowper/Twit/Morton
Love Divine, All Loves Excelling by Welsey/Zundel
Blest Be the Tie That Binds by Fawcett/Nageli
Doxology
This Week’s Memory Scripture: Philippians 1:9-11
Go further:
Epistle to the Philippians by Karl Barth
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians (NICNT) by Gordon Fee
Exploring a missional reading of Scripture: Philippians as a case study (article) by Dean Flemming
Celebration of Discipline, chapter “The Discipline of Celebration” by Richard Foster
Philippians (Two Horizons NT Commentary) by Stephen Fowl
Becoming the Gospel: Paul, Participation, & Mission by Michael Gorman
Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis
Theology and Joy by Jürgen Moltmann
Joy and Human Flourishing ed by Miroslav Volf and Justin Crisp
