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This document discusses highlights from the book of Philippians in the Bible. It provides passages from Philippians 1:9-11 about praying for love, knowledge, discernment and righteousness. It also discusses that being Christian does not always mean being nice, citing passages from Proverbs, Psalms and 2 Thessalonians about confessing sins, not keeping silent about struggles, and working instead of relying on others. The overall message is that true love and faith requires discernment, righteousness and hard work, not just feelings or niceness.
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- 1. Coffee Cup Verses Highlights from Philippians
- 3. The Vision. .. •Get people to Heaven from Hatch. •Get Hatch a little more like Heaven.
- 4. And this ismy 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
- 5. and may bepure and blameless for 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)
- 6. How to studythe Bible • Various translations • Commentaries • Context • Cross-references • Bombard with questions • How do the latest scientific findings inform our understanding? • Observations
- 7. No matter howloving you are, you can always be more loving •that your love may abound more and more
- 8. Loving well meansmore than feeling deeply •may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight
- 9. Loving doesn’t always mean being nice •so that you may be able to discern what is best
- 10. How to studythe Bible • Various translations • Commentaries • Context • Cross-references • Bombard with questions • How do the latest scientific findings inform our understanding? • Observations • Can I reduce this truth to a slogan? • What stories illustrate this truth?
- 11. Being Christian doesn’talways mean being nice.
- 13. Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy. Proverbs 28:13 (NIV)
- 14. When I keptsilent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. Psalm 32:3 (NIV)
- 15. Being Christian doesn’talways mean being nice.
- 18. Being Christian doesn’talways mean being nice.
- 20. For even whenwe were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.” 2 Thessalonians 3:10 (NIV)
- 21. What I woulddo if I were in trouble financially • Savings • Credit cards • Is there a way I can work harder or smarter? • Sell stuff • Family • Current church • Friends • Government programs • Strangers
- 22. Being Christian doesn’talways mean being nice.
- 24. Being Christian doesn’talways mean being nice.
- 26. Being Christian doesn’talways mean being nice.
Editor's Notes
- #5 Introduction: today we will deal with one of the most misunderstood aspects of Christian living.
- #13 The Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him. “Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.” David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this must die! He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.” Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 2 Samuel 12:1–7 (NIV)
- #17 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.” John 2:13–17 (NIV)
- #24 I had just moved to a small Texas city in my junior year of high school and attended a football game the first Friday night. Since I knew no one, I sat among unfamiliar students in the stadium. I must have looked like an easy mark to an eleventh-grader named Ellis, who sat behind me and repeatedly hit me on the head with his rolled-up program. After two or three verbal exchanges between us, I turned around and jumped on his belly. I pounded him on the head and shoulders while he flailed at my body. It was a typical high school free-for-all with very little damage done to either of us. But believe it or not, that was the prelude to a deep and lasting friendship between Ellis and me. It was based on mutual respect. I overheard him telling another student in the hall later that year, “I wouldn’t mess with Dobson. He doesn’t look like a fighter, but he’s tough as nails.” My other bosom buddy from the same era was a 180-pound senior named Harlan with whom I slugged it out one Saturday morning. That fight ended in a bloody draw, but again, it precipitated genuine admiration between Harlan and me. James C. Dobson, Love Must Be Tough: New Hope for Marriages in Crisis (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale, 2007).
- #26 Dear Dr. Dobson: I have a problem and it has become a terrible burden to me. It is affecting me both physically and spiritually. I grew up in a good Christian home, but married a man who was not a Christian. Paul and I have had a rough time—a lot of anger and fighting. He has refused to participate in the family as father of our three children—leaving everything up to me. He likes to bowl and watch football games on TV—and he sleeps all day Sunday. So things have always been rocky. But a much more serious problem arose a few years ago. Paul began to get interested in a beautiful divorcée who works as his bookkeeper. At first it seemed innocent, as he helped her in various ways. But I began to notice our relationship was deteriorating. He always wanted this other woman along whenever we went anywhere, and he spent more and more time at her house. He said they were doing accounting work but I didn’t believe it. I began to nag and complain, and it just made him more determined to be with her. Gradually, they fell in love with each other, and I didn’t know what to do about it. I bought a book about this time in which the author promised if I’d obey my sinner husband, God wouldn’t allow any wrong to happen so long as I was submissive. Well, in my panic, I thought I would lose him forever, and I agreed to let the other woman come into our bedroom with us. I thought it would make Paul love me more, but it just made him fall deeper in love with her. Now he is confused and doesn’t know which one of us he wants. He doesn’t want to lose me and says he still loves me and our three kids, but he can’t give her up, either. I love Paul so dearly and I have begged him to turn our problem over to the Lord. I love the other woman too and know she is also hurting, but she doesn’t believe God will punish this sin. I have experienced terrible jealousy and pain, but I always put the needs of my husband and his friend above my own. But what do I do now? Please help me. I’m on the bottom looking up. Linda James C. Dobson, Love Must Be Tough: New Hope for Marriages in Crisis (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale, 2007).