Partnership & Mission
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โข Who has been a big encouragement in your life lately? What did they do?
โข Tell us about a kind or generous deed someone did for you that has made a significant impact on you.ย
โข When was the last time you felt truly connected with someone because of something you did together?
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๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ:๐ฏโ๐ฑ
(Read also ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ:๐ฒโ๐ญ๐ญ.)
Paul wrote this letter from prison, yet the first thing on his heart wasnโt his chains or struggles. It was gratitude for the Philippians, who faithfully joined him in the work of the gospel. Even in their own hardship (2 Corinthians 8:1โ7), they gave generously and became his supporters in spreading the good news. Their partnership wasnโt just about giving. It was about sharing in the mission, suffering, and joy all for the sake of the gospel. Today, we will look at what it means to be true partners in advancing the gospel.
๐ญ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น.ย
๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ:๐ฏโ๐ฑ
(Read also ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ:๐ณ.)
Right from the very beginning, the Philippians shared Paulโs vision to see Godโs kingdom advance. Even when they had little, they showed their faith by praying for Paul, encouraging him, financially supporting him, and helping him, so the gospel could keep going forward. Like them, God calls each of us to take part in His mission. We can use what we haveโour prayers, time, and resourcesโto help share the good news of Christ. Have you ever thought of yourself as a partner in Godโs mission? What does 3 John 1:5โ8 say about what it truly means to share in gospel work?
๐ฎ. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐น.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต . . .ย ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ:๐ตโ๐ญ๐ฌ
Just as Paul prayed for the Philippians, may we also grow in both love and wisdom so that through our partnership in the gospel, we can make choices that will bear the most fruit for Godโs kingdom. Our giving should flow not only from love for God and others but also from wisdom and discernment, guiding our generosity with clear direction and purpose. How have you seen your love for others grow as you partnered in the gospel? In what ways has it shaped how you serve and give to others?
๐ฏ. ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐๐ด๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ.ย ย
๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ . . . ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ญ:๐ฏ, ๐ญ๐ญ
When we partner in the gospelโthrough our giving, prayers, or acts of serviceโGod is praised and glorified. As our partnership bears lasting fruit in the lives of others, we are able to extend His grace at work in our lives. Therefore, more and more people get to experience Him, and give Him all the praise and glory He deserves. How have you seen God glorified through the ways youโve served in His kingdom? What does 2 Corinthians 9:11 say about the fruit of our generosity?
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โข Think about the people who have invested in your spiritual journey. How can you follow their example and be that kind of partner for others?
โข What do you believe is your role in Godโs mission today? Reflect on how you can be more involved in supporting the work of His kingdom.ย
โข Is there a cause, mission, or person God may be leading you to partner with? What is one small but meaningful step you can take this week to help the gospel reach those who need it?ย
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โข Praise God for the partnership we have in the gospel. Thank Him for the privilege of being co-laborers in His kingdom.
โข Pray that your heart will always put God first as you bless others and trust Him to use it all for His glory.
โข Ask God to give you wisdom, love, and discernment as you support His mission through prayer, encouragement, and generosity.