Living The Jesus Life

This series is a part of our annual practice of spending time focusing on one book of the Bible. In this case, the study is of Philippians – the letter Paul wrote from a Roman prison to the church at Philippi, the first church Paul started in Eastern Europe (see Acts 16). The people at Philippi were facing the resistance of Rome but remained a vibrant community of faith.

Philippians is a letter that speaks to living life as a disciple of Jesus in 2023. That's why we've entitled the series, 'Living the Jesus Life'.

Today's focus is Philippians 2:5-11.

-Living the Jesus Life was never intended to be only about observation. It is a much bigger a call: a call to act. To participate.
-Living the Jesus Life means participating.
-We are called to have the same mindset as Christ did because it causes us to act.

What does this mindset of Christ look like?
1. He did not cling to his privileges, and his power, and his authority (verse 6)
2. He made himself a servant - made himself nothing (verse 7)
3. He humbled himself (verse 8)

1. Choose sacrifice
2. Choose surrender
3. Chose humility

You can't choose your circumstances, but you do get to choose your response (your 'mindset' as Paul calls it).

"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: To choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's way."
-Viktor Frankl

Verses for further study/reflection:
John 1:14
Hebrews 1:1-2
Galatians 4:4-5
Zechariah 9:9
Hebrews 12:1-3