#620 Paul’s Focus in Prison Part 1
It has been a blessing to see what Paul’s focus was in the book of Philippians, when he was on house arrest, limited by God-overruled circumstances for Highest Good. There is much we can learn from this in our own present experience and challenge of limitation in the times we are living in. (I am also very eager to study the other writings of Paul when he was on house arrest, Ephesians, Colossians and Philemon, and then 2 Timothy when he was in complete imprisonment before his death) to gain more lessons on our focus during our times of limitation.)
Part 1: He was very focused on the spiritual welfare of his Brethren.
Paul was so focused on the mind of Christ being developed in his Dear Brethren. “Let Christ Jesus be your example as to what your attitude should be.” Philippians 2:5 He used the example of Jesus, who “humbled himself by living a life of utter obedience, even to the extent of dying” even to the death of the cross, beseeching the Brethren to “..be keener than ever to work out the salvation that God has given you with a proper sense of awe and responsibility. For it is God who is at work within you, giving you the will and the power to achieve his purpose. Do all you have to do without grumbling or arguing, so that you may be God’s children, blameless, sincere and wholesome, living in a warped and diseased world, and shining there like lights in a dark place. For you hold in your hands the very word of life…” Philippians 2:8-14, 15-16 Philipps He was focused on their victory in Christ, as they lived the mind of Christ.
Phil 1:9-11 “My prayer for you is that you may have still more love—a love that is full of knowledge and wise insight. I want you to be able always to recognize the highest and the best and to live sincere and blameless lives until the day of Christ. I want to see your lives full of true goodness, produced by the power that Jesus Christ gives you to the praise and glory of God.” Philipps
Imagine Paul praying this prayer on our behalf.
Imagine Jesus praying this prayer for us.
We have the privilege of praying this prayer for one another!
There is much to learn from Paul’s focus during his house arrest.
Part 1: Focus on the growth and victory of our Brethren, that the mind of Christ might be fully formed in each one of us, that we have a proper sense of awe and responsibility in this great privilege.
For we hold in our hands the very word of life!
Focus on the privilege of prayer for one another. It is a blessing to pick out prayers and the heart desires Paul expresses on behalf of the Brethren from his epistles and to pray them on behalf of one another.
Paul’s focus during his house arrest is a wonderful reflection of the mind of Christ.
O may we have a similar focus in our experience of limitation at this time.
It has been a blessing to see what Paul’s focus was in the book of Philippians, when he was on house arrest, limited by God-overruled circumstances for Highest Good. There is much we can learn from this in our own present experience and challenge of limitation in the times we are living in. (I am also very eager to study the other writings of Paul when he was on house arrest, Ephesians, Colossians and Philemon, and then 2 Timothy when he was in complete imprisonment before his death) to gain more lessons on our focus during our times of limitation.)
Part 1: He was very focused on the spiritual welfare of his Brethren.
Paul was so focused on the mind of Christ being developed in his Dear Brethren. “Let Christ Jesus be your example as to what your attitude should be.” Philippians 2:5 He used the example of Jesus, who “humbled himself by living a life of utter obedience, even to the extent of dying” even to the death of the cross, beseeching the Brethren to “..be keener than ever to work out the salvation that God has given you with a proper sense of awe and responsibility. For it is God who is at work within you, giving you the will and the power to achieve his purpose. Do all you have to do without grumbling or arguing, so that you may be God’s children, blameless, sincere and wholesome, living in a warped and diseased world, and shining there like lights in a dark place. For you hold in your hands the very word of life…” Philippians 2:8-14, 15-16 Philipps He was focused on their victory in Christ, as they lived the mind of Christ.
Phil 1:9-11 “My prayer for you is that you may have still more love—a love that is full of knowledge and wise insight. I want you to be able always to recognize the highest and the best and to live sincere and blameless lives until the day of Christ. I want to see your lives full of true goodness, produced by the power that Jesus Christ gives you to the praise and glory of God.” Philipps
Imagine Paul praying this prayer on our behalf.
Imagine Jesus praying this prayer for us.
We have the privilege of praying this prayer for one another!
There is much to learn from Paul’s focus during his house arrest.
Part 1: Focus on the growth and victory of our Brethren, that the mind of Christ might be fully formed in each one of us, that we have a proper sense of awe and responsibility in this great privilege.
For we hold in our hands the very word of life!
Focus on the privilege of prayer for one another. It is a blessing to pick out prayers and the heart desires Paul expresses on behalf of the Brethren from his epistles and to pray them on behalf of one another.
Paul’s focus during his house arrest is a wonderful reflection of the mind of Christ.
O may we have a similar focus in our experience of limitation at this time.
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