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DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 | DAY 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 | DAY 9 | DAY 10 DAY 11 | DAY 12 Facts About Jesus (Philippians 2:5-11) “who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself…” Philippians 2:6-7a ESV God has a funny way of getting my attention. During Easter week I had…

DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 | DAY 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 | DAY 9 | DAY 10 DAY 11 | DAY 12 “Exhortations” (Philippians 1:27-2:5) For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in Him but also suffer for his sake, . . . Philippians 1:27 This short passage today from Philippians is setting a high standard for…

DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 | DAY 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 | DAY 9 | DAY 10 DAY 11 | DAY 12 Facing Death With Faith (Philippians 1:20-26) “Death don’t have no mercy in this land. Come to your house, you know it don’t take long — Why, you look in the bed this morning and find your family’s gone” (The Grateful Dead). We as Christians live in…

DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 | DAY 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 | DAY 9 | DAY 10 DAY 11 | DAY 12 Paul’s Perspective From Prison (Philippians 1:12-20) “…but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body…” Philippians 1:20b NASB The question I ask myself, is Christ being exalted through my body, my life, my interactions, my reactions to what is…

DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 | DAY 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 | DAY 9DAY 10 DAY 11 | DAY 12 Paul’s Prayer for the Philippians (Philippians 1:9-11) “And this is my 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 and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ,…

DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4 | DAY 5 | DAY 6 | DAY 7 | DAY 8 | DAY 9 | DAY 10 DAY 11 | DAY 12 Words from the Heart (Philippians 1:1-8) The first eight verses of Philippians celebrate a church with diversity and good leadership. In verse 1 Paul addresses the letter to the saints, but specifically mentions the leadership of the church: overseers and deacons. These leaders were leading a…