{"id":2433,"date":"2019-09-01T10:53:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T17:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/wp\/?p=2433"},"modified":"2019-09-15T19:43:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T02:43:04","slug":"love-the-answer-to-the-hard-pressed-philippians-121-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/wp\/2019\/09\/01\/love-the-answer-to-the-hard-pressed-philippians-121-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Love, the answer to the \u201chard pressed\u201d\u2014Philippians 1:21-24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/mvcog.org\/sermons\/sermon-20190901.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n<blockquote><p>21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22 [s]But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know [t]which to choose. 23 But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better; 24 yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This week, Paul lets us ______ ________ _______ , letting us know how God was _________ this question about his personal outcome of this imprisonment to _________ Paul.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Paul\u2019s going to reflect on what the _________________ of his imprisonment means.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Philippians 1:21 is kind of ________________ in its succinctness.<\/p>\n<p>Paul not only stated that his first citizenship is in heaven, but he _______ _____ _______.<\/p>\n<p>And the ___________ that one lives for Christ, the ___________ that the __________ will be.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>22 But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Live on in the flesh<\/h3>\n<p>We all have ______ _________ in a day. We can ________ _______however we choose to.<\/p>\n<p>One of the highest praises the Bible gives when it is summing up a person\u2019s or a ministries\u2019 life, is that their _______ ________ were greater than their _________ _________.<\/p>\n<h3>Fruitful Labor<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cGreat occasions for serving God come _____________, but little ones ____________ us daily\u201d. God loves to use us ______________ as the ________ _____ __________, if we\u2019re willing to _________ ________________.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>23 But I am hard-pressed from both directions,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But Paul is hard-pressed from both directions precisely because, depending on Paul\u2019s perspective, either a continued ___________________ _____________ is a good choice, or going to _____ ______ ___________ is a good choice, and Paul doesn\u2019t know which he should be ______________.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>having the desire to depart and be with Christ,<\/h3>\n<p>Paul was a __________ _________________ man, and the closer he is to Christ, the _________________ he is.<\/p>\n<h3>for that is very much better<\/h3>\n<p>Paul is saying that being with ___________ _____ ______________ is so very much better<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the truth, from a perfectly _____________ assessment of what\u2019s best for us<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>24 yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Don\u2019t leave the _____________ before the __________ ______ ___________,<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t __________ your time asking God for _________ ___________.<\/p>\n<p>Paul\u2019s __________ for the _________________ themselves, who need him that settles the issue for Paul.<\/p>\n<p>And each of you have ______________ to your families that needs to be completed in a way that only ________ can complete it.<\/p>\n<p>As with Paul, our ministry to our families and to our brothers and sisters in Christ is the ________________ good.<\/p>\n<p>____________ is a ___________ resource here on earth. 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