Phlippians 1
9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.
1 Pray
God I desire for you to change me from the inside out and to fill me with a love that is wise and with a depth of insight so that I may know how to live for you and for the love of others in the best possible way. I want to know your way and not my way. God open my heart and mind to begin to understand what it means to love with wisdom, to be a person defined by loving my Lord and loving my wife, my family, my friends, my coworkers, even my opponents. God I am eager for you to bear fruit of righteousness and the fruit of love that opens up opportunities for the gospel to be preached and received by people.
2 Verse - memorization
Philippians1v9
Topic: Transformation wisdom and love
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 for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ-to the glory and praise of God.
3 Paraphrase least words
Pray for transformation: that your life would be centered in love and that your love would grow more and more in wisdom and discernment so that you can discern what is best - pursuing the purity and holiness of Christ as an expression of the righteousness Christ has already won for us. For this is God's desire and his glory
Prayer for transformation: that more and more (you/we/I) would be driven by love with wisdom leading to discernment and growing in purity, holiness the fruit of the righteousness of Christ in us for God's glory.
4 Ask questions
- Why this all about our love? How is wisdom and purity connected to love?
- Is it a continuous growth?
- What does it mean to be pure and blameless? How is that different from righteousness Christ already won for us?
- What is the fruit of righteousness?
- Basically it seems like growing in Christ/sanctification/ training in rightesouness/obedience
- What is God's role and what is our role?
- Why does Paul prayer for this thing which is God's desire and surely God is working it already?
- Why does Paul tell the Philippians this is what he is praying for them?
- How have they already been living out love and wisdom? It sounds like paul is praying for more of what has already begun?
5 Pray ask God to reveal his truth
6 Emphasize parts or words as different focuses in the text.
7 Context
8 Cross references
9 What truth is the Spirit speaking to me to help me understand and apply this to my life.
10 Praise God!
11 Live it out!
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