Quiet Time Notes

Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God

To Live is Christ - Partners in the Gospel

March 2nd, 2010
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Philippians 1:16

Philippi was named for Philip of Macedon
It was a roman colony - not actually a place one would expect the message of Jesus to take hold
A roman jail is where you would expect Paul and Silas to be

Paul made a career of being with other and influencing their lives - reduced to visits from the guards
Through many hard times he had learned to overcome the most challenging of circumstances

Five lines into the letter, Paul remembers his relationship with God and other disciples:

• First converts - Lydia and her household
• The jailer and his house hold
• God using an earthquake to bring unlikely people into the kingdom of God - Acts 16:22

Christianity is a personal experience but not a private one

Only when we have been in the trenches with others will we have relationships that are full of life
Key Phrase: Only when we have been in the trenches with others will we have relationships that are full of life