Phil 2:1-4

Unity (v. 2)

• Mindset - clear-headed on what we hold in common
• Love - genuine desire for God's best (with intent and action accompanying)
• "One-souled" - belong to one another

The unity within the Philippian church allowed them to withstand the forces outside the church that worked against the Gospel's advance.

Phil 2:3-4

Humility (v. 3-4)

• Its opposite - selfish ambition and conceit
• Its content - significance of other
• Its expression - look out for interests of others

Examples

1. You can make others look good without worrying about making them look too good
2. You can make sure others can take the spotlight and you're ok
3. You can make sure that you are not the center of the story or always bring the story back around to you
4. You can listen without being the Pez dispenser of advice
5. You can value others without using them or leveraging them to get your way
6. You can do generosity (of any form) without needing recognition
7. You can see insecurities and speak to those and not weaponize them
8. You can live with your troubles without them dominating you or your relationship with others (forever Eeyore)
9. You can deal with facts without assuming the worst intentions or motivations
10. You can be inconvenienced for someone's sake without bitterness (knowing that you are sometimes an inconvenience for someone else)

Phil 2:1

Fuel (v. 1)

• Encouragement in Christ - received from Him and those in Him
• Comfort from love - arms around the hurting, as Jesus did for us
• Participation in the Spirit - every bit of life dependent on Him and His filling
• Affection and sympathy - the root and the fruit, the feelings and the action