May 05, 2024

MARKS OF MATURITY

PHILIPPIANS 1:1-8

1. MATURE BELIEVERS DEMONSTRATE THE HUMBLEHEART OF A SERVANT - PHILIPPIANS 1:1

• GALATIANS 5:13
•  ROMANS 12:10,11

 2. MATURE BELIEVERS ARE BLESSED WITH GOD’S GRACE AND PEACE - PHILIPPIANS 1:2

• PHILIPPIANS 4:7,9
• 2 CORINTHIANS 4:15

3. MATURE BELIEVERS ARE GRATEFUL AND JOYFUL PRAYER WARRIORS - PHILIPPIANS 1:3,4

• 1 THESSALONIANS 5:17, 18
• EPHESIANS 3:15

4. MATURE BELIEVERS STRIVE TO MAINTAIN AN ENDURING FELLOWSHIP - PHILIPPIANS 1:5

• EPHESIANS 4:1-3
• ACTS 2:42

5. MATURE BELIEVERS HAVE THE ASSURANCE OF AN ETERNAL SALVATION - PHILIPPIANS 1:6

• 1 JOHN 5:13
• JUDE 24, 25

6. MATURE BELIEVERS SHARE IN THE CHALLENGES OF MINISTRY - PHILIPPIANS 1:7

• 2 TIMOTHY 2:1-3
• 2 TIMOTHY 4:5

7. MATURE BELIEVERS EXPRESS THE LONGING TO GIVE UNSELFISHLOVE – PHILIPPIANS 1:8

• 1 PETER 4:8
• JOHN 13:34, 35