Love for the Church When Shaken Philippians 1:7 to 8 • Martin Beamer • Bethel Baptist Sunday Worship • Oct 10 2021

What spills out of us when life shakes us? From prison Paul shows that pressure reveals a heart filled with gratitude and deep love for Christ’s people. Preaching Philippians 1:7 to 8 Pastor Martin Beamer traces two sources of a believer’s love for the church: • Partnership in the gospel: we are fellow partakers of grace and the fruit of ministry is credited to the whole body. • The very affections of Christ Jesus shaping us to suffer, serve, and persevere for one another

This message calls us to use our gifts for the mission, share in one another’s burdens, and let trials drive us to thanksgiving, not blame, so that God receives the glory.

Key takeaways: • Partnership produces love and praise. • Every gift matters and shares in the fruit • Christ’s affections fuel sacrificial community. • Trials reveal what is already in the heart • Praise to God grows where the church is loved

Scripture: Philippians 1:7 to 8 Speaker Pastor Martin Beamer Gathering Bethel Baptist Church Sunday Worship