Philippians For You Quotes

“To be like Christ requires us to be full of joy and gladness.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“We may never say, "I was looking for God, and I found him." We may only ever testify, "I was not looking for any God other than myself—and he found me." You did not work it out. Our seeking never does. He sought you out and he saved your soul, and this is the testimony we all share.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“What is most important in heaven is not the streets of gold, nor the gates of pearl. The greatest gain of being in heaven is not even to be reunited with loved ones. The greatest profit will be to stand before Christ and behold him as he is. The glory of heaven is found in Jesus Christ himself.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“None of us can ever humble ourselves too much.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“God always starts with renewing the mind before he revives the emotions and redirects the will.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“The flesh is always self-reliant, while the Spirit creates Christ-reliance. The flesh always trusts in its performance; the Spirit gives confidence in Christ’s performance.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“False teaching always does.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“False doctrine was threatening to disconnect the Philippian believers from their source of joy in Jesus Christ.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“There is not one drop of real joy to be experienced apart from him. All joy is in the Lord.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“God does not command what he does not make possible.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“What Epaphroditus felt for the Philippians we should feel for one another. Our ministry must be carried out not only with our hands, but with our heart. We must be emotionally connected with others in our service for the Lord. We must seek to feel with them, and feel for them.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“If we are to be profitable servants, we must be self-denying, and not self-focused. If we are to be a useful instrument to the Lord, we must be large-hearted, just as Timothy was. Ask God to enlarge your heart for others.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“The greatest display of humility that the world has ever witnessed was the incarnation of Christ, which led ultimately to his crucifixion.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“Grace does not diminish our responsibility to the moral requirements of what God requires. Grace does not lower the standard. Rather, grace enables us to meet it. Grace empowers us to fulfill what God requires. Obedience to the word is never optional for the Christian.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“Gain" means to receive a great profit. Paul realizes that death will usher him to a much greater gain. The grave will graduate him to glory.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“Take Christ from Christianity, and you disembowel it; there is practically nothing left. Christ is the centre of Christianity, all else is circumference." (Basic Christianity, page 27)”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“For those in Christ, death becomes the means of graduating to glory and gaining access into the presence of Christ. Such a sure hope gives us confidence to live day by day to the fullest.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“The end of your life must be secure before the present can be stable.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“No matter how doctrinally sound we may be, if we are without love, we are "a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal" (1 Corinthians 13:1). Without love for others, regardless of how involved we are in Christian activities, we are "nothing.”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You

“You are not here by accident. You are where you are by divine appointment, for the purposes of sharing the gospel”
― Steven J. Lawson, Philippians For You