Joy Matters

The Passage 

Philippians 1:3-11 

The Four “B’s” to Joy 

    1. ______________________________________________________ (vs. 3) 

“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you” Phil. 1:3 NASB 

Background:  Acts 16 

KEY TO JOY: ____________________________________________ 

“in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.” Phil. 1:5 NASB 

2. ______________________________________________________ (vs. 4) 

 “always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all”  Phil. 1:4 NASB 

 KEY TO JOY:  ___________________________________________ 

“And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ; having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.” Phil. 1:9-11  NASB 

 What to pray for others: Pray they will . . . 

v.9       ___________________________ 

v.10a    ___________________________ 

v.10b.   ___________________________ 

v.11      ___________________________ 

3. _______________________________________________________ (vs.6) 

“For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.” Phil. 1:6 NASB 

KEY TO JOY: _____________________________________________ 

We judge others by how far they ____________________ rather than how far ____________________. 

4. _____________________________________________________ (vs.7,8)  

“For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me. For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.”   Phil. 1:7-8 NASB 

KEY TO JOY: _____________________________________________