Making the Co-op Work
Sermon Delivered on May 13, 2011Making the Co-op Work
Today's Speaker: Pastor Dan Housam
If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death — even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:1-11
Count Your Blessings
Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.
Psalm 103:1-2
I will sacrifice a thank offering to you and call on the name of the LORD.
Psalm 116:17
What blessings can I be thankful for?
Adopt the Three-Pronged Strategy
Be Like Minded
He who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit.
1 Corinthians 6:17
I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.
1 Corinthians 1:10
Who am I building a relationship with?
Be Humble
He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.
Psalm 25:9
Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor and life.
Proverbs 22:41
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18
Did I listen to Pastor Drew’s message last week?
Be Unselfish
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.
Romans 12:10
Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?
James 2:15-16
Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2
What has God been challenging me to give up control of?
Look to Christ as Your Model
One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles.
Luke 6:12-13
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Mark 10:45
Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."
Matthew 26:39
When this week am I going to commit to pray about my church?
Focus Your Praise on Christ
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise — the fruit of lips that confess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Hebrews 13:15-16
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ — to the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 1:9-11
What is my sacrifice of praise to God this week?
