Your life is God’s gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to God.

1. Philippians 2:12-13
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have
always obeyed—not only in my presence,
but now much more in my absence—
continue to work out your salvation with
fear and trembling, for it is God Who works
in you to will and to act according to His
good purpose.
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2. Philippians 2:14-16
Do everything without complaining or
arguing, so that you may become blameless
and pure, children of God without fault in a
crooked and depraved generation, in which
you shine like stars in the universe as you
hold out the word of life—in order that I
may boast on the day of Christ that I did
not run or labor for nothing.
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3. Philippians 2:17-18
But even if I am being poured out like a
drink offering on the sacrifice and service
coming from your faith, I am glad and
rejoice with all of you. So you too should
be glad and rejoice with me.
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4. God’s working in you
PRECEDES, but does not
ELIMINATE the need for
working out your
salvation.
The text does not say work FOR your
salvation but work OUT your salvation.

5. Develop holy HABITS
Holy habits are a way of EXPRESSING your
love for God.
How do we get from where we are to where
we want to be? In part, by ROOTING out
unholy habits and REPLACING them with
holy habits.

6. INVOLVEMENT with
others
Fruit that is grown through PRIVATE
practices is lived out RELATIONALLY
We are to provide an attractive alternative
as a living ILLUSTRATION of the power of the
gospel.

7. GIVE yourself to Christian
service.
We are to hold FIRM to what we have
learned that we may hold it OUT for others.
Sacrificial service is not only an expression of
FAITH, but an ACT of worship.
Your life is God’s GIFT to you; what you do
with it is your GIFT to God.

8. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Evaluate if I am stuck in any areas of life
( ) Identify one holy habit to pursue or grow
in
( ) Examine if my involvement with others is
God honoring
( ) Identify ways that I can serve
( ) Other________________________