Pastor Clint Williams
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(Philippians 1:3 NLT) Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God.
(Philippians 1:4 NLT) Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy,
(Philippians 1:5 NLT) for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now.
(Philippians 1:6 NLT) And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
√ His CIRCUMSTANCE never overwhelmed his CALLING.
(Ephesians 3:13 NLT) So please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored.
(Ephesians 3:14 NLT) When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,….
(Philippians 1:4 NLT) Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy,
√ He CHOSE the POSITION of joy.
(Colossians 1:11 NLT) We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy,
(Colossians 1:24 NLT) I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am participating in the sufferings of Christ that continue for his body, the church. (NKJV says I REJOICE IN MY SUFFERING…)
(Deuteronomy 30:19 NIV) This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live
√ He DECIDED to stay on the team.
(Philippians 1:5 NLT) for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now.
(Ephesians 6:20 NLT) I am in chains now, still preaching this message as God’s ambassador. So pray that I will keep on speaking boldly for him, as I should.
√ He LIVED in the certainty of the FINISHED work.
(Philippians 1:6 NLT) And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
(2 Corinthians 4:16 NIV) Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. (THE ETERNAL PART OF YOU, THE CHANGE OF THE IN SIDE)
(2 Corinthians 4:17 NIV) For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
(2 Corinthians 4:18 NIV) So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
√ He understood the ETERNAL.