You are listening to the Passion City Church podcast. To learn more about

Passion City Church, including our gathering times in Atlanta and Washington

DC, visit us online at PassionCityChurch.com. Today's talk comes from Brad

Gems.

Amen, amen, amen, amen. I keep thinking what now? Above and beyond. Where do we go

from here and what's going on in the world? I've been drawn to the book of

Philippians. If you got your scripture, let's go to Philippians chapter 1 and this

church has been so inspiring to me. And so as you and I think about what's now or

where we're going or what's our church going to look like or what are we going to

look like and how are we going to continue to walk in the faith? I just keep

getting drawn to the Philippians. And they are a church to be modeled after. And

I'll just start reading in verse 1. Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to

all God's holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the

overseers and deacons. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus

Christ. You can see the tone that this tone in Paul's letter is really unique.

He has a special bond with the Philippians. I'll tell you more about his

circumstance in a little bit, but there's different letters from Paul throughout

the New Testament. And most, I mean, God used him to plant these churches around

the known world, but the tone of the letter to the Philippians is very unique.

It's joyful. It's proud. It's gratefulness. It's a lot different than his

letter to the Galatians when he has to open. It's a corrective letter. And so he

says, you foolish Galatians. So I'm really grateful that we're reading

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