Welcome to Enjoying the Journey with Scott Pauli. True and lasting joy is only found in Jesus Christ,

and God has designed the Christian life so that those who follow him will not only enjoy the destination,

they can also enjoy the journey. You see, we're all

travelers in this world, and God has many wonderful truths to teach us along the way. For the next

few moments, we turn our attention to the Word of God, the only roadmap for this journey. You'll find

additional studies and resources online at scotpauly.org.

Join us now as we study the scriptures together. It is our prayer that you can expect definite answers. And that's one of the things I'm

learning from Paul's prayer list in Philippians chapter one. He's not praying just generic things

or general prayers. No, he's getting down to the heart of the matter. We've learned already two

prayer requests of the Apostle Paul for the believers in Philippi. The first is in verse 9, where it says,

In this I pray that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment.

It's a prayer for inward growth.

And then verse 10, that you may approve things that are excellent,

that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ.

This is a prayer for outward growth.

And now we come to the great climax in verse 11, being filled with the fruits of righteousness,

which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

This, my friend, is a prayer for upward growth.

In two ways, one, he uses the word fruits. I'm envisioning now looking at a

garden. It's wonderful to see the new life as it begins to break through the soil, but it's even

more wonderful to look out and see the plants fully grown and bearing fruit. They're growing

upward. They're maturing. And then we go even higher than that.

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