The Well Church | Messages

Philippians 3:1-6 || Freeing joy is found when we abandon our self-righteous resume and trust in Christ’s instead. Jesus + Nothing = Everything.

Philippians 2:19-30 || Others-oriented love says your joy is my joy, and it inevitably leads to sacrificial action.

Philippians 2:14-18 || Holding fast to Jesus supplies a joy that's unwilling to complain about circumstances, thus defying the cultural norm and in so doing compelling an attractive witness to the gospel.

Philippians 2:12-13 || The gospel compels our diligent obedience to God by the energizing grace from God. Real, lasting change is possible as we work out what God has worked in.

Philippians 2:9-11 || Having been raised and highly exalted, Jesus is LORD, and our joy is found in glad submission to His kingship.

Philippians 2:5-8 || As God He emptied himself, as man He humbled himself. Jesus embodies selfless love, as supremely demonstrated in the humiliation of the incarnation, thereby compelling us towards the same.

Philippians 2:1-4 || The joy of a gospel-worthy life causes us to fight for unity through the humility of a radically selfless love.

Philippians 1:27-30 || The worth of Jesus compels us to match our lives up with our true citizenship, then lovingly engage our earthly culture despite its hostility to the gospel. How do we do that? This passage tells us.

Philippians 1:21-26 || When Jesus saturates our life, then we no longer fear death. Instead, dying becomes gain as it means we will be with the One we treasure.

Philippians 1:18-20 || Despite the prisons of life we find ourselves in, our future salvation and worthy savior enable us to find joy.

Philippians 1:15-18 || As opposition in life comes, God is inviting us into an unfazed joy.

Philippians 1:12-14 || Our suffering can be leveraged to advance the gospel in the hand of a Sovereign God through our joyful sacrifice and fearless boldness.

Philippians 1:9-11 || The gospel produces the joyful fruit of holiness, which is characterized not merely by rule-following but rather by love.

Philippians 1:6 || God's faithfulness to finish what He starts in us provides the joyful ground of a sure eternal future.

Philippians 1:3-8 || Partnering in the gospel creates the joy of deep, affectionate friendships.

Philippians 1:1-2 || God's saving work in the gospel is the true source of all joy, providing the depth of happiness every human longs for and was created to experience.

Lamentations 4 || When the darkness of our suffering doesn't lift, how can we continue to endure?

Lamentations 3 || Hope emerges amidst our hopelessness as we fight to root ourselves in the character of God.

Lamentations 2 || Why is there pain and suffering? As we lament we can begin to understand the cause of our sorrow through the holistic lens of sin and run to the one who's sovereign over it.

Lamentations 1 || There is freedom to respond to the depressing reality of pain and sorrow with the complete emotional honesty of biblical lament.

Revelation 21:1-8 || In shalom we will one day rest from all that is broken and restless here, experiencing the fullness of ultimate rest that comes from Jesus' reign in the new heaven and new earth.

Hebrews 13:20-21 || In sanctification we rest from seeking change through self-reliant effort and willpower, and instead grow in maturity through Spirit-driven effort.

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 || In shape we rest from lethargy, gluttony, and the idolatry of body image, fueling our blood-bought bodies with the energy provided by diet and exercise.

Isaiah 62:1-5 || In security we rest from the insecurity of broken identities and self-preoccupation, and obtain the assurance of embracing our true identity in Christ’s own image.

Habakkuk 2:2-3 || In slowness we rest from a hurried pace and instant gratification, and instead discover tranquility through waiting on God.