Count Your Blessings (November 23, 2025)
Sermon Outline for Sunday, November 23, 2025
Count Your Blessings
Passages: Philippians 1:1; Philippians 4:1; Philippians 4:4; Philippians 4:6; Philippians 4:7; Philippians 4:9; Philippians 4:13; John 15:5; Philippians 4:19
In Philippians 4, we have seven “blessings” pointed out to us by Paul.
- POSITION
- Philippians 1:1 ~ “Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:”
- Philippians 4:1 ~ “Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.”
- In Philippians 1:1, Paul speaks about “the saints in Christ Jesus.” The little word “in” is used many times in the Word of God. Paul used it in this first verse. It suggests the believer’s position in Christ. God’s Word divides men into two classes. Men are either in Christ or they are out of Christ.
- PRAISE
- Philippians 4:4 ~ “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.”
- If the Lord Jesus Christ has saved us, and our names have been written in the Lamb’s Book of Life, we have an occasion to rejoice with “joy unspeakable and full of glory”.
- PRAYER
- Philippians 4:6 ~ “do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”
- This is the greatest blessing of all. No one outside of Christ can experience and enjoy the ministry of prayer. Prayer is the blessing of the child of God. What a comfort it is to know that we can commit everything into His hands. We have the privilege of trusting Him for all things.
- PEACE
- Philippians 4:7 ~ “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
- The wicked have no peace. Peace comes by Christ through His death on the cross of Calvary.
- PRESENCE
- Philippians 4:9 ~ “What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.”
- The presence of God is with us day by day. In the hour of trouble, trial, and tribulation He is with us. Our God hath declared that He will “never leave us nor forsake us”.
- POWER
- Philippians 4:13 ~ “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”
- John 15:5 ~ “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
- We are nothing in and of ourselves; we are utterly helpless.
- PROVISION
- Philippians 4:19 ~ “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”
- The God who provided salvation for us, in the person of His own Son, has promised to provide for our every need.
Pastor Andy Lambert
Email: pastorandy@cvcog.church
Phone/Text: 205.642.8744 ext 101
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