Philp 1:3-14 from Bread Breakers

Today I have spent working on school. I have taken 2 chapter test and wrote 1 essay. I need to get more done today but needed a break so I decided to give you some notes from Bread Breakers last night. We looked at Philippians 1: 3-14. It's of note that Paul was in jail and had been beaten, whipped, stoned, and was in jail. I like the first sentence and often send it to friends as an encouragement. "I thank my God every time I remember you." 1. I thank God for you and 2. I do it EVERY time I remember you....and I tend to get people on my mind and I want to pray for them and be thankful for the role they played in my life. Some I would classify as positive and others not but they each played the role God allowed and those are making me more like Jesus. Then, "he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion..." Jesus didn't bring me this far through the journey to leave me incomplete!! I'm so thankful for that! "...that your love may abound... in knowledge and depth..." Love should be a chief/key motivator for us. We are bound by the law of love. In this love we can know Christ and each other on a deeper level. Finally, "...served to advance the gospel...because of my chains..." It's hard for me to grasp the fact that people see Christ me more readily when I am in my tough times and even through the ones I'd like to hide/forget/hate/struggle with the most. It's encouraging that God can take those seemingly "bad" things and make good come from them. To think this abundant life I live has come from the ashes a past I WOULD NOT have chosen...what a miracle!