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"According to My Personal Expectation and Hope"

Text: Philippians 1
9 December 2013

1. Review

a) The downward Call of Sin

b) The upward Call of God

2. Introduction

a) Concept of Expectations

i) Parental Expectations

ii) School’s Expectations

iii) Coach’s expectation

b) Personal Expectations

i) What we demand of ourselves

ii) The effort we put in

iii) The drive within us

c) A strong concept in Paul’s life

i) Motivated him

ii) Strengthened him

STATEMENT OF A PERSONAL EXPECTATION

According to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. Philippians 1:20

1. Definition of “expectation”

a) A response

b) A determination

c) Explicitly stated

2. Earnestness

a) Connotes genuineness

b) Implies commitment

c) Evidenced in strength and zeal

3. My earnest expectation

a) Personal

b) Knowledge

c) Maturity of faith and life

d) Progress reflected

e) Growth evidenced

4. Features of this Statement of Personal Expectation

a) In nothing I shall be ashamed

i) Unashamed

ii) Every aspect of life

b) All boldness

i) Courage

ii) Clarity

c) As always

i) Consistency

ii) Past

iii) Present

iv) Future

d) Christ will be magnified in life

i) By life

ii) By death

AN EXAMINATION OF PAUL’S LIFE

1. In his prayer life

a) Praying faithfully

b) Praying for friends

2. In his ministry

a) In hardship

b) In prison

3. His commitment to magnify Christ

a) Living for Christ

b) Suffering for Christ

c) Concern for the furtherance of the Gospel

d) Unafraid to share about his faith in Christ even in prison

THE SENSE OF HOPE

1. Expectation and Hope

a) Hope

i) That which is yet unrealized

ii) These expectations are still pending

b) Hope as a principle

i) Knowledge

ii) Faith

iii) Hope

iv) Realisation

v) Part of Life

vi) Trust

2. Hope

a) An important entity

b) A humbling concept

c) Dependence upon God

TO LIVE IS CHRIST AND TO DIE IS GAIN

1. Living for Christ

a) Serving Him

b) Suffering for Him

c) Magnifying Him

2. Dying for Christ

a) To die is gain

i) Looking back at a fulfilled life

ii) Looking back at a life that has been truly blessed by God

b) A glorious mindset

i) Unafraid to die

ii) Living dynamically leads to dying triumphantly