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Proper Perspective 1: Defeats Discouragement (v. 12-14) 2: Defeats Detractors (v. 15-19) 3: Defeats Death (v. 15-19)

Defeats Discouragement Proper Perspective Defeats Discouragement “12 And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News. 13 For everyone here, including the entire praetorian guard, knows that I am in chains because of Christ. 14 And because of my imprisonment, most of the believers here have gained confidence and boldly speak God’s message without fear.” Discouragement Detractors Death

Discouragement Detractors Death

Paul’s Perspective “14 And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News.” Discouragement Detractors Death

Application If God is the pilot of your perspective You will ALWAYS Have reason to rejoice in your circumstances. Discouragement Detractors Death

Proper Perspective Defeats Detractors “15 It’s true that some are preaching out of jealousy and rivalry. But others preach about Christ with pure motives. 16 They preach because they love me, for they know I have been appointed to defend the Good News. 17 Those others do not have pure motives as they preach about Christ. They preach with selfish ambition-- not sincerely—rather, intending to make my chains more painful to me.” Discouragement Detractors Death

Discouragement Detractors Death

Proper Perspective Defeats Detractors “15 It’s true that some are preaching out of jealousy and rivalry. But others preach about Christ with pure motives. 16 They preach because they love me, for they know I have been appointed to defend the Good News. 17 Those others do not have pure motives as they preach about Christ. They preach with selfish ambition-- not sincerely—rather, intending to make my chains more painful to me.” Discouragement Detractors Death

Proper Perspective Defeats Detractors “18 That doesn’t matter. Whether their motives are false or genuine, the message about Christ is being preached either way, so I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice, 19 for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,” Discouragement Detractors Death

Proper Perspective Defeats Death “20 For I fully expect and hope that I will never be ashamed, but that I will continue to be bold for Christ, as I have been in the past. And I trust that my life will bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die.” Discouragement Detractors Death

Discouragement Detractors Death

Last Words Jacob: “May God help you; may the Almighty bless you with blessings from the heavens above, and the waters below.” Moses: “Let my words fall like rain on tender grass . . .I will proclaim the name of the Lord; how glorious is our God!” Jesus: “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” Stephen: Praises God for all He has done for the Jew and Gentiles. Discouragement Detractors Death

with what I have given you?” Matthew 25:19 “What have you done with what I have given you?” Discouragement Detractors Death

Philippians 1:21 For Me to Live is Christ, and Dying is Gain For Me to Live is Gain, and Dying is Defeat Discouragement Detractors Death

Philippians 1:21 For Me to Live is Gain, and Dying is Defeat For Me to Live is Christ, and Dying is Gain Discouragement Detractors Death

Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.” Discouragement Detractors Death

Romans 8:37-39 “But in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Discouragement Detractors Death

Proper Perspective Saved Or Lost

Prayer of St. Patrick “As I arise today, may the Strength of God pilot me, the Power of God uphold me, the Wisdom of God guide me. May the Eye of God look before me, the Ear of God hear me, the Word of God speak for me. May the Hand of God protect me, the Way of God lie before me, the Shield of God defend me, the Host of God save me . . .

Prayer of St. Patrick . . . May Christ shield me today. Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right, Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit, Christ when I stand, Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me, Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me, Christ in every eye that sees me, Christ in every ear that hears me. Amen.”