Philippians 2:1 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion…

1. God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit have resourced me with everything I need to be who He has called me to be.

Philippians 2:2 …then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 

1. God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit have resourced me with everything I need to be who He has called me to be. 2. The secret to facing tough times is to just have one. It is how the kingdom works.

Philippians 2:3-4 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

2. The secret to facing tough times is to just have one 2. The secret to facing tough times is to just have one. It is how the kingdom works. 3. Singleness of mind is how we get through tough times. Through the submitted mind, we show God’s care for people.

Philippians 2:5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

3. Singleness of mind is how we get through tough times 3. Singleness of mind is how we get through tough times. Through the submitted mind, we show God’s care for people. 4. Paul says that the first thing to do is take control of your attitude. Your outlook determines your outcome.

Philippians 2:6 Who, being in very nature God,     did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;

4. Paul says that the first thing to do is take control of your attitude. Your outlook determines your outcome. 5. Jesus always was and always will be, in His essential nature, God. His mindset was that His nature was to be used in service to me.

Philippians 2:7     rather, he made himself nothing     by taking the very nature of a servant,     being made in human likeness.

5. Jesus always was and always will be, in His essential nature, God 5. Jesus always was and always will be, in His essential nature, God. His mindset was that His nature was to be used in service to me. 6. He took on the very nature of a servant, not to act as a servant, but to be a servant.

Philippians 2:8 And being found in appearance as a man,     he humbled himself     by becoming obedient to death—         even death on a cross!

6. He took on the very nature of a servant, not to act as a servant, but to be a servant. 7. Jesus comes as the new King of the New Kingdom to die.

Philippians 2:9-11 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place     and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,     in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,     to the glory of God the Father.

7. Jesus comes as the new King of the New Kingdom to die. 8. In the right mindset, I will decide that there is no other Lord.