THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

Introduction: A more established couple experienced difficulty recalling normal, everyday things. The two of them concluded that they would record demands the other had, thus attempt to keep away from neglecting.

One evening the spouse inquired as to whether the husband would like anything. He answered, "Yes. I'd like an enormous frozen yogurt parfait with chocolate frozen yogurt, whipped cream and a clincher." The spouse got going for the kitchen and the husband yelled after her, "Would you confirm or deny that you will record it?" "Try not to be senseless," she hollered back, "I will fix it at this moment. I will not neglect." She was away for a long while. At the point when she at last returned, she put down before him an enormous plate of hash tans, eggs, bacon, and a glass of squeezed orange. He investigated and said "I realized you ought to have recorded it! You failed to remember the toast!" Memory is something astonishing. It permits you to review occasions that happened minutes or even years prior. It permits you to recall individuals who have passed on into endlessness. It permits you to recollect love, favoring, bliss, fervor and marvel. Memory is an astounding gift given to us by the Lord. There are times when memory can bomb you. Illness, age and time all appear to weaken the memory. I recall occasions from years prior and at some point I keep thinking about whether I recollect them accurately. There might come a day when memory will bomb me through and through. In this entry, Paul is managing the issue of recollections. As he composes his epistle to the Philippians, Paul's recollections of them ascend to the surface. He gives voice to certain things he recalls about these individuals. When Philippians is composed, recollections are pretty much all Paul has. He is in a Roman jail anticipating his execution. As Paul writes his musings down in this book, he thinks back on his relationship with these unique individuals. I need to consider the recollections Paul makes reference to, on the grounds that his recollections have a lot to show us our own recollections. Paul's recollections have a lot to show us how we ought to recall our kindred adherents. We should inspect Paul's recollections today as I attempt to lecture on Thanks For The Memories. I. HE HAS MEMORIES OF THE PAST A. A Common Salvation - In refrain 1, Paul tends to his letter to "the holy people in Christ Jesus." In stanza 2, Paul makes reference to "God our Father". In section 5, Paul talks about their "cooperation in the Gospel". He refers to them as "brethren" multiple times. These expressions bring to mind a typical encounter of salvation. As Paul keeps in touch with his kindred holy people in Philippi, he brings to mind their normal past. · He recalls his own salvation experience - Acts 9:1-9 · He recalls the occasions that initially driven him to Philippi - Acts 16:6-12 · He recalls individuals who were first saved there. Ø Lydia - Acts 16:13-15 Ø A Demon Possessed Girl - Acts 16:16-18 Ø A Jailer and his Family - Acts 16:19-32 Ø He recalls the partnership they had partaken in together - Acts 16:40 Ø All of these recollections made Paul inexpressibly pleased with thanksgiving and euphoria, v. 3. Pause for a memorable minute your salvation and every one of the saved, authentic individuals the Lord has put in your life. Where might you be without them? Pause for a minute to check out you at the present time and consider the saved individuals God has encircled you with this moment. Recollect that the reclaimed all share a typical salvation! B. A Common Service - In refrain 1, Paul alludes to himself as a "worker". The word interpreted "worker" in a real sense signifies "slave". It alludes to one who is "claimed" by an expert. That is by and large what the reclaimed are, 1 Cor. 6:19-20. We are the "slaves" of Jesus Christ. In 4:3, Paul specifies the individuals who are his "actual yokefellow" and the people who "worked" with him in the Gospel. The adherents to Philippi were co-workers with Paul. They had stood side by side with him through various challenges. They upheld Him, toiled with him and aided him as he did the Lord's will in his life. We additionally need to recall the people who have worked with us throughout the long term. Think about every one of the people who have served the Lord with you. Think about every one of the valuable holy people of God who have petitioned God for you, upheld you, remained by you and energized you as you served the Lord. (Sick. My own life! I owe all that I have to the Lord and to His kin. Sick. The petition heroes and the individuals who have favored my life by their adoration, care and backing!) It is great to glance back at the gifts of the past and recollect!) II. HE HAS MEMORIES OF THE PRESENT A. He Remembered An Uncommon Love - There was a unique power of profound devotion among Paul and the Philippian Christians, 1:7-8; 4:1. These individuals are of high repute to Paul's heart. They share an affection that isn't found on the planet. They share a Christ-like, profound love that rises above all things, 1 Cor. 13:1-8a. That is the sort of affection that should check individuals of God, John 13:15; Matt. 22:37-40. The people who are genuinely saved love the individuals who are saved, 1 John 2:5; 10; 3:10-14; 4:20-21. Express gratitude toward God for His unexplainable, certain adoration that He puts in the hearts of every one of His kin. Say thanks to God for that adoration in others for me. Say thanks to God for that adoration in me for other people! The word doesn't have the very sort of adoration that adherents have. Love is about sex and self-satisfaction. For individuals of God, love is regarding what we share in Christ Jesus. Love is about Him and how He has treated our lives! B. He Remembered An Uncommon Labor - As Paul ponders these unique individuals, he considers the manner in which they have served, favored and helped him. He recalled the work of these valuable individuals. Take a gander at how they had helped him: · They had petitioned God for him - 1:19 · They had sent Epaphroditus to priest to Paul in jail - 2:25-30 · They had given conciliatorily to help Paul's service - 4:10, 14. This was something other places of worship had not done, 4:15. · Paul recollected this large number of things and he was thankful. That equivalent degree of appreciation should fill the hearts of God's kin! Where might we be without the people who have served us? I recall the service of the people who saw to me and appealed to God for before I was saved. I'm appreciative for hell's sake, supplications, backing and persistence displayed to me by individuals of God. I'm appreciative to individuals of God who suffered such a lot of terrible lecturing while I rehearsed and developed. I like the individuals who set up with my youthfulness and obliviousness. I'm appreciative to the individuals who serve here. Much obliged to you for everything you do! I like the people who work in with the kids, the women and in the music service. I like the people who clean the congregation and keep up with these grounds. I like the individuals who work in the background doing things others don't what to do. I like our Sunday School educators. I like our Deacons. I like the individuals who give. I like the individuals who ask, both publically and secretly. I like the individuals who work in our C.A.R.E. service. I like the individuals who work. Much obliged to you, in all sincerity! The congregation is more prominent than any one individual. The congregation is more prominent than a rare sorts of people who think they run things. The congregation needs everybody doing what they have been saved and called to do. The congregation needs you! Similarly as Moses required Aaron and Hur to hold up his hands, this congregation needs you assuming she is to work appropriately. Very much like Gideon required the 300; very much like David required his powerful men; very much like Jesus required the 12; this congregation needs you! III. HE HAS MEMORIES OF THE POSITIVE · At the point when you read the book of Philippians, you will see that Paul had generally sure comments. The main negative remark Paul makes is in 4:2, where he urges to ladies to walk together in Christian solidarity. All the other things Paul needs to say to this congregation is positive in nature. · Was the congregation in Philippi an ideal church? In no way, shape or form! It was equivalent to some other church comprised of recovered heathens. There were tattles there. There were agitators there. There were individuals who expressed some unacceptable things at some unacceptable time. There were individuals who did some unacceptable things. There were individuals with awful mentalities. There were individuals there of each sort and depiction. (Sick. I have pastored three Baptist church and I have found that similar individuals go to them all. There are various names and faces, however similar individuals.) Assuming that these individuals were defective and inclined to disappointment, why would that be no notice of their negatives? At the point when Paul kept in touch with this congregation he didn't write to zero in on the negative things he had some awareness of them. He wrote to stress the up-sides among individuals of God. · These individuals were appealing to God for Paul. They were seeing and sharing the Gospel. They were working, they were giving conciliatorily. They many, numerous beneficial things that they were doing and Paul decided to see those beneficial things and he wouldn't zero in on the negative things! · It's truly simple to be negative isn't it? I think we neglect to recall that there is no such thing as an ideal church and that there isn't church thing as an ideal Christian. It is so natural to zero in on what others say and do. It is so natural to see the negatives, however it is so difficult to see the up-sides. Did you had at least some idea that genuine romance generally sees the best in others, 1 Cor. 13:5, 7, 8? · At the point when I love you like I ought to, I won't focus in on your negatives. I will recollect that I have numerous minuses in my life as well. Assuming I truly love you like I should, I will appeal to God for you when I see something I don't like, yet I will not scrutinize you. I won't discuss you. I won't place you down or peer down on you. At the point when I love you