Philippians 1:1\u201318 (NIV)Luke 9:46\u201348 (NIV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sermon Info<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Speaker \/ Rev. Douglas Dill: Preacher (sermon)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Reader: Lector (Philippians reading)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Church \/ Location: Mountain View Lutheran Church, Phoenix AZ. (references to Philippi and ELCA contexts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scripture References<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Philippians 1:1\u201318 (NIV) – Paul\u2019s opening thanksgiving and prayer was read: a reminder that God began a good work and will carry it to completion; prayer for love, insight, and fruit of righteousness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Luke 9:46\u201348 (NIV) – Jesus teaches about greatness by welcoming a child; used to show humility and receiving the least as receiving Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Central Message<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Paul\u2019s experience (imprisonment) shows that the Gospel advances and will be triumphant regardless of circumstances or motives; the Holy Spirit works through diverse people and gifts, and the church must partner in practical ways to spread the Gospel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 1. Paul\u2019s thanksgiving and confidence: God continues the work begun in believers even amid hardship (chains, prison).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 1. The Gospel spreads whether preached from pure or impure motives \u2014 its triumph is assured by the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 1. Everyone has a theology (expectations of God); our differences in how we hear and expect God are normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 1. The Spirit works differently in each person; we are called to be attentive and cooperative with that prompting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 1. Practical partnership matters: the Philippian church used gifts, money, and service to care for Paul so the Gospel could be proclaimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notable Quotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 > “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 “The Gospel is going to be triumphant.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 “You are all theologians.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Listen for how the Holy Spirit is calling you personally and be open to varied ways the Spirit moves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Serve with your gifts: ushering, reading, serving communion, volunteering \u2014 practical roles enable ministry to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Give financially or sponsor ministries (example: paying for camp for kids) to enable others to encounter the Gospel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Support those in hardship (prison care, practical help) as the Philippian church supported Paul so the Gospel could spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Partner with the Spirit rather than expecting God only in one way; be adaptable in ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prayer Points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Paul\u2019s prayer model: that love would abound in knowledge and insight, leading to discernment, purity, blamelessness, and the fruit of righteousness for God’s glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 The sermon emphasized the power and importance of prayer for people and for the Gospel to change hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Reflection Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 1. Are you expecting God in particular ways? How does that shape your theology and openness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 1. How are you hearing the Holy Spirit today? In what ways does the Spirit invite you to act?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 1. What practical step can you take this week to partner in the Gospel (serve, give, encourage, pray)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 1. Who in our community needs support so that ministry can continue and the Gospel can spread?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Transcript<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lector (00:00)<br>A reading from Philippians. Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons.<br><br>Lector (00:12)<br>Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God every time I remember you.<br><br>Lector (00:19)<br>In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the Gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. It is right for me to feel this way<br><br>Lector (00:40)<br>about all of you since I have you in my heart, and whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the Gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.<br><br>Lector (00:57)<br>And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. Now,<br><br>Lector (01:18)<br>I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the Gospel. As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.<br><br>Lector (01:36)<br>And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the Gospel without fear. It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.<br><br>Lector (01:54)<br>The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the Gospel. The former preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can stir up trouble for me while I am in chains.<br><br>Lector (02:10)<br>But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached.<br><br>Lector (02:19)<br>And because of this, I rejoice. The word of the Lord.<br><br>Lector (02:24)<br>Thanks be to God.<br><br>Usher (02:26)<br>Rise as you’re able.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (03:10)<br>The Holy Gospel according to Luke. Glory to you, O Lord.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (03:16)<br>An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (03:27)<br>Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all, the least among you all, who is the greatest.” The Gospel of our Lord.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (03:47)<br>You may be seated. This church and the church of Philippi, the church planted in Philippians by Paul, is taking care of Paul.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (04:09)<br>But he’s taking care of them from prison. He’s being taken care of, and he takes care of them.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (04:16)<br>And he wants them to know that the things that have happened to him, as bad as they are, has actually spread the Gospel, that the Gospel will be triumphant no matter what. Even when the Gospel is spread for the wrong reason, the Gospel is going to be triumphant, period.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (04:41)<br>And it works through us, the disciples. He prays for them.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (04:47)<br>Prayer is kind of important, right? Prayer is kind of important, right?<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (04:56)<br>Yes, it’s very important because so much can be done through prayer. Prayer changes everything.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (05:05)<br>So he prays for the people, and he prays for the Gospel. He prays that Jesus will change people.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (05:14)<br>Even when they are resistant, that can change everything because the Gospel is going to win out. The Gospel is going to be triumphant because of the Holy Spirit.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (05:26)<br>This last week, I spent at a larger church conference. It’s for senior pastors where we have an average attendance of 300 or more or 15 or more employees.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (05:37)<br>We have a bunch of us gather at ELCA churches from across the country, and we come there to learn from each other, to support one another. We had a speaker there, Karoline Lewis.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (05:50)<br>And we’re on what’s called a narrative lectionary. It’s a four-year lectionary where we have readings picked out, and she is one of the podcasters that gives insight to the readings.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (06:01)<br>I didn’t recognize her at first. I’m looking at her going, “I’ve seen you before.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (06:05)<br>I’ve seen you before.” And all of a sudden, it clicked who she was. And I’ve heard her before.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (06:11)<br>She is a professor over at Luther Seminary. And it’s just hard for me even to say those words, Luther Seminary, because I went to Wartburg Seminary.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (06:21)<br>But boy, I wish she had been my preaching professor. Something she said has stuck with me.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (06:27)<br>And how many of you would say that you are theologians? Well, I’m going to tell you, you all are.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (06:38)<br>Are you expecting God? Do you expect God in certain ways?<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (06:44)<br>Do you look for God? Do you look for God to come and do things?<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (06:51)<br>That’s your theology. What you expect, where you expect, and how you expect God, that is your theology that makes you a theologian.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (07:02)<br>Bet you didn’t know that. Now you do.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (07:05)<br>You’re all theologians. We all have differing theologies.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (07:11)<br>How you need the Spirit today can be different than how you need the Spirit tomorrow. Now, I’m not going to say that there’s five different spirits because that’s not the truth.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (07:22)<br>There’s one Spirit. But the Spirit of truth, how we hear the truth of the Spirit, is different than the Spirit of love.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (07:31)<br>It’s the same Spirit, but we need love sometimes. We need support sometimes.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (07:36)<br>Like in Footprints of the Sand, sometimes we need dragging along as well. Sometimes we need that.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (07:43)<br>Even if we don’t want to be here, the Spirit’s going to envelop us and take a hold of us and be supportive with us until we’re patient enough to realize what the Spirit is doing. Any of you had an experience where you had no idea why things were going on, but later on you got lots of clarity<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (08:09)<br>of what can be done? You get that a lot.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (08:16)<br>It’s amazing how we see God differently. Some of us put God in a box, and it can only be this way.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (08:26)<br>We sat at a table, and I had five pastors with me. And the question that the professor asked\u2014I don’t even remember the question\u2014but she asked the question and asked us to all give the answer to each other.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (08:42)<br>We got six different answers because we all have different perspectives of how God’s interacting in our lives. Doesn’t make Him right or wrong, but we see God, hear God, feel God in different ways.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (08:59)<br>Paul saw that God was working in his life for the sake of the Gospel. Now, it’d be inappropriate for me to walk up to you if you were sitting in prison.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (09:10)<br>Hey, don’t worry. God’s got this, and He’ll do something really good with all this time you’re going to spend in prison.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (09:17)<br>But if you see it, you can speak to that. But I cannot speak to what is going on in your life.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (09:24)<br>Paul spoke to that. Despite me being in prison, unjustly, in chains, others have been encouraged to speak out.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (09:38)<br>The people that are trying to do me harm in spreading the Gospel to try to stir things up against me actually is making the Gospel triumphant because they’re spreading the good news, because the Holy Spirit will make it happen even when we do it for the wrong reason. Can you think of any televangelist that may have done<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (10:06)<br>things for the wrong reason and got lots of profit out of it, the bakers? Oops.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (10:14)<br>Not picky on them, but they brought a lot of people to hear the word. So despite their motives, they brought a lot of people to hear the word.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (10:28)<br>So the Gospel prevails even when we do things for the wrong reason. The people in Philippi take care of Paul.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (10:41)<br>Paul says, “I want you to know that I’m okay. The Gospel is prevailing.” How many of you know what a Roman prison looks like?<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (10:55)<br>I don’t, but I can tell you what it was supposed to be like. Nothing like the TVs that we have in the prison right now, the three-square meals that people get, the exercise they get, and you name it.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (11:07)<br>Now, prison, I’m not saying is a great place to be. You’re locked up.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (11:11)<br>You’re there because of something you’ve done or at least convicted of, even if you hadn’t done it. But in a Roman prison, it’s completely different.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (11:25)<br>You didn’t get food. You didn’t get medical care.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (11:28)<br>You didn’t get treated good unless others bribed the guards and brought things to you. And that’s what the church in Philippi was doing.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (11:37)<br>The church of Philippi was using their gift, their wealth, their talents to take care of Paul so that the Gospel could be spread. They looked for ways to be in ministry to take care of that.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (11:57)<br>Now, they didn’t do the work. They did it in partnership with the Spirit that inwardly dwells in each and every one of us, the Spirit’s in you and in you.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (12:13)<br>And the Spirit comes to you in one way and to you another and to me another. But are we listening how we can be engaged in that ministry?<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (12:26)<br>We hear things differently. We experience things differently.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (12:34)<br>But it’s all for the sake of the Gospel, whether it’s monetarily or to gifts. I asked a few people today, “Would they usher?” That’s a gift to be able to usher.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (12:53)<br>Those that are going to be serving communion, that is a gift to be able to serve communion, making sure that ministry happens. Because guess what?<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (13:03)<br>If no one came and helped with communion, if people didn’t help with ushering, if people didn’t do reading, we wouldn’t have ministry happening, would we? There’s different ways that we all can serve.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (13:21)<br>We have somebody\u2014I don’t know if you noticed when you walked up to the Narthex from the outside, did anybody notice how dark it was? When you leave today, turn and look at the Narthex and see how dark the windows are.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (13:35)<br>They are darker today than they were last week because somebody took the time to make sure that a new film was put up to protect the inside of the Narthex, to protect it from overheating so we aren’t spending money on that cooling. Money is part of taking care of ministry.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (13:58)<br>Can you hear it? That’s how we stay comfortable when it’s 87 degrees in here.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (14:11)<br>And Siri’s going to answer me in a second. We take care and make sure things happen.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (14:22)<br>We make sure things happen, but we do it in partner with the Holy Spirit. Are we listening?<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (14:30)<br>Can you hear what the Spirit is calling you to do? If you go to Camp Aloma, the Spirit will touch you.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (14:44)<br>You will hear the Spirit. That’s a ministry.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (14:48)<br>Just going there can be a ministry to somebody else because you could be there with them and be their hands, their feet, their eyes, their listening partner, which means the Holy Spirit who sits in you is that person to them as well. There’s all sorts of ways that we can be engaged with ministry for the sake of<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (15:11)<br>the Gospel. We are the disciples who have the Spirit in us.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (15:17)<br>And that’s what Paul was doing. And he encouraged others.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (15:22)<br>And the Gospel will always be triumphant. So how have you heard the Spirit?<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (15:30)<br>What are you going to do? How can you be part of that?<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (15:36)<br>I know somebody who gave\u2014not here, but another church\u2014gave some money. They didn’t want to be known, but they wanted ministry to happen.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (15:48)<br>And they knew of this child who could not afford\u2014actually, two of them could not afford to go to camp. So they paid for it.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (16:07)<br>It changed that family because they thought their kids were not going to camp. It changed those kids because they had the opportunity to experience the Gospel.<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (16:34)<br>Sometimes the littlest things is what makes the biggest difference. How are you hearing the Holy Spirit today?<br><br>Rev. Douglas Dill (16:49)<br>How are we going to respond to ministry?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 10, 2026 Philippians 1:1\u201318 (NIV)Luke 9:46\u201348 (NIV) Sermon Info \u2022 Speaker \/ Rev. Douglas Dill: Preacher (sermon) \u2022 Reader: Lector (Philippians reading) \u2022 Church \/ Location: Mountain View Lutheran Church, Phoenix AZ. 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