Philippians 2:1-11

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, 

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

3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 

4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

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

6 Who, being in very nature God,

    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;

7 rather, he made himself nothing

    by taking the very nature of a servant,

    being made in human likeness.

8 And being found in appearance as a man,

    he humbled himself

    by becoming obedient to death—

        even death on a cross!

9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place

    and gave him the name that is above every name,

10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,

    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,

    to the glory of God the Father.

Message Notes:

Jesus didn’t use His power to advance Himself. Jesus used His power to advance the gospel. What are you using your power for?

What are you doing to make yourself vulnerable to others for the purpose of helping them?

The deepest need people have is to experience someone who is as vulnerable to the world as they are, and for that someone to possess the answer to the challenges they both have.

The key to the beautiful power of vulnerability is the answer of Christ.

The most vulnerable possess the greatest witness.

A relationship with God is available to the vulnerable only