Audio Messages & Sermon Series - Crosswinds, Plainfield, IL

This is the third message in our series: Promise for the Misfits. In this series we explore the majesty of God’s good news this Christmas for us misfits through the first few chapters of the Gospel of Matthew.

This is the first message in our series: Promise for the Misfits. In this message we explore the majesty of God’s good news this Christmas for us misfits through the first few chapters of the Gospel of Matthew.

This is the second message in our series: Promise for the Misfits. In this series we explore the majesty of God’s good news this Christmas for us misfits through the first few chapters of the Gospel of Matthew.

Paul introduces Timothy and Epaphroditus in Philippians 2:19-30 as examples of ordinary people whose lives were shaped by the grace of Jesus into lives of genuine concern, faithful service, humility, and sacrifice. Rather than asking, "What can I get?" they lived by asking, "How can I serve Christ by serving others?" The message challenges us to allow God's grace to reshape our time, relationships, resources, gifts, and priorities so that our lives increasingly reflect Jesus.

Philippians 2:12–18 challenges believers to live out the salvation God has already given them—not to earn salvation, but as a response to God’s work within them. Paul teaches that because God is actively working in us, our lives should be marked by humble obedience, gratitude rather than grumbling, and a willingness to serve others even when nobody is watching.

In Philippians 2:1–11, Paul challenges believers to allow Christ to transform not only what they do, but how they think, especially in a culture that encourages self-promotion, comparison, status, and personal achievement.

This is part of our series titled: Inner Life, a journey through the book of Philippians. This message is based on Philippians 1:26-30

This is part of our series titled: Inner Life, a journey through the book of Philippians. This message is based on Philippians 1:18-26

This message is part of our series called: Inner Life, a journey through the book of Philippians. This sermon is based on Philippians 1:12-18. Pastor Ken Schultz teaches that like Paul, whose imprisonment advanced the gospel among Caesar's elite guards, our hardest circumstances become our greatest witness when Christ lives within us.

Based on Philippians 1:1-11 Paul wrote the letter to the Philippians while imprisoned, yet his life overflowed with joy because his confidence rested in Christ rather than his circumstances. This message reminds us that true victory begins in our inner life, where our identity is found in being servants of Jesus, partners in the gospel, and recipients of God's unfailing grace.