The Great Effort, Intense Emotion, and Willing Sacrifice of True Christian Life and Ministry (Family Worship Lesson in Philippians 2:25–30)

What does it look like to follow Jesus as a living sacrifice? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. Philippians 2:25–30 prepares us for the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these six verses of Sacred Scripture, we learn that Epaphroditus was an example of following the apostle’s instruction to imitate Christ from the first part of the chapter in his great effort, intense emotion, and willing sacrifice.