Read Phillipians 2:1-11

“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, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same attitude of mind Christ Jesus had: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a human being, he humbled himselfby becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:1–11, TNIV)


Meet Each Other in the Text.

  1. What is the most encouraging letter you ever received?

  2. What is the hardest or longest you have ever held on to something?

  3. Have you ever watched someone give up their privilege?

  4. What is the highest place you have ever been?

  5. What is the longest you have ever knelt?

Explore the Text

  1. When you became a Christian, what is something that started to change in you?

  2. What does “if” mean? Does it imply uncertainty or certainty? 1-2

  3. What seems to be the problem in the Phillipian church? 2:2, 2:14, 4:2-3, 

  4. What does Paul say will bring complete joy?

  5. What is the hindrance? 4

  6. Why did Jesus take the form of a servant? 6

  7. Did Jesus just “look like a human” or was he a human?

  8. In what way was the death on the cross the final humiliation?

  9. If servanthood was the pathway for Jesus, then what should we be trying to pursue in our lives?

Apply the Text

  1. What are the ways Jesus is trying to change you, to move you?

  2. What are the most important benefits you have had in following Christ?

  3. How can Jesus unify us? What are some ways that we need more unity?

  4. How can we have less self-interest?

  5. What attitude does Jesus have that you need more of? 2

  6. In what ways do you struggle to be a servant?

  7. What will ultimately unify all people?

What is my next step?