Midtown Fellowship Church Downtown Podcast

[Recording failed] Phil 2:2-3 -- ...then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. When Randy was little, he and a friend dared each other one Halloween to knock on the door of a dark and creepy house down the street. While walking to the house they were cocky and talking about what they'd do if the other lost. They had courage to face the formidable dark force--the creepy neighbor that might just eat them for soup and no one would know. They made it to the door, knocked, freaked out and ran away—not waiting to see if it were answered. Although funny, the illustration relates to us as a church. How many times have you sacrificed the heart of someone else for your own? What about times when you're too sensitive and get upset about the smallest things people say? Or how about for some of us when our whole lives are set on pleasing others to t