These questions are a guideline for your personal or small group study based on Sunday's sermon passage. Feel free to study and meditate on the passage more deeply. ​​
 

1. Paul saw his imprisonment not as a setback but as part of God’s plan. What “chains” or limitations in your own life might God be using to advance His purpose?

2. In what ways can hardship or persecution strengthen—not weaken—our witness to others?

3. Paul rejoiced even when others preached Christ from envy or rivalry. How can we keep our joy and focus when others’ motives or methods frustrate us?

4. “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” How does this perspective reshape the way we think about success, comfort, and control?

5. Paul calls believers to conduct themselves “worthy of the gospel.” What does that look like in daily life—at work, at home, or in our community?