Thesis: Partnership in the Gospel leads to prayer (vv3-5) that brings assurance (vv6), which sustains us, God's people, in and through our suffering (v7)
1) Leads to prayer - V3-5 a. Cause and Effect - partners in gospel/Paul is thankful b. Friendship vs Fellowship c. A lifestyle d. Thankfulness in prayer
2) Prayer that brings assurance v6 a. 1 Corinthians 1:6-9 b. He will bring you safely home - John 17:20-26
3) Prayer that sustains His people through suffering - v7 a. Cause and effect - hold in the heart/Paul is thankful
4) Conclusion a. The persecutor, killer of Stephens;, later will be killed for the Gospel. b. Jesus prayed for all of us but also endured Gethsemane.
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