In a time where there are more questions than answers, where there is more doubt and despair than peace, where do we turn to find out what is best? The Apostle Paul shares a prayer and offers ways for a believer to live and experience the best.
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Sermons on Philippians (Page 2)
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 Worry is a matter of perspective. If anyone had a reason to worry—it was Paul as…
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward…
Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes…
So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more…
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Philippians 1:21 Sometimes in life we experience things and we don’t understand why? This often can steal our joy. However, joy isn’t about not having problems. Joy is about how we respond and handle those problems. We need to remember that God is…