Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends! Philippians 4:1 NIV My grandson is four months old and experiencing so many things for the first time. His dog’s antics delight him. His parents singing and dancing delight him. Our…
Category: Philippians
Where is Joy? In our future!
But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus…But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his…
Where is JOY? In the mindset of Jesus!
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….
Where is JOY? In Remembering!
It seems ironic that Paul’s letter from jail to the Philippians has the most occurrences of the words joy and rejoice. But on closer inspection, I see there were several reasons for his rejoicing – all having to do with him remembering! Remembering God’s Sovereignty! Paul welcomed every circumstance from God equally, because he was…
Where is JOY? Grace and Peace
To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus…Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:1-2 NIV I often overlook Paul’s greetings and dive right into his messages. But here in the beginning of Philippians – the letter in which he writes of JOY and REJOICING more than any…
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