Skimming Phillipians
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Anxiety...
Anxiety...
I am not generally an anxious person, but this past week I have had several anxious episodes.
4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
This scripture is such a great reminder:
Rejoice Always!
Pause and find the reasons for joy in your life… We need to base our lives in gratitude...
12 I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel,
He goes on to acknowledge that some were preaching out of envy with the hope of causing him more grief, but I love his response to this… Phil 1:18
18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,
I have a hard time with this, my default is to make things about myself, my effort, my accomplishment, the way I am treated, respected or disrespected.
Paul fully understood that it wasn’t about him, but rather the advancement of the gospel.
Are we willing to suffer so that others see Christ? (book - unoffendable) Or do we fight for every one of our rights?
Be Reasonable!
Most of us would probably associate gentleness with this verse, but I love the way that the ESV translates it. Reasonableness… Have you ever tried to reason with someone who is convinced that they are right and you are wrong?
Because Paul was able to get out of the victim mentality (remember, he was falsely imprisoned) he was able to reason the gospel with those around him. He was able to gently share with those he had every reason to hate. Phil 1:13-14
13 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. 14 And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
Pray about Everything!
Yesterday, Marshall and I were playing Pickleball and I asked him how he was feeling about the Vision conference, mainly because he has seemed so calm the past couple of weeks. His response was really profound… I can feel the prayers of the brothers and sisters around the world, and I know it is not in my hands.
3 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. 6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. 7 It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. 8 For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Some thoughts from Paul’s prayer in Philippians 1:3-11…
Trust the process - this is true for your own life and for the lives of those you interact with. We are all works in progress and we are all works of God. Are we confident that God will complete His work, or are we insecure because it’s not done yet?
Our PIGs📷 (Partners In the Gospel) should bring joy to our walk with Christ. We were not designed to do this alone, it is too hard.
Grace should be a SHARED EXPERIENCE!
We often talk about how Jesus was a man of grace and truth, mainly to justify the dripping of truth bombs… but if we take a closer look at Jesus’ truth bombs most of them came in response to people objecting to Him extending grace.
Some of us take grace for ourselves, but withhold it from others, while other cannot even claim it for themselves. What has been abundantly given to us, we should generously share with others! Let’s drop grace bombs in every interaction we have today!
I need to deepen my understanding of God’s love so that I might be a more discerning person, and glorify God with the fruits of righteousness.
Think Right!
8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Do Good!
9 What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing,
16 Only let us hold true to what we have attained. 17 Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. 18 For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.