8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. 9 The things...
11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hung...
6being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.7It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel...
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. Paul opened with thinking about things that ar...
being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will completeituntil the day of Jesus Christ; Philippians 1:6 I have always adored this verse because it has always given me great comfort and confidence in God. Whatever you are going through right now, I ho...
the entertainments others may be involved with. But rather to look after their best interests - what is good for them - even though may not be interested, as is the case for most of the world concerning faith in Christ and the impending judgment to come. ...
Php 1:6being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Once a person is in the faith, God faithfully and persistently commits himself to completing the work that he started in that person. And this is a fou...
The Spirit-led is highly subjective. That can be good and that can be bad - we need something in place to let us know that our practice is indeed born from above. We can delude ourselves. Of course, ideally, we'd be living in the Spirit constantly. Unfortunately, it's not usually ...
strength to perform duty and to bear sufferings is in Christ, and which he communicates to his people; he strengthens them with strength in their souls, internally, as the word here used signifies; by virtue of which they can do whatever he enjoins them or calls them to, though without ...
It is easy for prosperous people, who have nothing to trouble them, to give good advices to suffering hearts; and these are generally as futile as they are easy. But who was he who here said to the Church at Philippi, ‘Be careful for nothing?’ A prisoner in a Roman prison; and wh...