Category: Devotionals

Devotionals

Anxiety or Peace?

Read: Philippians 4:5-13 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything. . . . And the peace of God . . . will guard

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Standing Firm

Read: Philippians 3:17-4:2 Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved. (4:1) Standing firm. What is that

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I Keep on Forgetting

Read: Philippians 3:12-17 But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on. (vv. 13-14) Paul does not use his imperfections as

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Are You Perfect?

Read: Philippians 3:12-17 Not that I have already obtained [the resurrection] or am already perfect. (v. 12) Paul’s faith journey was a work in progress. He was confident of his final

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It’s about Losing

Read: Philippians 3:1-11 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. (v. 7) In the first six verses of this chapter Paul provides us with

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Deep Friendships

Read: Philippians 2:19-29 I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier . . . and minister to my need. (v. 25) Epaphroditus likely

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Deep Friendships

Read: Philippians 2:19-29 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon. . . . For I have no one like him. (vv. 19-20) Everyone needs friends, deep friends. In

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Grumbling and Complaining

Read: Philippians 2:12-18 Do everything without grumbling or arguing. (v. 14 NIV) In this section of Philippians Paul describes Christians as those who “shine as lights in the world” (v. 15). In

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Humility and Obedience

Read: Hebrews 5:5-10 He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death. (Phil. 2:8) In his human existence, Jesus Christ chose, in obedience to God the Father, to