Jan 4, 2016
What would it take for you to be more content? Everyone is looking for contentment, especially this time of the year. The ability to be OK in the midst of any and all circumstances is a coveted virtue. Unfortunately, it seems hard to find it, and once we find it, to keep it. As Paul closes his letter to the...
Dec 28, 2015
What kind of relationship do you have with your past? For many, the past is a difficult subject and often a point of anxiety and present trouble. The Apostle Paul seemed to have an understanding of his past that allowed him to run forward in life unhindered. How was this possible? How can we not only offer God our...
Dec 20, 2015
A different perspective changes everything. Often with a limited perspective it is very easy to over or under react in life. Today Paul writes about what it means to have the right kind of perspective, a perspective that comes from God, and the results of that kind of perspective. He also helps the Philippians know...
Dec 13, 2015
In Philippians chapter 2, Paul admonished the Philippians to "do nothing out of selfish ambition (rivalry) or vain conceit." If we take this to heart, it can raise some questions. One of them being: If selfish ambition is wrong, is there such thing as good ambition? In this week's text we see that there is such thing...
Dec 6, 2015
Sometimes what we at one time think is most important turns out to be of least importance. This happened to the Apostle Paul when Christ entered his life. What he thought mattered as it came to his good standing before God turns out to be of least importance in comparison to what is gained in Christ. Why? And how...