I hear birds outside the window. Sometimes I wish I could look out from my desk and see the sky. The study I work from has windows made of colored glass. They look nice, but block the view. Thanks to their chirping, the birds bring the sky inside. Birds and birdsong. Two of God’s many […]
Suffering: The Gift You Did Not Want – Philippians 1:28-30
Suffer — you’ll likely never meet a person that likes that word. We don’t make much room for that word in our vocabulary. Lives free of trouble and pain — that’s the plan. We’re pretty good at doing all we can to avoid suffering. But the Bible will help us learn that suffering for the […]
Worthy of The Gospel of Christ – Philippians 1:27
Believers in Jesus Christ have a high calling, and that high calling should affect the way we live our lives. That is the charge Paul had given the Philippian believers, and God is giving us from His Word here in Philippans 1; to make certain the way we live is worthy of the gospel of […]
An Eternal Perspective – Philippians 1:22-26
What do you do when you must choose between two good things? It’s not easy to make a decision when faced with two good options. In the text of Philippians 1:22-26 we see that Paul found himself in a situation where, if the choice were left to him, he would have had a difficult time […]
Living For Christ – Philippians 1:21
What drives you? What consumes your time and energy? On what do you spend money? What do you talk about the most? How would others who know you well characterize you? What do you think gives your life meaning? The instruction God is giving us from the Bible in Philippians 1, seen in the life […]