God nearly always chooses to make His promises over the unlikely so that He receives the glory.

Paul ends this letter by reminding them that they are ‘God’s people in Christ Jesus’; a life of worth comes from...

My experience has always been that God has always met my needs, He is faithful to His promises.

Worship encompasses all of life....

Many think that contentment come from having all that one needs materially, relationally, having good health etc.

When the Spirit came powerfully on the early church we see that their ‘fellowship’ (Koinonia/Partnership) overflowed in loving generosity.

May we learn to make good thinking a good habit.

What we allow to inspire admiration, can inspire to greatness, inspire to what is pointless, or inspire to what is dark and damaging.

Enjoying peace requires that we think about the pure and lovely.

Nobility, from God’s perspective, is about inspiring what is good. It’s about filling our minds with what will inspire us to goodness.

This list of ‘thinking traits’ begins with ‘whatever is true’. Truth is agreeing with God

Peace will be your guardian if we pray in a manner outlined in this week’s text.

Paul had reasons to be anxious about this church, his imprisonment, his life, their unity…but he prays with thanks!

Every small and large challenge should elicit trusting prayer to our Father.

It’s our rejoicing in the dark times that show that we really do rejoice in the Lord rather than our circumstances!

For Christians, the health of their peace with God will be reflected in their friendships.

We are here to so represent the King and Kingdom in order to help others to find their way to this ‘homeland’.

Examples can inspire us to useless or wicked goals, but they can also inspire us to high aspirations.

A mature apple tree produces fruit; a mature Christian bears ‘the fruit of pursuit’.

Let’s make every effort to pursue the goal of knowing Jesus. Let’s make this effort by faith in His empowering presence.