“because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now…” (Philippians 1:5, NIV84) In the scope of the Christian life, we place a great emphasis on knowing the message of the Gospel, and this isn’t wrong. Eternal consequences are at stake depending on whether or not we know Jesus Christ as our […]
09/02/22 Daily Devotion – Standing firm is a corporate activity for the Church!
“Therefore, my beloved brethren whom I long to see, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.” (Philippians 4:1, NASB95) A couple of things stand out to me as I ponder this verse. First, note the beauty of Christian brotherhood/sisterhood. Look at the intimate way in which Paul describes […]
09/01/22 Daily Devotion – What is your citizenship?
“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.” (Philippians 3:20–21, NIV84) Christianity is unique in so many ways […]
08/31/22 Daily Devotion – I want to know Christ!
“I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.” (Philippians 3:10–11, NIV84) “I want to know Christ.” Could there be a more perfect desire? We may think we know […]
08/30/22 Daily Devotion – Know that the enemy may be among us!
“For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. ” (Philippians 3:18–19, NIV84) The cross of Jesus Christ […]
08/29/22 Daily Devotion – The one thing I will do…!
“Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining […]
08/28/22 Daily Devotion – What do you consider your losses and gains?
“But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in […]
08/27/22 Daily Devotion – There’s nothing left to give but praise!
“For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh.” (Philippians 3:3, NIV84) John, in his Gospel, says something very similar to Paul here. He quotes Jesus saying, “God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship […]
08/26/22 Daily Devotion – Our God left nothing on our to-do list!
“Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh.” (Philippians 3:2 NIV) In the Christian community of believers, the call to “watch out” is normally a plea to avoid the sinful pitfalls that exist out there in the world. But not in this verse. Paul is warning us to watch out for […]
08/25/22 Daily Devotion – We are to shine like stars in a dark world!
“…children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life.” (Philippians 2:15-16 NIV) I absolutely love these verses! Sometimes it seems like all we hear is bad news. We hear it at work. We hear it on […]
