John Piper on Philippians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. The effect of faithful prayer here is stated [...]
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Piper: the joy and the wonder and the power and privilege and the peace of a life of prayer!
Posted: June 23, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Philippians, Piper: the joy and the wonder and the power and privilege and the peace of a life of prayer!, prayer, Scripture
Passport Requirements for Heaven
Posted: June 22, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Is your citizenship in heaven?, Passport Requirements for Heaven, Philippians, Scripture
John Piper comments on Philippians 3:20, “Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” If you are a believer in Christ, you do not have to wait for the second coming of Christ to know where your home is: heaven or hell. When you trust Christ your name [...]
The surpassing worth of knowing Christ!
Posted: June 21, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Philippians, Scripture, The surpassing worth of knowing Christ!
John Piper, in a message, “Called to Suffer and Rejoice -that We Might Gain Christ” Why did God ordain and Paul accept the losses that it meant for him to be a Christian? Paul gives the answer again and again in these verses so that we cannot miss the point. He is not passive in this suffering [...]
Paul’s trust was in the sovereignty of God.
Posted: June 19, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, God's sovereignty, Paul, Paul's trust was in the sovereignty of God., Philippians, Scripture
Philippians 2: 23-24….. I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me, and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also. Alec Motyer says, “Paul’s doctrine taught him that a sovereign God ruled all things: whether freedom or imprisonment, comfort or discomfort, [...]
Poured Out
Posted: June 18, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Paul, Philippians, poured out, Scripture
John Piper on Philippians 2:17-18: Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me. Paul loved this church. He loved all the churches. And he died every [...]
Piper: Looking Out For the Interests of Others
Posted: June 17, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Philippians, Piper: Looking Out For the Interests of Others, Scripture
Look at Philippians 2:4- “Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” John Piper comments in a sermon, “The Mind of Christ: Looking Out For the Interests of Others”: The word interests is a filler. In the original, it’s open-ended. All that is specified is “your own [...]
Piper: Go hard after God
Posted: June 16, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Philippians, Piper: Go hard after God, Scripture, worship
John Piper on Philippians 1:21 ….the inner essence of worship is cherishing Christ as gain – indeed as more gain than all that life can offer – family, career, retirement, fame, food, friends. The essence of worship is experiencing Christ as gain. Or to use words that we love to use around here: it is [...]
Don’t Waste Your Life
Posted: June 15, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Don't Waste Your Life, Dr. John Piper, Philippians, Scripture
John Piper, in a message “Don’t Waste Your Life,” The great passion of the unwasted life is to magnify Christ. Here is the text that, perhaps more than any other, governs what life is really about: Philippians 1:20-21. Paul says, “It is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, [...]
God Finishes What He Starts
Posted: June 14, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, God Finishes What He Starts, Philippians, Scripture
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. —Philippians 1:16 Tom Stellar, a pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN, said this about the verse above, in a sermon, “God Finishes What He Starts”: This makes [...]
Growing Contentment
Posted: June 24, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Charles Spurgeon, Growing Contentment
“I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.” Philippians 4:11 C.H. Spurgeon comments in “Morning and Evening, (Feb 16)” THESE words show us that contentment is not a natural propensity of man. “Ill weeds grow apace.” Covetousness, discontent, and murmuring, are as natural to man as thorns are to the soil. [...]