Scott Grant, in a message, “THE GOSPEL IS WORTH EVERYTHING YOU CAN GIVE IT” Philippians 4:16-19 Even in Thessalonica you sent me help for my needs once and again. 17 Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit. [2] 18 I have received full payment, and more. I am well supplied, having [...]
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Our God of lavish grace!
Posted: June 25, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, God, God's grace, God's sovereignty, grace, Our God of lavish grace!, Scripture
Cultivating contentment
Posted: June 24, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, Charles Spurgeon, contentment, Cultivating contentment, daily Bible, grace, Scripture
“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. [...]
Piper, Prayer and Philippians 4
Posted: June 23, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Philippians, Piper, prayer, Prayer and Philippians 4, Scripture
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. 7 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 [...]
Is your citizenship in heaven?
Posted: June 22, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, citizenship, daily Bible, Is your citizenship in 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, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Scripture, sermon, suffering, 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 [...]
Go Hard After Christ…John Piper on Philippians 3:7-8
Posted: June 20, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Go Hard After Christ...John Piper on Philippians 3:7-8, Knowing Christ, Knowing God, Philippians, Scripture
John Piper, in a sermon, “Going Hard After the Holy God” First, we must go hard after Christ in order to know him. Verses 7 and 8: “Whatever gain I had I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my [...]
Trust in a sovereign God
Posted: June 19, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, God is sovereign, God's sovereignty, Paul, Philippians, Scripture, Trust in a sovereign God
Philippians 2: 23-24….. I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me, 24 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, sickness [...]
Poured out
Posted: June 18, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, 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 [...]
The Mind of Christ
Posted: June 17, 2010 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, June, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, looking out for the interests of others, Love your neighbor as yourself, Philippians, Scripture, sermon, The Mind of Christ
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 [...]
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,Hail, the incarnate deity….
Posted: December 2, 2010 by Pam Larson in 2 Corinthians, December, Devotionals/Commentaries, Hebrews, John, PhilippiansTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Big Truths for Young Hearts, Bruce Ware, Christmas, Christmas theology, daily Bible, God, huge theological truths, incarnation, J.I. Packer, Jesus is God, John, Knowing God, Scripture, the incarnate deity...., theology, theology in hymns, theology leads to doxology, Veiled in flesh the Godhead see
Think of Christmas carols and songs, especially the ones people like to sing the most, and the people and events surrounding Jesus’ birth. We sing of angels, shepherds, Mary and Joseph, the stable, Bethlehem, Wise Men, and all the familiar details. How often do we really think about the doctrine or theology of Jesus’ birth? [...]