# 44 2018 Dev. Php. 4:8. Stand Firm! Read Ch.4. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw Gremar and I closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things”.
Paul ends this letter to the Philippians with an exhortation to “stand firm in the Lord” and he tells us how to do it: “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice”. Be gentle, do not be anxious, pray and be thankful. And Paul gives us the result of standing firm: “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” God’s peace in every situation of our lives is not always understood but comes to us by God’s grace.
V 19, Paul thanks the Philippian church for their support, the Holy Spirit set aside Paul and Barnabas at Antioch, now the Philippian church is fulfilling the mandate of the Holy Spirit. On the denominational level, the mandate to fund mission is not much adhered to today, putting the responsibility of funding on the missionary. As a missionary, under the present fund raising scheme it is my experience that this makes mission work more difficult and in some cases some would be missionaries are not.
Paul moves to his final exhortation v.8 “whatever is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent or praiseworthy, think about such things”. That is how we stand firm “think about such things”. Standing firm is important today and very much at this time. Think about these things as you vote. May God be pleased.
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