Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Philippians 4:4-9
by: Paula Davis.
This is one of my favorite passages in the Bible. I like to call verse 8 the “whatever” verse. I think the will of God and the example of Jesus can mostly be summed up in this verse. If it were possible to wrangle our thoughts so that every one of them was true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and worthy of praise…well, we would be just like Jesus! That is what I want for my life. Verses 4-7 give us a key to the whatever thoughts as well. Let’s see today how many of our thoughts we can wrangle to make them pleasing to God.
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