For last week's special Thanksgiving episode, Marcus Grodi shared a portion of a sermon he gave as part of a Thanksgiving service back when he was a Presbyterian pastor in 1985. That message focused on Philippians 4:4-7, in which St. Paul calls us to present our requests to God with gratitude already in our hearts.
Marcus follows up this week by focusing on the verses that immediately follow that passage. In Philippians 4:8-9, St. Paul gives us a template of how to guard our hearts and mind from the world, the flesh and the devil, which bombard us with temptations of every kind. Rather than fall to those temptations, Paul offers us this challenge:
"Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, do; and the God of peace will be with you."
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To Bring about the Obedience of Faith, Romans 16:1-27
Romans 15 & 16
Chain Reference Bible Study & Paul's Reasons For Writing, Romans 15:14-33
Is Faith Between us and God?, Romans 14:22-15:13 , Romans 14:22-15:13
Romans 14
The Christian and the Governing Authorities, Romans 13:1-14 Continued
Romans 13:1-14
Question About the "Pillar & Bullwark" and Romans 12:9-21
"Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed", Romans 12:1-8
Emails on the Justice of God and "Be Transformed,"Romans 12:1-2
Jews and Gentiles Continued, Romans 11:25-36
Jews, Gentiles, & the Development of Modern Protestantism, Romans 11:11-24
Has God Abandoned the Jews, Romans 11:1-12
Being Sent to Preach, Romans 10:13-21
St. Paul, Why Haven’t Jews Responded to the Gospel of Christ? Romans 9:30-10:13
God's Foreknowledge and Human Free Will, Romans 9:14-33
Why Haven't Others Responded to the Call of Jesus Christ? Romans 9:1-13
Romans 8:18-30
Romans 8:12-23
The Catholic Church and the "Mystical Body of Christ", Romans 8:1-11
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