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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Romans 7:7-25
Freed from the bond of sin, who will we serve? Romans 7:1-6
The Wages of Sin is Death, Romans 6:12-23
Praying to Saints and Dying to Sin, Romans 6:1-14
"Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more", Romans 5:12-2
Romans 5:1-11
Special Episode: Fr. Benedict Groeschel on "Authentic and Inauthentic Renewal"
Listener Question on Faith and Works, James 2
Servile vs Filial Fear and the Continued Study of Romans 4:13-25
Continuing Romans 4:1-12
Jews, Gentiles, and Works of the Law Continued, 3:9-31
Jews, Gentiles, and Works of the Law, Romans 2:25-29, Romans 3:1-8
Jews, Gentiles, and Works of the Law, Romans 2:6-24
In Passing Judgement Upon Him You Condemn Yourself, Romans 2:1-8
God's Revelation and Human Freedom, Continuing Romans 1:22-32, 2:1-8
The Consequences of Rejecting the Gospel, Romans 1
Apostolic Authority and Succession, Romans 1
What Exactly is “the Gospel” Anyway? Romans 1
Sharing the Gospel When It Is DIFFICULT! Romans 1:16
Faith, Works and Abraham Part 2: What must we do to be saved? Galatians 3:1-14
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