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HABIT #3: Think on noble things. READ IT “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. . . . I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation.” (Philippians 4:8,12) The…

HABIT #2: Pray with thanksgiving. READ IT “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. . . . And the God of peace will be with you.” (Philippians 4:6,9) If a central goal of the Philippians 4 Challenge is to get closer to Jesus,…

HABIT #1: Choose to be joyful. READ IT “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! . . . and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:4,7) We’re back to habit one: Choose to be joyful. We’re done learning new things.…

HABIT #4: Repeat daily. READ IT “Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice.” (Philippians 4:9) If you want to see your inner person transformed, you have to embrace the grind. By now you’re almost a week into the 21 Day Challenge, and some of the newness has…

HABIT #3: Think on noble things.   READ IT “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.” (Philippians 4:8) If you live off of steady diet of of fast food, Krispy Kreme, Coca-Cola…

HABIT #2: Pray with thanksgiving.   READ IT “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” (Philippians 4:6) Tens of millions of Americans are praying today, all for the wrong reasons. I guarantee you the number one prayer today is, “Dear God,…

HABIT #1: Choose to be joyful.   READ IT “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” (Philippians 4:4) Most of us have the wrong idea about joy. We think of joy as a feeling, as a mood, as an emotion. The danger in seeing joy as a feeling or emotion is…

READ IT The Philippians 4 Challenge is about getting your heart, mind and soul in shape. While that might seem simple, it’s not quite as easy as it sounds. If you’re 100 lbs overweight and haven’t been in the gym in three years, the pounds don’t come off all at once. Your body will scream…

READ IT The Philippians 4 Challenge is incredibly simple: take God at his word for 21 days and see what happens. For 21 days, live like the Bible tells us to live in Philippians for and see if the promises it guarantees us come true in your life. That’s it. Take God at his word,…

The following is a devotion from my message series 10 Steps to Freedom. I hope these devotionals help you experience lasting freedom in Jesus! STEP SIX: day 5 Do life together Let’s say that you had a large couch that for some reason you had to carry around with you wherever you went. Every place, every day.…

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