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Yesterday I shared one of the Bible promises God gave me more than 30 years ago.  This week we are taking a dive in to Philippians chapter.  Verses 6 and 7 are that Bible promise to let go of worry and find God’s peace.


Today we go a little deeper and look at verse 8.  I believe that God is giving us His love letter, the entire Bible, to free us from the things that keep our lives mixed up and in struggle.  He intends for us to have peace and to know Him, yet many believe that God is giving us law to follow.


This verse proves that point.  What we choose to think about goes a long way to transforming our lives and helping us become more like Jesus.  Colossians 3:2 says we can choose to point our minds and lives in His direction.


Choose what you think about and dwell on.


Philippians 4:8  NLT  

And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.


Those things free us to not be going the wrong direction.  The wrong direction brings more chaos and struggle.  The wrong direction makes life tougher to live day to day.


The right direction brings clarity to what we see and purity to what we think.  The right direction makes us not have to cover up the things we are ashamed of.


A good word is where this verse concludes.  That word is worthy.  Think on things that are worthy.  Point your life, thinking and your heart toward God who is worthy.  All the other words work well with worthy … excellent, admirable, lovely, pure, right, honorable, true and more.


Another reason why God gave us Philippians 4 from the pen and heart of Paul.  What we think about matters.  Tomorrow we will go a little further examining the examples that have been set for us.

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