Philippians 4 is one of those chapters absolutely jam-packed with promises from God. Philippians 4:6-7 offers us the model for prayer which can transform us from nervous wrecks into peaceful people and Philippians 4:8 gives us the key to victory by showing us where to...

Paul gives thanks to the Philippians in Phil 4:10-20 for the practical help they gave him. As Jesus reminded us in the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, we serve God when we serve other people (see Matt 25:31-46), and this can be seen in a variety of ways (which...

My eighteen-month-old granddaughter has discovered a most useful word: "This!" In her early attempts to communicate verbally with us, she has become an expert at pointing dramatically and announcing, "This!", with the unspoken subtext being, "Pass this to me; give...