And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honourable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Phil 4:8 [NLT] “Ian, why when you went to all …
Perspective Gems
Bible Gem 1978 – The Mind of a Champion; Who is the GOAT? (Phil 3:10-16)
My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already attained this – …
Bible Gem 537 – Getting Things in Perspective (2 Cor 4:16-18)
That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! …
Bible Gem 536 – Thinking Rightly about Troubles (2 Cor 4:8-15)
We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. Through suffering, our bodies continue to …