by Grace Grenade | Jun 4, 2022 | Daily Grace
“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:7). The word Paul uses for peace is related to the Old Testament word for peace, “shalom.” “Shalom” meant more than a lack of conflict. It...
by Grace Grenade | Jun 3, 2022 | Daily Grace
“All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. Only let us live up to what we have already attained” (Philippians 3:15-16). Paul wants us to agree with everything he...
by Grace Grenade | Jun 2, 2022 | Daily Grace
“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus”...
by Grace Grenade | Jun 1, 2022 | Daily Grace
“But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain...
by Grace Grenade | May 31, 2022 | Daily Grace
“Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. For it is we who are the circumcision, we...
by Grace Grenade | May 28, 2022 | Daily Grace
“Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness” (Philippians 2:6-7). “He made himself nothing” is...