Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Know that God Works in Your Life

Philippian 1:3-11
(Timothy S. Lan & Paul David Tripp)

God is at work in you.  Paul prays that the Philippian believers' love for God would result in acts of love for others.  This is where God wants to take them, and where God wants to take us as well.  No matter what you face today, you can be encouraged that God's good work continues in your life, even when you don't see it.  God continues his work right in the middle of that tough situation at work, or with your teenager, or that battle with your weight, or your struggle with discouragement.  God moves you forward as you submit yourself to him.  His presence and faithful work give us confidence.  As you have that tough conversation with a friend, you can say to yourself, Christ is working right now to complete what he started in me.  As you struggle with your finances, you can say to your spouse, "We can get through this because Christ is working right now to complete what he has begun in us."  When it seems that you are in a losing battle with sin, you can say, "I have hope for victory because Christ is working in me right now to complete what he has begun."

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