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Hi, I'm Ryan. Welcome to Bible at the Beach. Today we will be in Philippians

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chapter 4 verses 1 through 9. So glad you can join me today. Paul writes,

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My dear and precious friends whom I deeply love, you have truly become my glorious

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joy and crown of reward now arise in the fullness of your union with the Lord.

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Paul had a very personal and a very passionate relationship with this church

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in Philippi. There was an intense bond there that existed and so he's speaking

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from this context. You know, you don't tell people the truth unless you care.

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And so Paul is giving instructions that are coming forth from his desire to help

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them. He says, and I plead with you, Idea and Sintiq, to settle their disagreement

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and be restored with one mind in our Lord. Brings up a good question. Do

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disagreements happen between believers? Of course. You know, you don't and and

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the more believers the more disagreements. So what helps what helps

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solve disagreements is maturity. And so if you have two people that disagree,

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usually the more mature one will initiate the reconciliation. Now it

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depends on the infraction. There are there are grounds for I'm actually

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asking people to no longer fellowship. But for the most part we have to be

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mature in our dealings with one another, which most often involves taking the low

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road and choosing humility and choosing to live a problem free life. It says, I

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would like my dear friend and burden bearer to help resolve this issue for

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both women have diligently labored with me for the prize and helped in spreading

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the revelation of the gospel along with Clement and the rest of the co-workers.

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All of their names are written in the book of life. Now Paul's making reference

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here to the book of Revelation. It's the last book of the Bible and the the

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author of the book of Revelation has a line in it where he says that all who

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know Christ are written in the book of life. And Paul is saying that we need to

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keep the end in mind that we are that all of this life on earth is really just

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a dress rehearsal for heaven. So we want to have peace on earth with each other

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because we will have peace on earth in heaven with Jesus. So the ideal for

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believers is peace and unity. I'm gonna say that again, peace and unity. Not

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dissension, not arguments, not backbiting, but peace and unity amongst believers

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because peace and unity amongst believers is a little glimpse into heaven.

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That's exactly how it's gonna be. Boy based on the last few years can't you

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wait to get there? It's gonna be awesome. So he says be cheerful and joyous. Be

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cheerful with joyous celebration in every season of life. Let your joy

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overflow. Boy Paul sure had context for this. Now remember he's riding from a

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jail cell. Paul's talking about having joy in every season of life. I've talked

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about this a lot here at Bible on the Beach. This is the 202nd episode and I've

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done last three years. Talked a lot about this. God wants to give you

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the joy for your life in every season and for every reason. And so our human

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nature is we tend to look up when things are going bad. We tend to look to

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ourselves when things are going good. That's a broken algorithm. The mature

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perspective sees God through everything. The success, the sufferings, the

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failures, the mountain peaks attained. The mature believer sees God's hand in all

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and through all circumstances and really just tries to get a good rhythm, get a

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good routine for life going. And looking to God at all times gives us some great

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advice here in verse 5. And let gentleness be seen in every relationship

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for our Lord is very near. Boy gentleness. That's a hard one for me. That's a hard

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one for me. I'm probably gonna have to repent from that one. I like my routine. I

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like my rhythm and sometimes I can be a little ornery and so God's gonna need to

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refine that gentleness in my life. Verse 6. Don't be pulled in different

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directions or worried about a thing. Be saturated in prayer throughout the day.

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Offering your faith-filled requests before God with overflowing gratitude. So

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one focus at all time. The Lord, the Holy Spirit, what does he want to do?

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Everything else comes and goes in life. The Lord, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, what does

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God want to do today? That's the sweet spot of every believer. Tell him every

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detail of your life. Did you know that you can tell God everything that's going

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on in your life? This is why I get a four o'clock every day and I pray and I think

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about my life and I give thanks and I go through my prayer list etc. I want to

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talk to God about everything. God could be your best friend. God could be the one

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that you talk to all throughout the day. That's what I do. Not in a weird way like

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I'm talking to myself in the coffee shop or whatever. That's weird. But just like

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in my mind praying, okay Lord what do you want to do next? Who should I? Where should

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I go next? Who should I talk to etc. And God will just guide you and direct you

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in your life. He says keep your thoughts continually fixed on that on what is

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authentic and real. Boy, there is the fake and there's the real. There's the

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inauthentic and the authentic. We need the Holy Spirit to show us the difference

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and he says and be beautiful whatever is beautiful and respectful, pure, holy,

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merciful, and kind. So there's an asset class that we want to be drawn to in our

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thoughts and here it is. Philippians 4. Wow. Whatever is authentic, real,

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honorable, admirable, beautiful, respectful, pure, holy, merciful, and kind.

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Fasten your thoughts on the glorious on every glorious work of God. So how do you

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get filled with positivity? You got to see what God's doing. There's what man's

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doing, the news, bad news, etc. There's what God's doing. Good news. Victory. We always

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want to be aware of what God is doing in us and through us. So he says and

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fasten your thoughts on every glorious work of God. Praising them always, putting

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into practice the example of all you have heard from me and seen in my life

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and the God of peace will be with you in all things you see. God's peace. This is

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the gospel. God can give you peace in every circumstance. Ryan, what in the

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world are you talking about? When people die, God can give you peace. Yes. When

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you're depressed, God can give you peace. Yes. When you're down, God can give me

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peace. Yes. In fact, right now you can say, God come and give me your peace and God

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will do it. Over and over and over again in my life, I've asked God to give me

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peace and he has answered me every single time. Invite God's peace into your

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life today. That's the gospel. The gospel of peace in Jesus name. Now with all

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things, may God give us the eyes to see, the ears to hear, the heart to feel to

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respond to whoever he wants us to be today. In the name of Jesus. Until next

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time, hope you have a beautiful day.

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Hi, I'm Ryan. Welcome to Bible