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Oct 29, 2015 · Tom Schmidt Pastor of Cross of Christ Fellowship Naperville, IL. 10/29/2015. Christian Thought Life—8 Week Study of Philippians 4:8 by Tom SchmidtPhilippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any exc. llenc.
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Oct 31, 2024 · Answer. Philippians 4:8 is a well-known verse that admonishes believers to think about “ whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, . . . excellent, or praiseworthy.”. This command suggests that believers can control their thoughts and that their thought life should ...
- I. What Paul Is Not Teaching: The Power of Positive Thinking.
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I need to focus on this for a moment because the Christian world has been infiltrated with the false teaching of “positive thinking,” popularized by Norman Vincent Peale and, with only slight variations, by Peale’s protege, Robert Schuller. If you are at all familiar with the teachings of these men, you know that they are not Christian in any ortho...
A number of years ago, the news media picked up the story of a woman known as “Garbage Mary.” She lived in a smelly Chicago tenement amid mounds of garbage. She spent her time rummaging through trash cans. She would bum cigarettes off her neighbors. Police took her to a psychiatric hospital after she was stopped for questioning and found to be in a...
Why are Peale’s “Positive Thinking” and Schuller’s “Possibility Thinking” fundamentally opposed to Scripture?Some Christians argue that we need to be aware of what’s going on in our culture through movies, TV, etc. Your response?How should a Christian police officer apply Phil. 4:8when he is daily confronted by moral filth in his job?Someone may argue, “The Bible itself has stories of immorality, etc. What’s the difference between reading it there and watching it on TV, movies, or video?” Your answer?Aug 23, 2023 · Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever!” (1 Corinthians 13:4–8, NLT). Jesus Christ is our greatest inspiration for thinking on whatever is lovely: “We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our ...
Truth #1 – Life is not to be valued more or less by a Christian based on its perceived quality. Hannah understood this truth when she sang her song of praise to God. She sang: “The LORD brings death and makes alive; he brings down to the grave and raises up”. (1 Samuel 2:6). Truth #2 – God is the Author of life and death.
Mar 22, 2020 · Let our thoughts fall into the category of the noble, and of high moral principles. #4 “whatever is right,”. Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. This simply means loving what is right, and doing what is right because is it right. In order to do right, one must think about what is right. #5 “whatever is pure, lovely ...
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Sep 10, 2021 · Controlling our thought life is important. But we must get first things first. We must love God. When I love God, I will obey him. When I run to Jesus, my thought life will follow. In John 15, Jesus says, “Remain in me, and I will remain in you.”. He goes on to warn us that apart from him “we can do nothing.”.
