Verse of the Year

Phillipians 4

Celebrate God all day, every day. I mean, revel in him! Make it as clear as you can to all you meet that you're on their side, working with them and not against them. Help them see that the Master is about to arrive. He could show up any minute!

Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life

Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.

I'm glad in God, far happier than you would ever guess—happy that you're again showing such strong concern for me. Not that you ever quit praying and thinking about me. You just had no chance to show it. Actually, I don't have a sense of needing anything personally. I've learned by now to be quite content whatever my circumstances. I'm just as happy with little as with much, with much as with little. I've found the recipe for being happy whether full or hungry, hands full or hands empty. Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am.


---This is my verse of the year from the message version. The key God is showing me to win in all areas of life is to never take life into our own hands. He is in control. He sees the big picture- we do not. His plans for us are good. His promises for us are yes and amen. All He requires of us is for purity to be expressed in every situation and to always, no matter how we feel or what is weighing down on us, to be content in Him. Thats my favorite line "I;ve learned how to be quite content whatever my circumstances!" My prayer is the I will soon be able to say that with confidence. God your taking me through the fire right now- I am content. God Your blessings are overflowing me- I am content. God do what you must with my life and with my circumstance- I am and will be content. Content but never satisfied!