Philippians 4: ⁴ Most of all, friends, always rejoice in the Lord! I never tire of saying it: Rejoice! ⁵ Keep your gentle nature so that all people will know what it looks like to walk in His footsteps. The Lord is ever present with us. ⁶ Don’t be anxious about things; instead, pray. Pray about everything. He longs to hear your requests, so talk to God about your needs and be thankful for what has come. ⁷ And know that the peace of God (a peace that is beyond any and all of our human understanding) will stand watch over your hearts and minds in Jesus, the Anointed One.

⁸ Finally, brothers and sisters, fill your minds with beauty and truth. Meditate on whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is good, whatever is virtuous and praiseworthy. ⁹ Keep to the script: whatever you learned and received and heard and saw in me—do it—and the God of peace will walk with

 

v5 says keep your gentle nature... I think as kids the majority of us are born with a gentle nature but as the world wears on us we become hardened and not gentle anymore... I am sure gentle is a very good quality to have although I am sure I do not have too much of is...

 

v6 states rather than be anxious about anything to instead pray and don't worry... yet we do... the majority of us... out of our mouths we say that God will handle everything that worries us.. and we can even believe it in our hearts.. yet somehow... we all have an area of weakness that we tend to worry about ... it says He longs to hear our requests.. idk about that I have been led many times to ask for nothing.. just be thankful instead...

 

v8 fill our minds with beauty and truth meditating on what is honorable and right and pure and lovely and good and virtuous and praiseworthy... and if we could just do this.. it is true.. our hearts will be at peace... full of tranquility... yet somehow... we struggle and fuss and gossip and think negative thoughts... and all those things come out of our mouths.... and we want to speak differently but the beginning to speaking differently is to first think differently.... yet we somehow like to continue to think the way we do... not wanting to give it up... wanting to stay what we think is 'normal'...

 

oh the struggle to be like Christ rather than be like me......................