"Rejoice in the Lord always, again I will say, rejoice!" Philippians 4:4
Go with me back in history a couple of thousands of years. Let's go to Rome . . . to a rather drab little room surrounded by high walls . . . Inside we see a man seated on the floor He's an older fellow, shoulders stooped and balding. Chains are on his hands and feet . . .
It is the apostle Paul . . . The apostle who was bound only by the will of God is now in chains - stuck in a dingy house - attached to a Roman officer . . .
He is writing a letter. No doubt it is a list of grievances . . . He has ever reason to be bitter and complain. But he doesn't. Instead, he writes a letter that two thousand years later is still known as the treatise on joy - Philippians . . .
Why don't you spend some time with it?
By Max Lucado, taken from "Grace for the Moment"
Bible Reading Guide:
Beginning to End: 2 Kings 20-22
Old and New Testaments Together: I Kings 3-5 & Luke 20:1-26
Historical: 2 Kings 23-25
Chronological: Psalm 81, 88, 92-93
Blended: Numbers 3-4 & Rev. 15
The Bible reading guides will be taken from Back to the Bible
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