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Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right...think about such things. Philippians 4:8 NIV Whatever is right. Paul's letter to the church is full of encouragement and hope. Why is that? Because we need it. We stuff up, make mistakes, get stuck in sin. All of us. And the key thing Paul calls us to use here is our mind. What we think about, what we fix our minds on. It's not about what pops into our mind but what we encourage to stay there. To dwell on. Today it's what is "right". This is about what is just. Fair. Impartial. My natural bias is to what I think is fair for me! Hardly impartial. So this forces me to try & think from the only just/right perspective. God's. Hard to do, but He has revealed himself in his word, in the person of Jesus so we have some clues. Will I try to think like Jesus? #thinkonthese #truth #honour #right #jesusatthecentre

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble...think about such things. Philippians 4:8 NIV The NLT version says "Fix your thoughts on..." We get to choose what we fix our thinking on, and this is a great list... Whatever is true. Whatever is noble. Noble is not a word we hear a lot of. It is honourable, it's things that carry weight. So much of our media and entertainment is lightweight, & is not honourable to the people involved, we laugh at people's fails, their embarrassments, and call it entertaining. Paul says to fix our thoughts on what is noble, what gives people honour and dignity as they are image bearers of our God. We get to choose where to fix our thoughts. Choose well today :) #finally #thinkonthis #truth #honour #thesource #jesusatthecentre

Friday!! Proverbs 15.33.amp The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord brings instruction in Wisdom, and humility comes before honour. When we want something we usually have to exchange something for it...time, money, labour, effort...I want to be wise, & Solomon here gives the exchange formula...it's the reverent and worshipful fear of God...how often do I do that? Maybe for an hour on Sunday? And then that little gem to end ch15...humility comes before honour...something to ponder this chilly Friday... #proverbs #wisdom #somethingtochewon #wisdom #humility #honour

Ephesians 6.1-2.nlt Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. "Honor your father and mother" This is the first commandment with a promise... One of my favourite parenting verses haha...but the principle of doing what is right just because we are Christians should permeate everything that we do. The first challenge is to honour our parents. For some this is easy...for others your parents may be a source of hurt...or they have made poor choices in life...but somehow we need to step onto the path that leads to forgiveness, & in that forgiving, not only are these verses are lived out, but it leads to peace in our hearts. #stepstopeace #honour #forgiveness