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Jesus wants to help us in all things. He wants to give us his peace and his confidence. He wants to help us overcome fears, doubts, or painful memories that rob us of our confidence. Paul wrote about God's peace and his desire to strengthen the Philippians because he saw how the Lord had given him divine strength and peace, and he knew that the same could happen for them.
It’s quite possible that at one point in his life, Paul did a lot of the work on his strength. But as time went on and as he matured in the Lord, Paul doubtless learned how to rely on and submit to God’s grace and his strength. By the time he wrote this letter, he had been a Christian for more than twenty years and an apostle and missionary for more than ten. Surely by now he had learned how to live in God’s presence and how to bring God’s presence and strength into his daily activities. In this article, we want to try to identify two key practices that helped Paul gain such confidence in the Lord—and that convinced him that everyone could become just as peaceful and strong as he was.
A Life of Prayer. Before anything…
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