Thy strong word, we praise you and acknowledge you up through endless ranks of angels.

Hi, this is Pastor Wilden, inviting you to join us for our hym sing at the 2026 issues,

etc., making the case conference. This year's theme, singing the ancient faith in our own days.

Making the case is Friday, June 12th, and Saturday, June 13th at Concordia University, Chicago.

Find out more and register at Issues.etc.org. Jerusalem and my happy home, when shall I come to thee?

When shall my sorrows have an end.

Thy joys, when shall I see?

The concordia seminary chorus with Jerusalem My Happy Home,

Paul tells us in his letter to the Philippians that our citizenship

is in heaven, that we are in essence a colony from the future world, from the world to come

in Jesus Christ. So what does our life, what does our mind, our heart, and our walk, as he puts

it, look like as we live as colonists

in this world? Welcome back to Issues, etc., coming to you live from the studios of Lutheran

Public Radio in Collinsville, Illinois. I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. Pastor Will

Weedon joins us to talk about Philippians 4-8. Think on these things. He's assistant pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hamill, Illinois, formerly served as director of worship for the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. He's author of the books, Celebrating the Saints, Thank, Praise, Serve, and Obey. See My Savior's Hands, and I Remember, A Life of Mary. He hosts the daily 15-minute verse-by-verse Bible study produced by Lutheran Public Radio called the Word of the Lord Endures Forever.

Well, welcome back.

Hey, thank you, Todd.

What gave you the idea of doing a deep dive into just a single verse like this?

Well, I think what put it in my head was praying the daily office. I love to pray

the daily office from, you know, the little Lindemann book. I don't know if you remember that from years ago.

I picked one up when I was at Concordia Bronxville and it's just sort of my daily companion.

So during the week of Oakley, the third week in Lent, there are two prayers

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