Rejoice in the Lord Always
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
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🗓️ 6 May 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Christians are called to "rejoice in the Lord always" (Phil. 4:4). But how do we keep this command? How can we be joyful in times of stress, hardship, and loss? Today, Steven Lawson explains the secret to an indestructible joy.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
Steven Lawson is founder and president of OnePassion Ministries in Dallas. He is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow, professor of preaching and dean of D.Min. studies at The Master's Seminary, and teacher for the Institute for Expository Preaching. He is author of many books, including The Passionate Preaching of Martyn Lloyd-Jones, John Knox: Fearless Faith, and The Moment of Truth.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | Christianity is not the subtraction of difficulty, it's the addition of joy to go through our difficulties with a triumphant note. And so this is what Paul commands the church at Philippi to rejoice in the Lord always. |
| 0:18.8 | When we think of Philippians, many of us have memorized Philippians 4.4 and Paul's |
| 0:30.4 | command to rejoice in the Lord always. |
| 0:34.0 | How is that possible as we navigate hardships, hurts and disappointments? |
| 0:39.2 | What is the ground for this joy that is independent of our circumstances. |
| 0:45.0 | Welcome to the Monday edition of renewing her mind |
| 0:48.0 | as we spend a week considering lessons from Philippians, |
| 0:51.0 | beginning today in Philippians chapter 4. |
| 0:55.3 | Stephen Lawson is our teacher this week, and even though Philippians is only four chapters |
| 1:00.2 | long, he carefully and thoughtfully walked through this letter of Paul line by line, recording |
| 1:06.3 | 42 messages covering the entire epistle. |
| 1:10.4 | You can watch or listen to this entire series, |
| 1:13.0 | have access to the detailed study guide, |
| 1:15.5 | and receive the DVD to add to your collection |
| 1:18.0 | when you give a gift of any amount at renewing your mind.org. So where does this joy come from that Paul speaks of? |
| 1:26.3 | Dr Lawson is a Ligonner Ministry's teaching fellow and professor of preaching and |
| 1:31.4 | dean of demon studies at the Master's Seminary. |
| 1:34.7 | And here he is to answer in Philippians 4. |
| 1:40.2 | In this session we want to look at verses four and five, |
| 1:43.6 | Philippians four, verses four and five. |
| 1:47.0 | The title of this is, Rejoice in the Lord. |
| 1:50.5 | The Apostle Paul writes, |
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