Hey church family grab your Bible it is Devo time we're going to continue in the book of

Philippians we're just going to pick right up where we left off so it's chapter 1 verse

18 the second half of verse 18 I'm go ahead and read 18. He said, what then? Only that in every way,

whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed and in that I rejoice. The people were

preaching so that Paul would get in more trouble and he's saying, as long as they're preaching

the gospel, I don't care what they preach. Then he goes on to say yes and I will rejoice.

Now he is going to talk about rejoicing over and over and over and over again, again.

What most of us do is we look for our satisfaction, our contentment, our comfort, our happiness

in our temporary circumstances. From prison, he is saying that he will rejoice,

and again, I'll say it, I will rejoice. For the reason that I'm going to rejoice, here's why.

For I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, this will turn out for my deliverance.

The this here is prison.

Now, something's really important here.

There's no one on the planet that believes in the sovereignty of God more than the Apostle Paul.

Paul writes things like God is at work in all things for the good

of those that love him are called according to his purpose. For those whom he fornew, he predestined.

Those whom he predestined he called and those who he called he justified, those who he justified,

he will also glorify. He is a big,, sovereign guy, God is in charge kind of guy.

And yet, look right here what he says. He says, I know that through your prayers and the help

of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, this will turn out for my deliverance. In other words, Paul says,

prayer changes things. Prayer changes things. Prayer matters. We live in a day right now,

one, where everything is political. And when something happens, there will be some other famous

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