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Shining in the Darkness: Philippians Simply Explained is unavailable, but you can change that!

Chained Paul might be, this joyful prisoner of the Lord never wrote more warmly nor more wisely than in this letter to his friends in Philippi. Yet the apostle is not blind to faults, even of loyal brethren for whom he has a special affection. Evidently there was some dissension in this lively Christian community, due to personal jealousies and animosities. Unfortunately, the same can be just as...

even angry. In cases like these I have just quoted, all the time that we are trying to get off to sleep our hearts and minds are darting here and there and keeping us awake. We are full of disturbed thoughts and emotions and feel we would do anything to experience the peace which will enable us to drift off to sleep. At times like these we long to be like the psalmist who said, ‘I lie down and sleep’ (Ps. 3:5). We have no difficulty in lying down, but when we do so we find that we cannot sleep because
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