A Life-Changing Verse
Theme of the week: The Secret to Joy-Filled Living
Sunday, March 17, 2013
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Who Said It … Tommy Newberry
Tommy Newberry is the founder of the 1% Club, a life-coaching firm that equips entrepreneurs and families to live with purpose. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The 4:8 Principle and Success Is Not an Accident. This week's readings are taken from his most recent book 40 Days to a Joy-Filled Life. Learn more about Tommy at tommynewberry.com.
What he Said … A Life-Changing Verse
When I was a teenager, my grandmother shared with me a certain Bible verse that grabbed my attention. Over the years that followed, I kept this verse in front of me and often contemplated its meaning as I experienced my own life unfolding. As I launched my coaching practice in 1991, I began sharing this special verse with clients, curious whether it would touch and challenge them as deeply as it had me.
As time passed, I observed, first with individuals and then with couples and families, that this single passage from the New Testament contained within it the secret to a joy-filled life. By applying this verse to their daily lives, my clients started amplifying the joy they experienced in their marriages, with their parenting, and in their lives as a whole.
The verse I am referring to is Philippians 4:8:
"Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things" (NKJV).
Key Study Passage: Philippians 4:4-9
Adapted from 40 Days to a Joy-Filled Life (Tyndale, 2012) by permission. All rights reserved by the copyright holder and/or the publisher. May not be reproduced.
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Father, help me to think about the good rather than the bad, the true rather than the false; even amid difficult and painful experiences, may I turn to you for hope, peace, and joy.
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