Overcoming Life’s circumstances

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Reflections from Phillippians 4:4-8
A consequence of knowing real peace, starts with gentleness of heart & contentment out of a joy of knowing “The Lord is near” (v5)

When life’s circumstances get the better of us or we allow those thoughts of “everyone’s against me” breeds the opposite of peace and contentment!

A key to addressing wrong thinking is simply in everything (especially the thing that cause us stress and anxiety) to bring them to Father God and to:
1. Rejoice always, not in your situation necessarily, sure that can be hard sometimes – but to rejoice in the Lord all the time – He changes not! (v4)
2. Know the Lord is near! He is with you totally, He has never left your! You can turn to him today! (v5b)
3. Talk to the Lord about your situation, life your circumstances – realize this! He is actually interested in YOU! (v6)
4. meditate on those things that give you life (v8)
5. Do you have a mentor? someone to disciple you and help you grow? One to One support? (v9)

Published by RichieGadget

Richie has been working with young people since 1992, in a variety of contexts, and in 2000 graduated from Moorlands College with a BA degree in Applied Theology/Youth & Community work with National accreditation (UK). Since then he has been involved in pioneering youth work as a Youth & Children’s worker in Berkshire, training and mentoring youth workers as a field work tutor for Centre for Youth Ministry, Oxford as well as engaging in local church work. Richie first started out in radio in 2000 with a temporary license and a show on Hope FM in Bournemouth - since then he’s been involved in various project with radio including working with 16 - 25 year olds on a millennium volunteers project in 2002 and from 2006 to 2008 worked as a volunteer for Hospital Radio in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, presenting request shows, breakfast and a Sunday afternoon specialist show. Richie moved to Ireland in the autumn of 2008 to work primarily for Spirit Radio Ireland in as the Operations Support Manager, as well as presenting a regular Saturday show and makes features and contributions to programming.