Where is your confidence? Has something happened to you that flipped upside down the way you think? These are rare, life changing moments that cause us to question the basis for our confidence, like what happened to Paul. When the best of who I am became rubbish Phil 3:1-11 21.6.15 Kirk Zylstra 1. Where is your confidence? 2. A shocking warning, vv1-3 3. A personal illustration, vv4-6 * was born into privilege * Circumcised the eighth day * Of the

Surely peace is not simply absence from trouble but rest amid trouble? In fact, when you are able to rest, maybe sleep, even in the middle of trouble there is something - wow - that is surely peace! The Psalms: (4) Peace in the storm Phil 3:1-20, Ps 4 24.5.15 1. Urgent prayer, v1 2. Addressing slander, vv2-3 Rom 8:33-35 3. Addressing anger, vv4-5, Rom 12:19 4. Addressing despair, v6 Num 6:25 5. Inward peace, vv7-8 #Peace #trouble #storm #David #Psalm

Christians don't want to turn to God only when in trouble. We don't want to be a bunch of users, turning to Him when we're in need and then going our merry way until we need Him again. That's not the way that we want to be. Yet it's not that we should ignore God when we're in trouble. Absolutely not! We should turn to God when we're in trouble but should also turn to God at other times like thanking God when things are good. Yes, even if we know we've been slack, we should st