Well, good morning again, church. Our sermon text today is Philippians chapter 4, verses 1 through 9.
Let me invite you to turn there. I believe that's page 922 or 923, somewhere in there,
in the Pew Bible. We'll have it on the screens as I read it in just a minute, but it'll be helpful
to have it open during the sermon as we study and listen to this text together. So, as we turn there,
let me pray for us, and then I'll read.
Father, we do ask as we come to your word that you would grant our minds understanding
and you would grant our hearts a receptivity to what you are saying to us. Father, thank you
that you give us a word outside of ourselves from you that allows us to know you and to live for you
and to be recipients of a great saving grace that you've accomplished for us in Jesus.
So, help us as we attend to your word to live into all these things by your spirit. We pray this in
Christ's name. Amen. All right. Philippians chapter 4, verses 1 through 9. Paul writes,
Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord,
my beloved. I entreat you, Odia, and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. Yes, I ask you also,
true companion, help these women who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with
Clement and the rest of my fellow workers whose names are in the book of life. Rejoice in the Lord
always. Again, I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord
is at hand. Do not be anxious about anything. But in everything, by prayer and supplication,
with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true,
whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable,
if there's any excellence, if there's anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things,
and the God of peace will be with you. All right, so we're coming to the end of this letter of
Philippians. And at the beginning of chapter four, Paul's clearly bringing things to a conclusion,
isn't he? Like many of his letters, he ends with a series of brief but profound exhortations. And
here in Philippians, if we were to ask if there's any kind of central or unifying theme to these first
nine verses of chapter four, the answer to that question would be in verse one. Now, if you notice,
the editors of the ESV, the translation we have in the pews, they put a topic heading between verse
one and verses two through nine. And that's understandable because verse one does kind of
wrap up what Paul had been saying in chapter three. But in light of that, we might miss the fact that
verse one also sets up the exhortations in verse four. It's a bit of a hinge verse. And that verse
points to a unifying theme in what Paul says in these verses that we just read. And that unifying theme is
one that we've heard before in this book. All the way back in chapter one, verse 27. Do you remember what
Paul said there? Turn back a page if you have a Bible open. Turn back to Philippians chapter one, verse 27.
Paul writes,
Now back here in chapter four, verse one, Paul says,
Therefore, now what's he referring to there? Well, the previous two verses.
Therefore, because you're citizens of heaven,
because you're a colony of God's kingdom on earth,
because you're awaiting the arrival of the Lord Jesus, the one who will
subject all things to himself, and by that same power,
raise our lowly body to be like his glorious body. Therefore, my brothers,
which means brothers and sisters, right?
Whom I love and long for, my joy and crown. What does he say?
Stand firm. Stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved. So, Paul comes back to his main theme
of this book. Live as citizens of heaven, as citizens of the gospel, and stand firm.
Bonnie Thurston, in her commentary on Philippians, says that this term,
stand firm, suggests the picture of a soldier who does not leave his post.
Or you might think of an analogy or a picture from nature,
like a mighty tree, a mighty stately oak,
just standing firm in the midst of the wind and the storm and the weather.
Like we read earlier in Psalm 1, right?
Like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
Beloved, Paul says, stand firm.
You know, when you read church history, you can see how there's always the danger
in every age for the church to fall prey to a kind of cultural captivity,
to simply become a mirror of the prevailing context,
rather than salt and light within our context.
In other words, there's always the danger that the church will forget
that ultimately we aren't citizens of Jerusalem or Athens or Rome or England
or Nigeria or Korea or the United States.
Ultimately, our citizenship is in heaven.
We are the people of the risen king.
We are the people of the new creation right in the midst of the old.
And we need to keep our integrity.
No matter how countercultural following Jesus becomes,
no matter how countercultural it becomes,
we need to be who we are
and not succumb to social pressure or compromise.
But what exactly does standing firm look like?
In our age, in our time, in our context,
how do we need to be standing firm?
Well, look at what Paul says again in verse 1.
He says,
Stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.
Now, a number of commentators agree that that little word thus
is actually pointing ahead to what he says in verses 2 through 9.
So the apostle is saying,
Stand firm in this way.
Stand firm like this.
I'm going to show you how you want to stand firm.
Now, there are three paragraphs in verses 2 through 9, as you notice,
and each one of them is telling us then how to stand firm.
And we'll look at each one in turn.
What does it mean to kind of keep our integrity,
to be citizens of heaven in our time, in our age?
Well, the apostle says,
First, we must stand firm in a contentious age by being peacemakers.
Stand firm in a contentious age by being peacemakers.
This is verses 2 through 3.
So here we learn of Euodia and Syntyche,
who are two of Paul's co-laborers in the gospel at Philippi.
And apparently, they're having trouble agreeing in the Lord.
Now, we don't know exactly what their disagreement is about,
but I think we can be fairly certain what it's not about.
Their disagreement, I don't think,
is about what Paul will call in 1 Corinthians 15,
matters of first importance.
That is, it doesn't seem that Euodia and Syntyche are having a falling out
about the core of the gospel message,
that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures,
that he was buried,
that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures,
that righteousness before God can only be found through faith in Christ.
Now, why can we be sure that they're not having a falling out
over matters of first importance?
Because we see how Paul handles these sorts of issues
in other places in his letter.
When it's a matter of first importance,
Paul will correct and instruct,
and he even, at times, rebukes when necessary.
And yet, that's not how he handles this disagreement.
So, I think we're safe to conclude
that Euodia and Syntyche
must have been disagreeing on a matter
that fell more into the realm of wisdom
or prudence or Christian freedom.
Maybe we can speculate a little bit
about what they were disagreeing about.
Maybe Euodia was excited
to go with a team from Philippi
and plant a church in nearby Amphipolis.
So, she comes to the congregational meeting
with a great idea.
Let's go.
Who wants to join me?
Oh, but perhaps Syntyche had a good reason
to point their missionary efforts
in the opposite direction toward Neapolis.
And suddenly, the church is at loggerheads.
Which way do we go?
Where do we invest our energies and our time?
This way or that?
Now, if you've been around the church long enough,
or just around people long enough,
you know that disagreements can crop up
over all sorts of things,
a lot of them much less noble
than where we should plant a church, right?
And we live in a contentious age
where disagreement and outrage and offense
and falling out,
it's like the air that we breathe.
How countercultural it is
for us to have a conversation face-to-face
where we hear one another out,
where we clothe one another in good intentions,
where we try to find common ground.
Ah, but that's not easy, is it?
We need to help one another.
And in verse three, Paul says just that.
He says,
I ask you also, true companion,
help these women.
Now, we don't know who Paul's referring to here.
The word companion, as your footnote says in the ESV,
that could actually be a proper name, Syzygous.
So Paul could be saying,
hey, Syzygous, I want you to step in
and help resolve this conflict.
But either way, whether it's a proper name
or whether Paul just is saying,
hey, companion, help them out.
Either way, the Philippians must have known
who Paul was talking about.
And he's saying, hey, come alongside
these two godly women
and help them come to agreement in the Lord.
And that phrase, help them to agree in the Lord,
it's the same as chapter two, verse two,
have the same mind.
Help them work through their differences
and come to agreement.
In other words,
Paul is calling us
to the work of peacemaking in the church,
the work of reconciliation.
Now, what does that look like?
Paul doesn't say as much here,
but as we look across the New Testament,
it looks like listening to one another.
It looks like trying hard to find common ground.
It looks like not being afraid
to admit where you're wrong.
It looks like not being afraid
to gently point out
where you think others are wrong.
It looks like examining the issues
in light of Scripture.
It looks like asking
whether we're valuing what God values
in this situation.
It looks like inviting repentance
and forgiveness where necessary.
It looks like forging agreements
and ways forward
that honor both parties,
if possible.
Now, if you want to learn more
about the kind of work
of peacemaking in the church,
of reconciliation,
Ken Sandy wrote a book
called The Peacemaker
a number of years ago,
which is quite good,
and I would recommend it to you.
The Peacemaker by Ken Sandy
will give you a great start
on how to think biblically
about all this.
But to be sure,
even as I just listed
some of those basic principles,
we can acknowledge
that peacemaking is hard work.
It's a lot easier
to just be a peacekeeper, right?
To just agree,
to just sort of go along
with the flow,
to just avoid conflict
or confrontation
or hard conversations.
That's a much easier path,
at least in the short term.
But to really help make peace
and not just keep peace,
that takes time and energy
and sometimes sacrifice.
It's messy to jump
into a disagreement,
isn't it?
And oftentimes,
when the mud is getting
thrown around,
some of it hits you.
And in those moments
when the work of peacemaking
is hard,
we'll want to just give up.
It's easier just to write people off
to say it's hopeless
to give up.
But we need to remember
in those moments,
we need to remember
that when we're in the mix
of peacemaking,
whether,
especially when it's
with fellow church members,
when we're in the mix
of trying to bring peace
between fellow church members,
and maybe that's where
you're at right now.
You know,
maybe you're working
through something
with two people
in your small group.
Or maybe you're trying
to help a couple
of Christian friends.
Or maybe you're working
through conflict
in your marriage.
When you're in the mix,
remember.
When you're in the mix
and you just want to check out
and say,
I'm done with this,
remember.
Paul says that the names
of the people
you're helping,
their names are written
in the very book of life.
That's how he ends
in verse 3.
You know,
these people aren't just
some insignificant anybody's
that it would just be
better to ignore
or write off.
That's the world's
way of thinking.
No.
God,
from all eternity,
set his saving love
on these fellow Christians.
He saw them in their sin
and sent his own son
to bleed and die
to rescue them
and redeem them
from wrath.
He sent his own spirit
to liberate them
from unbelief
and seal them
as his own.
You see,
to have your name
written in the book
of life,
that's a metaphor
found throughout scripture
of the way in which
God personally
and eternally
knows and loves
and saves his people.
So when the work
gets hard,
when the relationships
get fraught,
when you're in the midst
of conflict
and mud is hitting you
as it's getting thrown
across the room,
remember that the people
before you,
their names
are on the guest list
of the greatest gala
in all eternity.
their names
are etched
into the walls
of the most
magnificent monument
in all of redemptive history.
They are written
in the book of life
and they are worth
the effort.
So Paul is saying
we have to stand firm.
We have to stand firm
by being peacemakers
in a contentious age.
The church is the place
where we work through
our differences
in love.
But our text goes on.
There's a second way
that we're called
to stand firm here.
In verses 4 through 7,
we're called
to stand firm
in an anxious age
by being people
of prayer.
Stand firm
in an anxious age
by being people
of prayer.
Now,
when Paul says
in verse 6,
don't be anxious
about anything,
we have to be clear
what he does
and doesn't mean.
On the one hand,
Paul's not saying
that every anxious thought
that you have
is a sinful thought.
Stop it.
Knock it off.
You're disobeying God.
Right?
Paul himself expressed anxiety
back in chapter 2,
verse 28,
when Epaphroditus was sick.
So Paul isn't meaning
this verse
to kind of bury us
in a bunch of false guilt.
No,
it's meant to acknowledge
our anxious hearts
and to invite us
into something new.
We live in a very anxious age,
don't we?
And in a good way,
I think we've come
to learn a lot
about how anxiety works
and how sometimes anxiety
can actually become
clinical and persistent.
And we should be thankful
that we have psychiatrists
and doctors
who through common grace
can help us.
So none of what Paul
is saying here
is denying or refuting
any of that.
The Bible,
after all,
teaches that we're
embodied humans
and we need to attend
to our bodies
and be thankful
for the help
that comes,
be thankful
for the help
that comes
through the help
of exercise
or medicine
or just a good night's sleep.
But along
with these good gifts,
what are the spiritual practices
that help us
confront anxiety?
Now,
don't get me wrong.
We should eat,
sleep,
exercise,
and even take medicine
when necessary
all to the glory of God.
I'm not suggesting
we have sort of
our physical life
over here
and our spiritual life
over here.
No,
we're whole people.
We're body and soul.
But too often,
we approach anxiety
without any reference
to God.
And what a silly thing
to do.
Because in God,
first Paul says,
in God,
we have a boundless
source of joy.
Paul says,
rejoice in the Lord
always.
Again,
I'll say it,
rejoice.
Even if our circumstances
don't provide much material
for rejoicing,
we can rejoice.
Why?
Because one real glimpse
at the Lord
shows us
how much joy
is really ours.
One good glimpse
at the Lord
helps us to see
that our sins
are forgiven,
that our future
is unimaginably glorious.
And right now,
the Lord is using
even our trials
to make us beautiful.
But in God,
we don't just have
a source of joy,
a source where
we ought to be rejoicing.
We also have
a sovereign king.
In everything,
by prayer
and supplication
with thanksgiving,
let your requests
be made known
to God,
Paul says.
Now,
I know my own heart
and I know
what it's like
to struggle
with anxieties.
And you know,
for me,
much of my anxiety
stems from feeling
like I'm in control.
That it all comes down
to me
and what I do
or don't do.
And when I'm in that
mode of thinking,
it makes me very anxious.
You know,
but sometimes
we can get anxious
because we feel like
we're not in control.
When things are
out of control,
we think,
who will help me?
Who will keep me safe?
But you see,
friends,
in prayer,
in supplication,
in asking God
for things,
we are remembering
that we are creatures
and God is the creator.
We are subjects
and God is the sovereign.
We aren't in control.
God is.
And because of the cross,
we,
creatures,
subjects,
because of what Jesus
has done,
we actually have
God's ear.
He listens to us
and he answers us.
Not always the way we expect,
not always when we expect,
but he answers the prayers
of his beloved.
God is the prophet.
And notice,
Paul reminds us
to pepper our prayers
with what?
With thanksgiving.
You know,
long before Barnes & Noble
sold gratitude journals,
true confessions,
who has a gratitude journal?
I'm kidding,
don't raise your hand.
Long before Barnes & Noble
sold gratitude journals,
the Christian church
knew the power
of thanksgiving.
So we rejoice
and we give thanks
and we ask,
knowing that our God
is the sovereign source
of everlasting joy
and he has placed his love
on us
through his son
and in us
through his spirit.
And through prayer,
we're promised this.
We're promised
the peace of God
which surpasses
all understanding
will guard your hearts
and your minds
in Christ Jesus.
Now realize,
friends,
you may still have anxieties.
They will come and go,
but
through the practice
of prayer,
there will be
a new sentry
at the door
of your heart,
a new guard
standing watch.
Not the old
idol of control
or whatever it is,
but the new reality
of God's peace.
God's peace
like a watchman
at the gate
residing there
letting you know
that all will be well
through the night.
Even through
the darkest hours,
all will be well.
Do you know that peace?
Maybe today,
this God,
this God of peace
is inviting you,
is calling you
to come to him,
to believe in his son
who died for your sins,
to entrust your life
to his lordship.
I know it's hard
to let go
of control,
isn't it?
But friends,
if God is
who he says he is,
if Jesus is
who he says he is,
then giving your life
to him
is the most reasonable
thing in all the world.
and it comes
with the gift
of peace.
Not just a temporary
peace that comes
and goes,
but peace with God,
a peace that surpasses
understanding.
Maybe you're here
and you've been
considering Christianity
for a while.
You've been sort of
thinking this thing out.
But maybe it's time.
Why not today
take the step
and entrust your life
to him?
Let him make good
on his promises
to you
through his son.
So then we've seen
how this text
calls us to stand firm
in a contentious age
by being peacemakers
and to stand firm
in an anxious age
by being people of prayer.
Third and last then,
we are called
to stand firm
in a distracted age
by being people
of practice.
Stand firm
in a distracted age
by being people
of practice.
This is verses 8 and 9.
Now imagine the background
of these verses.
You know,
a Roman colony
like Philippi
would have been filled
with messages, right?
Political messages
about the Roman Empire
and emperor.
Religious messages
about gods
and temples
and favors
and sacrifices.
Economic messages
about work
and food shortages
and trade negotiations.
And of course,
that's all in the mix
of the typical news
of everyday life.
The neighbor who got sick,
the baby that was born,
the marriage that fell apart,
the shop that just opened
down the street
that sells a great falafel
or whatever it is.
A life filled
with messages,
filled with noise,
filled with all sorts
of distractions.
And if that was true
in the first century,
friends,
how much more is that true
in the 21st century?
How much more true
is that
when our smartphones
bombard us 24-7
with messages
and noise
and distractions
the likes of which
people could not
have imagined
even 20 years ago?
And of course,
the irony is
that even as our inboxes
and smartphones
get fuller and fuller
and fuller and fuller
and fuller,
personally and interpersonally,
we seem to get emptier
and emptier
and emptier.
We have practically
limitless knowledge
at our fingertips,
but often we don't
seem the wiser.
We have practically
limitless capacity
to communicate
with anyone
at any time,
but we don't seem
the happier.
So what's the answer?
Reject technology?
Try to turn the clock
back to 1980
when no one
had a smartphone?
Some of you are thinking,
I love the 80s.
That was my time.
I was in my prime
in my 80s.
Let's go back.
But no,
that's not what Paul says.
Notice Paul doesn't
tell the Philippians,
look,
here's what you gotta do.
Move out of the city,
create a commune,
and never interact
with the world.
No.
He says practice.
Create a new way
of being
right where you are.
What you've learned
and received
and heard
and seen in me,
practice these things.
Put them into motion.
Work at them.
Let them shape
your time
and your choices.
Create a new way
of being
right where you are.
You see,
standing firm
as the church
in a distracted age
won't happen automatically.
If we don't have
concrete practices
for following Christ,
then we will inevitably
be blown and tossed
by the myriad messages
swirling around us.
If we don't have
concrete practices
for shaping our lives
into lives
that honor Christ,
then we will be shaped
by the forces around us
and it won't be
in a way
that's honoring to Christ.
Let me give you
an example.
The world around us,
I think you'll agree,
is wildly consumeristic,
right?
Descartes famously said,
I think,
therefore I am.
I think today
our motto might be,
I buy,
therefore I am.
Right?
That's sort of
the rationale
behind every commercial
you will ever listen to
or watch.
If I have the latest clothes,
the latest piece
of technology,
then I'm happy,
then I'm good,
then I'm somebody.
Well,
as Christians,
what practices
are we going to embody
that push against
this inevitably shaping
force around us?
Or are we just going to be
swept away
in the consumeristic tide?
What practices
will we put in place
that we can do
that help carve out
a new way of being
right where we are?
You know,
the early Christians
were known
as being radically
generous.
What if every month
you had some regular
practice of generosity
or giving
that kind of pushed
against the distraction
of consumerism?
What if you had a practice
that helped you
live out the truth
that we aren't defined
by what we buy
or what we own,
but we're defined
by what we've been given?
And what if you made
a practice of giving
to others
in a way that
enfleshed that reality
into a practice?
Or maybe another example.
We live in a very noisy age,
don't we?
You know,
with a smartphone
and earbuds,
we can literally go
every waking hour
listening to something.
I know a lot of teenagers
who spend every sleeping hour
listening to something.
And yet,
for all of the content
that we listen to,
for all the talk,
are we really
more reflective people?
Are we wiser people?
Are we more creative people?
What if for maybe
just five or ten minutes
a day
you practiced
the biblical discipline
of silence?
Silence.
Rather than talking
or listening
to other people talk,
what if you simply
got quiet before God
and listened?
I love the verse
at the end of Habakkuk
chapter 2
that says,
the Lord
is in his holy temple.
Let all the earth
keep silence
before him.
Maybe just five minutes,
maybe just ten minutes,
we can actually obey
that verse in the Bible.
You know,
there's one practice
that the Apostle Paul
mentions right in this passage.
It's verse 8.
The Apostle lists
a whole range
of virtues.
Whatever's true,
honorable,
just,
pure,
lovely,
commendable,
excellent,
worthy of praise.
And then he says,
think about these things.
That's actually
a spiritual practice.
Think about it.
What do you fill
your mind with
during the day?
What news programs
do you watch?
What music
do you listen to?
What literature
do you read?
What are you watching
on YouTube
or TikTok?
What are you looking
at on Instagram?
What are you reading
on Facebook?
Hold it up
to the eight virtues
that Paul lists here.
How does it measure up?
Is it true?
Is it honorable?
Is it just?
Is it pure?
Now,
I know everything
on TikTok
nails each
of those eight categories,
so you're good.
But what about
the other stuff
that you consume
during the week?
What practices
are you going
to put in place
so that your mind
isn't constantly
bombarded
with content
that is less than true
and honorable
and just
and so on?
What practices
are you going
to put in place
so that you can
develop a sense
of looking at content
and discerning
within it
what is true
and just
and honorable
and so on?
What things
do you need
to cut out
of your life
altogether
starting today?
What things
do you maybe
need to take
a week or two
break from?
I've had to do
that at times.
Sometimes I find
myself spending
so much time
doing something
that's like
kind of neutral.
It's not bad
but it's not
really good.
I'm just like
I think I need
to take a break
from this
for a while.
What things
do you need
to make a practice
of limiting
on a daily
or weekly basis?
If we want
to live lives
that are true
honorable
just
pure
lovely
commendable
excellent
worthy of praise
don't you want
to live a life
like that?
Then those
are the things
we need
to be setting
our minds
upon.
That's what
we need
to be thinking
about.
You know
if you want
to be a top
tier athlete
you can't
eat McDonald's
three times
a day.
I tried it
it doesn't
work.
I'm kidding
I didn't
try it.
Your body
wasn't made
to run
on fast food.
It's the same
with your soul.
You can't
fill your mind
with the equivalent
of fast food
or worse
and expect
to live
the kind
of life
of freedom
and beauty
that God
designed you
for.
And ultimately
do you know
what God
designed you
for?
Do you know
why God
made you?
He designed
you to reflect
his own glory.
The God
whose glory
could shake
the mountains
to dust
and melt
the stars
that God
wants his
beauty
to shine
through you
and through
your particular
life.
And that's
why we must
make it a
practice
to regularly
meditate
and think
upon not
just the
things that
are true
and honorable
and just
and so on
but we have
to regularly
spend time
thinking about
the one
who is true
and honorable
and just
and pure.
We must
set our minds
on God
himself
as he's
revealed himself
in scripture
and above
all in his
son.
That's the
practice
above all
practices
friends.
If you have
time for
nothing else
during the
week
take the
time
to regularly
get
let me
suggest this
to you
take the
time
to regularly
get
with just
a small
passage
from the
gospels.
You know
our modern
translations
give us
these little
units
they kind
of break
it down
for us
just pick
one of
those
and read
it slowly
not just
for information
about Jesus
but to
actually
commune
with him
and to
speak
with him
and to
let him
speak
to you
slow
down
and gaze
on the
beauty
and wisdom
and justice
and compassion
of Jesus
set your
mind on
him
let him
search you
and fill
your mind
commune
with him
as if
he is
present with
you
because he
is
and you
will become
more and
more like
him
more and
more lovely
more and
more honorable
more and
more true
more and
more pure
and so on
now is it
challenging to
live a life
of Christian
practice
in a
distracted
age
you bet
it is
much easier
just to call
ourselves
Christians
come to
church
for one
hour
on Sunday
and then
live and
think
like the
rest of
the world
for the
rest of
the week
isn't it
living a
life of
Christian
practice
is a
challenge
but listen
to what
Paul says
at the
end of
our
passage
he says
practice
these things
and the
God of
peace
will be
with you
the promise
is of an
ever
deepening
fellowship
and communion
with God
the God
of peace
you see
standing
fast
isn't just
about making
peace between
us
as verses
two and
three were
about
standing
fast
isn't just
about experiencing
peace within
us
as verses
four through
seven were
about
standing
fast
is ultimately
about
communing
with the
one who
is peace
himself
and maybe
others will
look at us
and say
I think
God is
with them
so brothers
and sisters
stand
firm
in the
Lord
beloved
don't let
the world
squeeze you
into its
mold
live in
the freedom
and peace
that come
from knowing
and loving
the God
of peace
practice
these things
and the God
of peace
will be with
you
let's pray
our father
we acknowledge
that we
certainly need
your help
and yet
we give
you
so much
thanks
that where
we need
your help
you gladly
provide it
what a
gracious
and good
God
you are
we pray
that you
would
pour your
spirit
out afresh
upon us
and help
us to
live into
these things
Lord help
them not
just to be
ideas
we think
about
but practices
we live
for your
glory
amen
are
refuge
in
for your