Verse from Philippians

“你们在我身上所学习、所领受、所听见、所看见的，这些事你们都应当实行；那么，赐平安的神就必与你们同在。”

‭‭腓立比书‬ ‭4:9‬ ‭

“Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭4:9‬ ‭

Paul wrote about practice to his friends in Philippi (Philippians 4:9). He mentions five things: reconciliation—as he urged Euodia and Syntyche to do (vv. 2-3); joy—as he reminded his readers to cultivate (v. 4); gentleness—as he urged them to employ in their relation to the world (v. 5); prayer—as he had modeled for them in person and in writing (vv. 6-7); and focus—as he had shown even in prison (v. 8). 

Reconciliation, joy, gentleness, prayer, and focus—things we’re called to live out as believers in Jesus. Like any habit, these virtues must be practiced in order to be cultivated.

But the good news of the gospel, as Paul had already told the Philippians, is that “it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose” (2:13). We’re never practicing in our own power. God will provide what we need (4:19)