A Happy Heart Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God Philippians 2:12-18 (NIV) who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Philippians 2:12-18 (NIV) Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain. But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering Philippians 2:12-18 (NIV) on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. So you too should be glad and rejoice with me. Philippians 2:12-18 (NIV) Remember God Is With Me, In Me, & For Me Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose. Philippians 2:12-13 (NIV) Be Grateful and Never Grumble Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”(NIV) Philippians 2:14-15a In everything give thanks: for this is God’s Will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 (NIV) You are to live clean, innocent lives as children of God in a dark world full of people who are crooked and stubborn. Shine out among them like beacon lights, Philippians 2:15 (TLB) Know and Live God’s On-going Story Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God. Carry the light-giving Message into the night so I'll have good cause to be proud of you on the day that Christ returns. Philippians 2:15-16 (MSG) Your principles make me HAPPY, so I never forget your Word. Psalm 119:16 (GW) Lead me in the path of your commands, because that is where my happiness is found. Psalm 119:35 (NLT) Use Your Life to Serve God by Serving Others Jesus: If you insist on saving your life for yourself, you will lose it. Only those who sacrificially give away their lives for my sake and for the sake of the Good News will ever know what it means to really live. Mark 8:35 (TLB) But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. So you too should be glad and rejoice with me. Philippians 2:17-18 (NIV) I will give you a new heart with new and right desires, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your heart hardened by sinand give you a new heart of love. Ezekiel 36:26 (NIV) Salvation can only be found in Jesus alone; in all the world there is no one else whom God has given, who can save us! Acts 4:12 (TEV) A Happy Heart