Tara-Leigh Cobble

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I'm not kidding when I say I believe this is going to be the best year of your life.

I believe you're going to learn things about God that you'll be shocked you never knew.

I believe you're going to find yourself starting to want to read his word instead of just wanting to want to read his word.

I believe you're going to trust him in a way you never have because your intimacy with him and your relationship with him is going to be so deep and rich.

And I can't wait to jump in because he's where the joy is.

Hey, Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for The Bible Recap.

Today in our New Testament plan, we finished book 16, and in our full Bible plan, we finished book 55.

We first met the Philippians in Acts 16.

Here's a quick refresher.

Philippi is where Paul and Silas were arrested, and God used that to save their prison guard and his whole family.

It's also where they met Lydia, whose whole family converted to Christianity too.

And it's also where they met a demonized girl and set her free from the demon and from slavery.

Today, Paul writes an encouragement-filled letter to the church here.

From day one, they've had a unique relationship with Paul.

He planted this church and he's watched it grow and he's confident that God will finish what he started in them.

He repeats this idea a few times in this short letter.

In 1.6, he says, "...he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Christ Jesus."

And in 2, 12-13, he says, He indicates that God is the one doing the good works through them and even creating the desire in them to do those things.

And here's one important point of clarification.