Honestly I think this season God is calling me to build the public alter. I feel like I can still find myself only trying to please other people instead of being obedient and doing what God calls me to do. So I feel building this alter of showing those around me the God that I serve, and not being afraid of what people think, will overall help me to be more free and less fearful if that makes sense. Not looking for validation in man, but instead showing them the God that saved me and can also save them. I feel like if I got the courage to build this alter, then the environments around me will actually begin to change, instead of me just waiting.

I feel like for me it’s definitely Scripture. I’ve been noticing that I’ve been reading the Bible less, and it’s crazy because we’re in a class thats telling me how important that Bible is so God is definitely telling me something. But I feel like I can take the Word of God for granted sometimes. Like not a lot of people have it or know it and it is literal food to our souls. So what I’m doing now is I’m making it more of a priority and being stricter with it. I’ve had this Bible reading plan for a while, and so I’m starting that up again and I’m reading two chapters of that a day, a Proverb a day, then studying the prophets at night(I’m in Isaiah). Then also in my free time reading Psalms!

I feel like honestly God is calling me to deeper consecration by having me step out of my comfort zone. With the people around me that I am comfortable with, I can tend to be scared to talk to them about God and stuff like that. I can do it with strangers but not the people closest to me in my life because I’m scared of what they will think. But God is calling me to step out of my comfort zone with that, to no longer live for the validation of man because their lost, and in order for them to be found I have to be the one to step out and introduce them to the only person that finds them (Jesus). So some habits that I can do is trying to do things like host Bible studies and invite people that I wouldnt usually invite, to get them introduced to Jesus

I would say one of the most important ways for me would be to not worry so much about what I can do for God, but instead actually seeking Him as a friend. Which I would say all develops in the secret place. I catch myself worrying so much about not doing enough for God, but instead of letting guilt and shame consume my mind, I can seek Him and actually sit in His comfort and love instead of trying to find it in my works for Him

Observations: 1. Gives a problem/solution (when anxious, pray) 2. Gives them lists of things to look for 3. Paul has been with them before and taught them stuff in the past “Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me” 4. Paul speaks to them as a teacher/instructor 5. Repeats that God is a peaceful God Questions: 1. What was the church of Philippi anxious about or afraid of? 2. What were their surroundings like? 3. What stuff did they hear from Paul before? 4. What happened when they got the letter? 5. Why does Paul emphasize them to rejoice?