{"id":772,"date":"2019-01-14T03:07:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T03:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/?p=772"},"modified":"2019-01-25T15:24:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T15:24:40","slug":"philippians-4-challenge-day-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/01\/philippians-4-challenge-day-6.html","title":{"rendered":"Philippians 4 Challenge: Day 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3969\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.production.patheos.com\/blogs\/mtvpastor\/files\/2016\/01\/Philippians-4-Challenge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3969\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/mtvpastor\/sites\/403\/2016\/01\/Philippians-4-Challenge-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"www.pixabay.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">www.pixabay.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>HABIT #4:\u00a0<strong>Repeat daily.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ IT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me\u2014put it into practice.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>(Philippians 4:9)<\/p>\n<p>If you want to see your inner person transformed, you have to embrace the grind. By now you\u2019re almost a week into the 21 Day Challenge, and some of the newness has worn off. More than likely the enemy is doubling down and trying to keep you in chains and turmoil. The fun has worn off. Now it becomes work.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible knows that. Choosing joy, praying with thanksgiving and thinking on noble things are all hard work. They are disciplines. So Philippians is clear about what it\u2019s going to take to be successful: practice. Philippians 4:9 is the author of Philippians (Paul) encouraging this church to continually practice the habits he taught them (habits 1-3).<\/p>\n<p>If you want to get a picture of how much practice and discipline will be involved, look at the world\u2019s best athletes. How disciplined are they? Even though they are at the top of their game, how much to they continue to practice?<\/p>\n<p>Do you want that life of peace and contentment? You\u2019re going to have to work for it. You\u2019re going to have to embrace the grind.\u00a0<em>(But you don\u2019t have to go through it alone. That\u2019s why we\u2019re doing it together!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WRITE IT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How did you do with your Live It challenge yesterday? Was there a time when you caught yourself indulging in mental junk food and intentionally chose to dwell on something better? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/01\/philippians-4-challenge-day-6.html#comments\">Share your story in the comments section<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRAY IT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>God, give me a strength and discipline not my own to see this through. You\u2019ve started this good work in me. May you carry it on to completion through the power of your Son Jesus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>LIVE IT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your Live It Challenge today is simple: keep at it. You\u2019re almost a week in. Stay focused, don\u2019t give up. Embrace the process, embrace the grind. See you tomorrow!<\/p>\n<p><em>Help spread the word about the Philippians 4 Challenge by using\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>#phil4challenge<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0on social media!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t yet take the survey, take it now to establish your baseline.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joshdaffern.com\/phil4challenge\/\">TAKE SURVEY HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HABIT #4:\u00a0Repeat daily. READ IT \u201cWhatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me\u2014put it into practice.\u201d\u00a0(Philippians 4:9) If you want to see your inner person transformed, you have to embrace the grind. By now you\u2019re almost a week into the 21 Day Challenge, and some of the newness has&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phil4challenge"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Philippians 4 Challenge: Day 6 - Next Steps<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Day 6 of the Philippians 4 Challenge\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Philippians 4 Challenge: Day 6 - Next Steps\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Day 6 of the Philippians 4 Challenge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/nextsteps\/2019\/01\/philippians-4-challenge-day-6.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Next Steps\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"facebook.com\/drjoshdaffern\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-14T03:07:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-01-25T15:24:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/mtvpastor\/files\/2016\/01\/Philippians-4-Challenge-300x181.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Josh Daffern\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@joshdaffern\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Philippians 4 Challenge: Day 6 - 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