Dwell on God's Goodness

"Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.  The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you." -Philippians 4:8-9 (NASB)

When we look around at the world, we can see a lot of dishonorable, wrong, impure, and ugly happenings.  It is easy to feel like giving up.  While it may be easy to give up and complain about the state of the world, we should look for God's goodness that we see at work around us.

We know there is evil in our world, but we also know that God is at work.  God provides us with lovely, good, and pure examples of His love that is worthy of our praise.  Furthermore, we can ask God and allow God to work through us so we can practice good, right, and lovely works in His name.  By dwelling on the good and being the examples of God's goodness, grace, and power, we can both experience God's peace and help others experience His peace!

Dwell on, praise, and practice works of God's goodness so you and others can experience His peace!

Prayer:
Dear God-
Thank You for loving me and for providing goodness in the world.  Help me to dwell on and see Your goodness around me.  Through Jesus I pray, amen.