Almost unbelievably, the Apostle Paul stated, “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances (Philippians 4:11).
In today’s world of turmoil, division? animosity, confusion and election anxiety, how we all need to hear these words afresh. “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.”
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