To focus our thoughts this week of Thanksgiving, we will be looking at Paul’s teaching in Philippians 4. One of our songs of worship today is based off this passage. The story behind the writing of this song, “Rejoice,” is that the song speaks directly to the challenges of our time, especially the common struggle with anxiety. Paul’s exhortation to ‘rejoice in the Lord always’ is not a shallow call to optimism; it is a radical invitation to rejoice not necessarily in our circumstances but in the unshakable goodness of the Lord, in every season, in every trial he is near—and that changes everything. There are four things that this passage teaches us to seek—and for those who diligently seek these things, there is a two-part promise given to us by the Lord. Paul invites us to seek to be joyful, seek to be mindful, seek to be prayerful and seek to be grateful. When we stay focused on these four things, we will experience the peace and the power of God in our lives.