Cornerstone Church Kingston Podcast

In our latest in the series 'Letters from Lockdown', Tom takes us through Philippians 4:1-9. In this passage Paul urges his readers to meditate on the truth of the gospel through their current situation. Today we are going to focus on verses 8 and 9 of Philippians chapter 4. The message in these verses follows on naturally from what we were considering last week on the topic of anxiety. In 2004, a film producer called Morgan Spurlock made a film called ‘Supersize Me’, which charted his self-imposed challenge of eating nothing but McDonalds meals, three times a day, for 30 days and never refusing the ‘supersize’ version if it was offered. The damaging effects of this process quickly showed themselves, and on day 21 Spurlock was advised by his doctor to stop. But he was determined to keep going for the full 30 days. As a result, he not only gained 24 pounds in weight, but he suffered mentally and physically for a pr...