Cornerstone Church Kingston Podcast

In our last in the series 'Letters from Lockdown' Pete preaches onPaul's final words in his letter in Philippians 4:10-20. In this passage Paul encourages the Philippians to continue giving generously as the have received generously from God. We all have a favourite smell. It might be the smell of freshly cut grass, or a favourite perfume. Often a smell can evoke memories and emotions. We can identify attractive or repellent things through their smell. The big question is what smell most pleases God? In these closing verses of his letter to the Philippian church, Paul’s mind turned to the topic of smell. We should remember that, at the time, he was imprisoned and chained in a, probably, foul smelling Roman jail, and yet he suddenly smelt a beautiful fragrance which could only be the fragrance of the Philippian church. He smelt this lovely aroma because he was thinking of the gifts the church had sent to him to help him in his...