Be Still and Know Daily Bible Devotion - June 13th - Philippians 1:12-13

Be Still and Know Daily Bible Devotion - June 13th - Philippians 1:12-13

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June 13, 2026 · 3 min

About this episode

The episode reflects on Philippians 1:12-13, discussing how Paul's imprisonment helped spread the Good News of Jesus.

Philippians 1:12-13 And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters, that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News. For everyone here, including the whole palace guard, knows that I am in chains because of Christ. My chief memory of prison visits is the huge bunches of keys and the slamming of doors. The lack of liberty must be terrible, and we have every reason to think that Paul’s years of incarceration would have been a degrading experience. But Paul has no time for moaning! He reflects that his time in prison actually enabled the good news of Jesus to be spread. Even the palace guard recognised that he was in prison because of his faith in Christ. Paul’s various times in prison must have been desperately hard to bear, but he consistently focused on the fact that God had brought blessing through these times. This reminds me of Joseph’s experience in the Old Testament. His brothers hated him so much that they intended to murder him, but they eventually decided to sell him to some passing traders. They then went back to their father with Joseph’s coat of many colours drenched in goat’s blood, claiming that he had been tragically killed…

Topics covered

  • Bible devotion
  • faith
  • perseverance
  • spreading the Good News
  • prison experiences

Keywords

  • Philippians
  • Paul
  • Joseph
  • Good News
  • Bible
  • faith
  • prison

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Philippians, Old Testament

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