Philippians 2 - CEVUS06 & KIB1967

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God

School can be tough, whether you’re dealing with classes, friends, or figuring yourself out. The Bible offers timeless wisdom that can guide you through these experiences. Here are seven biblical wisdom nuggets, accompanied by scripture, to help you sail smoothly through school.

1. Seek God’s Wisdom First

Proverbs 2:6 (NIV): “For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.”

Before diving into your studies, seek God’s wisdom. Acknowledge that true knowledge comes from Him. When you prioritize God’s wisdom, you gain insights that go beyond textbooks, helping you make better decisions in both academic and personal matters.

2. Be Diligent and Hardworking

Proverbs 13:4 (NIV): “A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.”

Success in school requires effort and perseverance. Laziness will lead to unfulfilled goals, but diligence brings rewards. Whether it’s studying for exams or working on projects, approach each task with a mindset of diligence, knowing that hard work pays off.

3. Practice Integrity in All Things

Proverbs 10:9 (NIV): “Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.”

Integrity means being honest and having strong moral principles, even when no one is watching. Cheating on an exam or copying homework may seem like a shortcut, but it ultimately leads to trouble. Uphold integrity in your academic pursuits, and you’ll walk with confidence.

4. Surround Yourself with Wise Friends

Proverbs 13:20 (NIV): “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.”

The company you keep influences your behavior and choices. Surround yourself with friends who uplift you, encourage your growth, and share your values. Wise friends will challenge you to be better and help you stay on the right path.

5. Trust in God’s Plan

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV): “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

School can be overwhelming with its uncertainties and pressures. Trust that God has a plan for your life, even when things don’t go as expected. Whether you face disappointments or setbacks, believe that God is guiding you toward a hopeful future.

6. Manage Your Time Wisely

Ephesians 5:15-16 (NIV): “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.”

Time management is crucial for balancing studies, extracurricular activities, and personal time. Use your time wisely, avoiding procrastination. Prioritize tasks and make the most of every opportunity to learn and grow.

7. Pray About Everything

Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV): “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

Prayer is a powerful tool in navigating school life. Whether you’re stressed about an upcoming test or unsure about your future, bring your concerns to God in prayer. Prayer brings peace and clarity, helping you stay focused and calm in all situations.

Conclusion

Applying these biblical wisdom nuggets to your school life can significantly enhance your experience. By seeking God’s wisdom, practicing diligence, maintaining integrity, surrounding yourself with wise friends, trusting in God’s plan, managing your time wisely, and praying about everything, you can navigate the challenges of school with confidence and grace. Remember, God is with you every step of the way, ready to guide and support you.

True Humility

1 Christ encourages you, and his love comforts you. God's Spirit unites you, and you are concerned for others. 2 Now make me completely happy! Live in harmony by showing love for each other. Be united in what you think, as if you were only one person. 3 Don't be jealous or proud, but be humble and consider others more important than yourselves. 4 Care about them as much as you care about yourselves 5 and think the same way that Christ Jesus thought:

6 Christ was truly God.

But he did not try to remain

equal with God.

7 Instead he gave up everything

and became a slave,

when he became

like one of us.

8 Christ was humble.

He obeyed God and even died

on a cross.

9 Then God gave Christ

the highest place

and honored his name

above all others.

10 So at the name of Jesus

everyone will bow down,

those in heaven, on earth,

and under the earth.

11 And to the glory

of God the Father

everyone will openly agree,

“Jesus Christ is Lord!”

Lights in the World

12 My dear friends, you always obeyed when I was with you. Now that I am away, you should obey even more. So work with fear and trembling to discover what it really means to be saved. 13 God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him.

14 Do everything without grumbling or arguing. 15 Then you will be the pure and innocent children of God. You live among people who are crooked and evil, but you must not do anything they can say is wrong. Try to shine as lights among the people of this world, 16 as you hold firmly to the message that gives life. Then on the day when Christ returns, I can take pride in you. I can also know that my work and efforts were not useless.

17 Your faith in the Lord and your service are like a sacrifice offered to him. And my own blood may have to be poured out with the sacrifice. If this happens, I will be glad and rejoice with you. 18 In the same way, you should be glad and rejoice with me.

Timothy and Epaphroditus

19 I want to be encouraged by news about you. So I hope the Lord Jesus will soon let me send Timothy to you. 20 I don't have anyone else who cares about you as much as he does. 21 The others think only about what interests them and not about what concerns Christ Jesus. 22 But you know what kind of person Timothy is. He has worked with me like a son in spreading the good news. 23 I hope to send him to you, as soon as I find out what is going to happen to me. 24 And I feel sure the Lord will also let me come soon.

25 I think I ought to send my dear friend Epaphroditus back to you. He is a follower and a worker and a soldier of the Lord, just as I am. You sent him to look after me, 26 but now he is eager to see you. He is worried, because you heard he was sick. 27 In fact, he was very sick and almost died. But God was kind to him, and also to me, and he kept me from being burdened down with sorrow.

28 Now I am more eager than ever to send Epaphroditus back again. You will be glad to see him, and I won't have to worry any longer. 29 Be sure to give him a cheerful welcome, just as people who serve the Lord deserve. 30 He almost died working for Christ, and he risked his own life to do for me what you could not.

aza 2

ṯoraca eḏi kiɽmiḏi ŋiɽaŋal-na

1 ŋwu ṯaŋwu, ma ṯikandizelu ṯere nani eḏi Kwruztu-na, ya ŋiɽaŋal ŋere eḏi ŋi ukwazi rugwori ṯamɽa ṯi, ma oɽmaṯi eḏi Tigɽim-na, ṯimeca ṯi liyaḏi zi gwu rugwor-na liḏaḏu ta, 2 a ma ureni ṯinyiŋlana tinyi dedep ur ŋa gwu ṯugwor ṯutuput, leḏi ṯamɽa-na ṯutuput, leṯi kiɽmiḏa-na kaɽam, leḏi ṯireca yey lu ṯutuput tɔk.

ṯoraca eḏejilini ki rɔgwɽɔ

3 eṯizerri ŋere ŋiɽaŋal ŋi ŋeḏi rɔgwɽɔ ralu domony mac, ya eḏi piŋi rɔgwɽɔ, lakin eṯizerri tatap ejilina ŋa gwu ki rɔgwɽɔ eḏaruŋw, lizi kla ta luru liṯemḏinyi la rac. 4 ŋofḏana daŋgal-na lere lere eḏere aŋraci rɔgwɽɔ ralu dak ŋiɽaŋal ŋi ŋere mac, lakin eḏi zi aŋraci liḏaḏu tɔk.

ṯibaŋica ṯeḏi Yecu ejilinaŋw gwu ki rɔgwɽɔ

5 eḏi ṯugwor kḏu nani daŋgal-na kaka kḏa ṯinani eḏi Kwruztu-na kweni Yecu. 6 kwunderṯa, aɽanaŋw gwu pa kinna Allah ta, nuŋw ṯa ere miḏini teter ŋiɽaŋal ŋi ŋu mac, eḏi biɽḏi-na Allah yi, 7 lakin nuŋw aliḏi ŋiniṯi rii eḏorɔ kaḏaam kuŋwun, ner ilŋiida eḏaɽani lizigwunaŋi. 8 na urŋw gwu kwor ki yey-na yeḏi lizi ta, nuŋw ejilini ki rɔgwɽɔ eḏinyizi Allah nana keni eḏay—emba, eḏay ki ŋwuɽi la ŋwuɽmɔḏalu. 9 ŋwu ṯaŋwu, na Allah nii ŋunduŋwu-na ṯiniiya ṯi-na ṯupak, allizaŋw gwu ŋunduŋwu kindala kider, nuŋw enjici ŋunduŋwu yiriny yiṯemḏi yiriny la ndendeṯ, 10 mindaŋ mer neŋne yiriny yeḏi Yecu ta, eŋgir kwoce ŋunduŋwu lu tatap ŋwurgwu ŋi lu, linani kilerena na ki ṯurmun-na, na kuṯelu tɔk, 11 na a riŋla tatap eŋgir aruŋw: Yecu Kwruztu kwiri Kweleny, eḏi ŋi nii Allah-na wir Papa ṯa ŋwu.

ŋeḏre ŋeḏi likwruztyan ŋiɽaŋal ŋi ŋeḏi ŋigileḏa ŋeŋen

12 ṯaŋwu, limɽi linyi, kaka eṯi gwu niŋneḏi ŋwamin tatap, eḏi ṯa ŋeḏre ŋalu ruwene lu ŋeḏi ŋigileḏa ŋalu kirem, eḏizaŋraci ŋiḏeny ŋi, ŋiti ŋiri mac kaka nani nyi gwu ṯa yey lu kinna daŋgal-na, lakin ŋeni ŋiṯemḏelu, menyi ere nani mac. 13 kaka eṯi gwu Allah akiki ŋɔḏɽor ki rugwor-na ralu lere lere, eḏi meci ŋaŋwuzi eḏi zi erri ṯugwor ṯi ṯuŋwun, na eḏəmi ŋunduŋwu-na tɔk.

14 eṯizerri tatap liti lermiḏeḏi-na mac, ya eḏi ŋaŋlaḏi tɔk mac. 15 eṯorɔ lizi liti leḏi loma-na lere mac, lizuɽi rugwor-na cucuɽic, lir nyor nyeḏi Allah, liti leḏi tiɽaŋal-na tere tiki mac ma fa nani ki lizi-na lukwurlelu kwurlu-kwurlut, na nani ŋa gwu deŋgen-na ṯa, a leṯi tiŋaḏa fori lu kaka rorum kirim-na keḏi ṯurmun, 16 ṯiŋacaŋa zi gwu ŋiɽaŋali ŋir ŋimiiḏa. mindaŋ ma lamin ila leḏi Kwruztu ta, enyi allilazi kwurdum la, kaka iti menyi gwu kalmiteḏizi kwɔmne kwere mac na nenyi ere akiki ŋɔḏɽor ŋere tɔk mac ŋiira fayḏa-na. 17 ma kinneni ŋimiiḏa ŋinyi ketinelu karama gi kir ṯəmna ṯalu, eṯinyamina, na eṯi nyi nyeŋlena ŋaŋa li tatap. 18 ŋofḏana daŋgal-na er ṯa amina, er nyeŋlena ŋaŋa tɔk nyi tɔk.

timuṯaawuz

19 nyi kwukitaḏa eḏi Kweleny-na kweni Yecu eḏuzica ŋaŋwuzi timuṯaawuzŋw fitak, mindaŋ enyamina menyi neŋne ŋiɽaŋali ŋalu. 20 nyi kwende kweḏi kwizi kwere kunuŋ kwir kaka ŋunduŋwu, kweṯi ŋazi enji ki ṯugwor-na. 21 liḏaḏu leṯundici ŋɔḏɽor ŋeŋen ki yey-na kwurɔ-kwurɔp beṯen eḏi ŋɔḏɽor la ŋeḏi Yecu Kwruztu. 22 lakin ŋaŋa lilŋiica rac eḏaruŋw, timuṯaawuz kwedi fayḏa beten duŋgwinyi ŋgi, kaka tor ŋwuzi ṯernyin ṯi, kwaki nyi gi ŋɔḏɽor ŋeḏi injiil. 23 ŋwu ta, nyi kwumɔ kitaḏa eḏi ṯiŋaca ŋaŋwuzi timutaawuzŋw fitak, ki lomur linḏi nyi li eḏelŋe ŋiɽaŋali ŋeḏi hukm winyi, winḏi eḏi roto ḏa; 24 nyi kwukitaḏi nani gwu Kweleny eḏila fitak tɔk.

abafruṯuz

25 nyi kwaruŋw tɔk, ŋofḏana duŋgwinyi eḏeɽica ŋaŋwuzi eŋgeri kweri kweni abafruṯuz, kwumenyi gi aki ŋɔḏɽor ŋumaṯi, kwinḏi nani ŋa gwu kwir kafur kalu eḏi meci nyuŋwu. 26 kaka urŋw gwu zurum eḏeze ŋaŋwuzi tatap, urreḏar gwu ŋunduŋwu ŋeni ŋalu, limezi neŋne ŋeḏi kimeṯ kuŋun. 27 emba, kwumɔ umi beten mindaŋ nuŋw aɽa ŋiɽany kworɔ keṯɔ-keṯɔk. lakin na gi Allah ari ŋimɽya, nuŋw ari nyi ŋgi ŋimɽya tɔk, iti naŋnaŋw gwu mac eḏi kiɽeci nyuŋwu ṯurfa ki ṯurfa la tiḏaḏu. 28 ŋwu ṯaŋwu, nyi kwamina beṯen eḏəɽici ŋaŋwuzi, mindaŋ a nyeŋlena ma eze ŋunduŋwu kwokwony, mindaŋ mer nyi ŋi keṯini wəŋ ki ṯuronyina-na tinyi tɔk. 29 agnari ŋunduŋwu eḏi Kweleny-na ṯinyiŋla ṯi-na ṯupak; na eṯi nii loru-na lir kaka ŋunduŋwu. 30 kaka nanuŋw gwu keṯɔ-keṯɔk eḏay eḏəkici Kwruztuŋw ŋɔḏɽor, tiŋacaŋw gwu ŋiɽany rɔgwɽɔ lu ruŋwun eḏi ṯimazi ṯimeca ṯalu ṯeni nyi, ṯiti ṯeḏiceŋazi ŋaŋa wuɽe-wuɽeny ŋuma mac eḏerri.