I love Philippians 1:9-11. It’s Paul’s prayer for the believers in Philippi and for Christians everywhere. He writes this: “And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.”
It’s a beautiful prayer. We’re asking God to fill our hearts with His love, combined with wisdom, so we know what is good and right for our lives. And we ask that our lives would overflow with good fruit.
I also love thinking of the context of this letter. I don’t know much, but I do know that Philippi essentially housed retired Roman soldiers who loved their Roman citizenship above all else. They needed to understand a new way of living and thinking that, in part, involves understanding their citizenship in heaven.