The Epistle to the Philippians is a very positive letter that the apostle Paul wrote to the church in Philippi. There are not a lot of concerns that Paul has about the people. One theme that comes across, that he shares with the church, is the 'command' to rejoice -Philippians 3-1- 4-4-. Instructing people to rejoice is actually not a heartless piece of advice but it is the logical outcome to the position Christians find themselves in their relationship to God. ---So do we feel we have sufficient grounds to rejoice-- Are we in fact rejoicing-- Or is something else happening within the depth of our soul--