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The verse is quoted as a slogan for ambition, but its context is learning to live with plenty and with hunger. All things means all these things: every condition Paul has just listed. The strength promised is strength to endure and be faithful, which is a greater gift than success.
A prayer from this passage
Lord, strengthen me for what You have actually given me today, not for the life I imagined. Let Christ's strength carry me through both abundance and want, and keep me faithful in either.
Key truth
Christ gives strength to be faithful in every condition, which is what the promise in Philippians actually offers.
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