My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. The pure and the noble—it all points to You; For if we consider what's worthy of praise, We'll then want to live for You all of our days. I'm not saying that we should desire poverty, but we can be hankful for it. He has an answer for everything. My family seldom ate meat, and we wore second hand clothing. Philippians 4:6-7. Prayer then becomes the channel through which God's wisdom, strength, and patience flow. If there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. Shortly after that, the wounded man entered into the presence of his Lord. Depressed people have as many as six hundred. The room was filled with cigar smoke. Jesus is our example, for He did the Father's will in everything (Jn. 4:8) and to give liberally (2 Cor. Scriptures: Philippians 4:4-13. She was trying to be helpful, but her action just made the mom feel even more like a failure. He always divided the money in his billfold, carefully wrapping his partner's half in a piece of paper on which he wrote his name and the case for which it was received. Some persuasive preachers promote an "abundant life" of success and prosperity through positive thinking, more faith, or giving money to get God's blessing in return. In the spiritual sense, to surrender means that we trust God to do what is best. God will do it, for it is like Him: He loves us, He delights to bless us, and it will glorify Him to do so. Those things, which ye both learned, and received, and heard, and saw in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. GOOD CITIZENSHIP . Phipps’ navy arrived early. It would be more work, he thought, but he'd take his big-city slogan and find out-of-the-way homes where he'd sell his vacuum cleaners. —J E Yoder. Resist the temptation to withdraw and become reclusive during periods of emotional stress. (Romans 5:1-2). A few days before the tavern was scheduled to open, lightning hit the structure and it burned to the ground. Contributed By: Illustration Exchange | Date Posted: 2011-03-26 Scripture: Philippians 4:8. The writer knows what it is to be tried in the work of the Lord. Our highest privilege is to talk to God; our highest duty is to listen to Him. That was good to know, but how much more wonderful this is in the spiritual realm. B. Simpson told about an old farmer who plowed around a large rock in his field year after year. 8:2). "Happiness is something you choose. Pastor Harold Springstead was driving along, on his way to preach at a little country church, when he felt a sudden vibration. we ask when a man dies, and we expect an answer in the amount that stood to his credit, and on which his estate must pay death duties. He could have reasoned that he needed it more than the owner or that it was God's justice that allowed him to find the watch. Matthew 22:1-14. —Bickersteth, Only the Prince of Peace can bring lasting peace. The apostle was able to interpret all the experiences of life in terms of God's will for his eternal good (Rom. Before he reached his third birthday, he was gone. Con­tentment does not depend upon things on the outside, but results from conditions on the inside! It's the tendency to shy away from life's unpleasant disciplines and seek only what brings immediate pleasure. No anxiety, but much joyful communion with God. The religious leaders of Jesus' day were quick to judge and lacked gentleness. The Scriptures repeatedly warn us against this grievous sin. Hallelujah! All rights reserved. "The peace of God shall keep your hearts. Lord, give me strength for this day's task, "The Lord has been my guide today." There is a prayer promise in the Scriptures, however, that does not have a condition upon it. Rather, "as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby" (1 Peter 2:2).—R W De Haan. search for verses that contains all of the search phrase. It's a great combination. One secular writer speaking about today's television programs said, "The notion of indecency has become obsolete." This sermon was preached on February 24, 2013. —Richard De Haan. She resolved not to think about her problems as long as they were in the box. G. Bosch. Our health may suffer. Yes, in this troubled world we can find peace—the wonderful, satis­fying peace of God! Their gifts bore spiritual fruit (v. 27). When we have much of God’s providential mercies, it often happens that we have but little of God’s grace, and little gratitude for the bounties we have received. Near the end of the chapter you will find a text begin­ning with the word `Peace.' As Christians, we know that the ability to think is a God-given gift. Paul told us to meditate on whatever is true, noble, just, pure, lovely, virtuous, praiseworthy, and of good report (Philippians 4:8). Some of us have upbeat dispositions, while others play the music of life in a minor key. —Vernon C Grounds. —Matthew 6:8. Here on earth we are only pilgrims journeying toward our eternal home. Christ, "the hope of glory," living in us (Colossians 1:27). —D. We can follow Paul's example of focusing on what God has done and what He can do in the lives of others (Ephesians 1:17-21). "You shall have your opportunity, small watch," she said. She has a whole field in which to feed, yet no grass seems quite as tasty as those patches outside her own pasture. This time, however, a secret burden on my heart felt heavier than my luggage. On the day of the move, a helpful neighbor drove her there and guided her into the lobby. Heaven is your home, and God is your Father. The father sat down on one of the stools at the counter and lifted the boy up to the seat beside him. It cost him some pains to attain to the mystery of that great truth. Yet all too often we act as if this world is our permanent residence. It's how I arrange my mind. It's wonderful to hear about the blessings Christ offers, but we also need to experience repentance and self-denial. So she started reading the Bible. Recently I heard about a company that had decided to open their stores on Sunday. Paul also wrote that we should care for one another and share in one another's distress (Galatians 6:2; Philippians 2:4; 4:14). No affliction would trouble us if we knew God’s reason for permitting it. I recently came across this "Five-Finger Prayer" to use as a guide when praying for others: * When you fold your hands, the thumb is nearest you. An experienced physician decided to analyze the "worriers" who were his patients. Often I can provide the help they need, but sometimes I am unable to come up with the answer or the solution. Shock, pain, and sadness again broke into their world. Think less of the power of things over you and more of the power of Christ in you. Yet we were happy. What about us? (Romans 7:24). Rather than complain about the thorns on roses, be thankful for roses among the thorns. She told me that she and her husband set out in their marriage to seek God's will for their lives and entrust their future to Him. --D J De Haan, O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done. We use it in reference to the humiliation that accompanies defeat. "I love it," she declared. His “riches of glory by Christ Jesus,” who shall form an estimate of this? He says, "I have learned … to be content." 4:19). It does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but it does empty today of its strength. 8:28). Toscanini smiled and replied, "Don't worry. Author: William J. Bennett. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts … Colossians 3:15. Prayer should be our first response rather than our last resort. —Nillingham. Instead of trying to twist God's arm, put yourself in His hands, In everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. The questions and requests and needs of my children seem endless. His goal was to proclaim the gospel to people who had not heard about Jesus. In some ways humans are inferior to animals. Aspiring to be what we are not, or grasping after riches which elude us, is not the way to happiness. Let the Holy Spirit discipline your mind by dismissing suspicion and replacing it with hope and trust. If we would have wheat, we must plough and sow; if we want flowers, there must be the garden, and all the gardener’s care. Reading them reminded me of the importance of letting people know how much they are appreciated. Immediately the chaplain complied with the general's request. —D. That's not fair! The ap­plication is obvious. Sa'ad, a sensitive, hard-working man who lives in Zarayed, one of Cairo's garbage dumps, works long hours collecting trash. Discontent makes rich men poor, while contentment makes poor men rich. It's not the words we pray that matter, it's the condition of our heart. With those things filling our minds and with the Holy Spirit leading us, we can develop guidelines for living that will honor God. Thank-you notes work both ways. Calmly, quietly, simply, make your requests known. search for verses that contains any of the search words. I've asked that penetrating question in my life, and not long ago I received a letter from a mom who has asked it as well. PRAYER WITHOUT EXPECTANCY MAY BE UNBELIEF IN DISGUISE. When we need forgiveness, God says He will forgive us if we confess our sins (1 Jn. To start with, the apostle Paul assured us in Romans 5:1 that it is possible to have peace with God. The next morning, Ridley told a fellow Christian who was also being executed, "Be of good heart, brother, for God will either assuage the fury of the flame, or else strengthen us to abide it." A Christian friend of mine uses one in the opposite way. His secret of contentment was that he could "do all things through Christ" who strengthened him (v.13). After boarding the train she kept fretting about the windows and the temperature, complaining about her seat assignment, rearranging her luggage, and so on. “Ill weeds grow apace.” Covetousness, discontent, and murmuring are as natural to man as thorns are to the soil. In his famous lecture on "Clocks and Watches," Dr. Joseph Parker related the following story: A little watch, delicately strung, was dissatisfied with its restricted sphere of influence in a lady's pocket. "It was a silent prayer.". Everyone of us has prayed many times. That same peace is available to all who by faith receive the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior. PHILIPPIANS 4:4 Arranging Your Mind. shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus!" Would you cry? Let us keep to Paul’s line, and we shall have the God of peace with us as He was with the apostle. 1:9). When we begin to accumulate more than we need for our use, or the provision for our families, we should consider, not further investments, but the pressing need of others. 4. Whatever He grants will prove in the end to be the best of blessings. It is said that when the British and French were fighting in Canada in the 1750s, Admiral Phipps, commander of the British fleet, was told to anchor outside Quebec. PAUL’S God is our God, and He will supply all our need. With His help, we can set good stan­dards for our behavior.—PRV, Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world of sin? Do not indulge the notion that you can be contented with learning, or learn without discipline. 4:11). * The fourth finger is usually the weakest. I've tried to stop sucking my thumb, but I can't quit either!". Ian Maclaren ex-claims, "What does your anxiety do? Pastor and author A. Prayer is a conversation with God, not a formula. Satan seeks to crush our spirit by getting us to bear tomor­row's burdens with only today's grace! Might we discover creative, God-given approaches to problems that seem to defy solution? It is these riches that we must seek, enjoy, and use to glorify their source—our heavenly Father.—Dave Branon. Loneliness, family tensions, unexpected crises, grief and national events make them seem just beyond our grasp. But prayer is much more than telling God what we want Him to do for us. Yes, God's Word promises us great riches—treasures that we cannot even attempt to purchase with any amount of money. And the rest worried about their families, friends, and neighbors, but in most cases he discovered no basis for their fears. We can understand the apparent peace of some men. The rich man in the parable made three foolish mistakes. Contributed By: Tom Halloran | Date Posted: 2010-09-06 Scripture: Philippians 4:6. In Matthew 16:21-23, we see His peace in His determination to go to Jerusalem even though He knew He would suffer and die (see Luke 9:51). Author Hannah Whitall Smith said, "Be glad and eager to throw yourself unreservedly into His loving arms, and to hand over the reins of government to Him. But some obstacles are immovable, and we must learn to live with them. Author A. —Philippians 4:6, When people face trials, they often turn to prayer only as a last resort. W. D. MOST PEOPLE AREN'T CONTENT WITH THEIR LOT --EVEN WHEN THEY GET A LOT MORE. Yet the same day he was born, God used Philippians 4:6-7 to put peace in their hearts and give them an undying love for their precious son. Philippians 4:1-9. He puts His peace in our heart, Shooting the Saints --It is said that when the British and French were fighting in Canada in the 1750s, Admiral Phipps, commander of the British fleet, was told to anchor outside Quebec. In his book Tyranny of the Urgent, Charles Hummel writes that if we are prayerless, "we are saying, with our actions if not our lips, that we do not need God." I will never forget one visit when, as usual, I lugged my suitcase up the familiar stairs. The "wisdom and knowledge of God" (Romans 11:33). He was bitter as he spoke of the inner-city school from which he had dropped out because he felt unsafe. Because, if we do not, we shall be relying on human beings. Heart and mind through Christ Jesus shall be steeped in a sea of rest. Sweet Understanding Series Teach the Text One Volume Sermon Maxie Dunnam. One family lived in a farmhouse where a tiny upstairs room always awaited me. Guarding the Heart. The best way to keep evil ideas out of our minds is to con­centrate on things that are good and pure and beautiful. It will enfold you in its infinite embrace. ", Pray, then, that like Paul we may live out our saving faith before the watching world.—Vernon C Grounds. Often he clears little more than fifty cents a day. I listen to radio talk shows while driving, and I have a book or magazine in hand while watching a ball game on television. AMEN. Has He solved some nagging problem? —PHILIPPIANS 4:6. Hide nothing. --D C Egner. Help us, O God, to set our affections on things above, not on things on earth, for nothing beneath these skies can satisfy the hearts which Thou hast made for Thyself. We know this from experience. If so, remember, God still cares for you. Please use me as You wish." THE APOSTLE'S PRECEPTS. The same advice may be expressed in these words: Don't let your behavior contradict your professed belief. As we grow in faith, our prayers will become less of a wish list and more of an intimate conversation with the Lord. --J E Yoder, A prayerless Christian is a powerless Christian. Make a meal? To her shock, she suddenly reached her journey's end. Proper 23 | Ordinary Time 28 - A. Exodus 32:1-14. Yet Jesus said, "Blessed are you poor" (Luke 6:20). —Philippians 4:8. The boy commented, "I understand. B. Simpson told about an old farmer who plowed around a large rock in his field year after year. search for verses that contains all of the search words. Each time he saw that obstacle, he grumbled about how much trouble the rock had caused. Jerry Bridges defines contentment as believing that God is good to me right now (The Practice of Godliness). To be conformed to Christ, let God's Spirit form Christ in you. Then the Peace of God will become the warden or sentry of the heart, and it passeth understanding! Find Philippians 4:4-9 Sermon Illustrations, browse preaching ideas and sermon stories on Philippians 4:4-9 God's Word promises riches that money cannot buy. But there is a peace that passeth understanding! IT is well when a man can with advantage be so minutely copied, as Paul might have been. Come life or death, poverty, pain, slander, you shall dwell in Jesus above every ruffling wind or darkening cloud. Philippians 4:13 has been a puzzle to many people. After they had carried him but a short distance, he urged them to put him down and go back to rescue someone else. The Rapport for the time. This is Premium Content. When an attendant finally came for her, she smiled sweetly as she maneuvered her walker to the elevator. In his dramatic way, Dr. Parker concluded his lecture by exclaiming, "Its elevation had become its annihilation!". How much better is the spiritual diet the Bible suggests: "Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things" (Philippians 4:8). I heard about a woman who kept a box in her kitchen that she called her "Worry Box." He said that he often envied the cattle that graze contentedly in a meadow, because they never worry or dwell on troublesome thoughts. Allow no want to lie rankling in your bosom; “make known your requests.” Run not to man. But His promise to provide for the needs of His people covers little things as well as big ones. I belong to the King, and He loves me, I know, My God shall supply all your need. —David C. Egner, It's the proper time for prayer. There's nothing at all you can do." Those who have peace with God can also experience the peace of God. In 1892, John Hyde boarded a ship in New York harbor and set out for India. Take care that you ask in your prayers that God would teach you “how to be full.”. God can be trusted because He always provides what He promises. The Bible provides an answer to that plea for peace. It read: Panting physically and spiritually, I had to admit, "No, I haven't!" Surrender is not a very popular word. He just couldn't resolve it. The president's wife came to the door and explained politely that her family didn't need any more books. A friend of mine took his small son with him one day to run some errands. So we two shall win—Jesus and I! Stay focused on eternal values. Mighty strength in our inner being, "through His Spirit" (Ephesians 3:16). Many times she discovered that a specific worry no longer existed. —Orsborn. The "bad" news is that it doesn't have anything to do with money. How important for all of us to remember that the Bible admonishes, "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanks-giving, let your requests be made known unto God. The Lord is at hand. We can pray the Psalms or other Scriptures (such as The Lord's Prayer), or use the ACTS method (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication). You interlace your fingers with someone else's and try to bend the other's hands back until one or the other cries "Mercy!" Carry your desires to the Lord of your life, the guardian of your soul. Fear Worry Misconceptions. Character is formed by making choices in one direction, Whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, … think on these things -Philippians 4:8. He went as deep as he could into the backwoods, knocked on his first door, and nearly pounce… Your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. He said he committed the robbery because he was sick and tired of having so little while others had so much. Take your burden into his presence and lay it down there. Instead of prayer being a last resort, it should be one of the first things we do. We may expect to abound here, and to be abased there. It is equally natural for us to see the man who helps us without seeing Christ behind him. --1 Timothy 6:6. We have a request that we desperately want answered in a certain way, so we try to "bend His fingers back" and get Him to give in. V Lugt. "20" will set displaying max to 20 per page, "All Bible", "Old Testament", "New Testament". It is a part of our nature to pray. He had broken one cultivator and two plowshares by hitting it. Each live wolf brought into captivity would bring $5,000! To do this we can begin passing on to others the goodness God has given us rather than burdening them with complaints about what He hasn't given us.—D C Egner, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. You can be sure that as you look back on your day, you'll praise and glorify the Lord as you realize what He has enabled you to do.—Joanie Yoder. One day Sa'ad found a gold watch valued at nearly two thousand dollars. Joy and Crown Philippians 4:1. But he didn't. We can be victorious through Christ's strength, but we shouldn't force this truth on people who are feeling overwhelmed. Remember how delicate a thing the heart is, and how susceptible to the dust of an evil thought, which would instantly prevent it becoming the organ of spiritual vision. Peace rules the day when Christ rules the heart! Like the writer of Proverbs 30, I would never ask God to send me poverty. Does someone you know deserve a note of thanks? 4:6, 7). The young man I visited in jail had been arrested for armed robbery. Never a burden that He does not bear; If you know the Lord Jesus as your Savior, victory is possible through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Since I come from the Midwest, this Pennsylvania Dutch expression really tickled me. What good is faith when all seems lost? At other times we are admonished to be sure that life and lip agree. No wonder the Apostle Paul wrote to the church at Ephesus expressing his desire that they might "know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge" and be conscious of the fact that He "is able to do exceeding abun­dantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. --D C Egner. I could then serve multitudes, instead of just one individual." Philippians 4:4-- Philippians 4:4-- Cathy A. Liening-- 2008. And living as we do in a world system with god-less values, we are bound to take in a lot of garbage. Let your gentleness be known to all men. Because he knew the peace of Jesus, he could rest in his Lord. Phipps’ navy arrived early. Would our perspective on life undergo a radical change? You can keep your soul out of the dust no matter what your task, if you center your thoughts on the things mentioned in our text. Best of all, we can anticipate global peace when our Savior, the Prince of Peace, returns. Then they knelt and prayed by the stake and, after a brief conversation, were burned to death for their faith. Thank-you notes afford us the opportunity to make permanent our feelings of gratitude for our friends. What happens with all this input? Surrender is victory when we yield to God. I felt sorry for him. It was a crisis of major proportions that had ominous implications for him and for the future of his company. The blood of Jesus whispers peace within; Peace, perfect peace, our future all unknown? 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