"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension (literally, 'mind'), will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:6, 7--NASB)
I cannot say that I have ever noticed the connection between verse 6 and 7, "Be anxious for nothing, but...let your request be made known to God. And the peace of God...will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." If we desire to live free of anxiety, the only way is to have, "the peace of God...in Christ Jesus." Or, "Be anxious for nothing....And the peace of God...will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." Too many times anxiety kills peace.
"....in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God...." Verse 7 begins with an, "And". It is an addition to verse 6. To me, this means that if I do not pray about, "everything," I can not know, "the peace of God, which surpasses all mind," anyone's, "mind," intellect, comprehension, understanding. Life's events will not only be filled with anxiety, but also confusion, bewilderment. If I pray about everything, "with thanksgiving," however, then I will know, "the peace of God...in Christ Jesus," the only "place" of Divine Peace.
"Be anxious for nothing," i.e., do not worry about anything. Instead, "....in everything...prayer and supplication...." And as you pray, pray in a thankful spirit. It is not good to be thankful only when we get what we "pray for," what we want, what we think is best for our lives. This can just prolong the anxiety. Pray thanking Jesus. The "natural" mind would say, "But how can I be thankful for something I don't see?" Such thinking puts the emphasis on us. Praying thankfully puts the emphasis, the honor, the glory exactly in Whom all should be, Jesus.
Humanity longs for its disease of anxiety to have the healing of peace. Long for it all they wish. There is no relief from anxiety without, "the peace of God...in Christ Jesus." Now, "....in everything pray[]...with thanksgiving...and the peace of God...will guard your hearts and minds," in the only Place and Person in whom there is, "the peace of God...----------- Christ Jesus."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I know that I have too many times not, "....in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving (made my) requests be made known to [You.]" May today be a "new beginning." Amen.
I cannot say that I have ever noticed the connection between verse 6 and 7, "Be anxious for nothing, but...let your request be made known to God. And the peace of God...will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." If we desire to live free of anxiety, the only way is to have, "the peace of God...in Christ Jesus." Or, "Be anxious for nothing....And the peace of God...will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." Too many times anxiety kills peace.
"....in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God...." Verse 7 begins with an, "And". It is an addition to verse 6. To me, this means that if I do not pray about, "everything," I can not know, "the peace of God, which surpasses all mind," anyone's, "mind," intellect, comprehension, understanding. Life's events will not only be filled with anxiety, but also confusion, bewilderment. If I pray about everything, "with thanksgiving," however, then I will know, "the peace of God...in Christ Jesus," the only "place" of Divine Peace.
"Be anxious for nothing," i.e., do not worry about anything. Instead, "....in everything...prayer and supplication...." And as you pray, pray in a thankful spirit. It is not good to be thankful only when we get what we "pray for," what we want, what we think is best for our lives. This can just prolong the anxiety. Pray thanking Jesus. The "natural" mind would say, "But how can I be thankful for something I don't see?" Such thinking puts the emphasis on us. Praying thankfully puts the emphasis, the honor, the glory exactly in Whom all should be, Jesus.
Humanity longs for its disease of anxiety to have the healing of peace. Long for it all they wish. There is no relief from anxiety without, "the peace of God...in Christ Jesus." Now, "....in everything pray[]...with thanksgiving...and the peace of God...will guard your hearts and minds," in the only Place and Person in whom there is, "the peace of God...----------- Christ Jesus."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I know that I have too many times not, "....in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving (made my) requests be made known to [You.]" May today be a "new beginning." Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
