This is the fourth and final installment in Dr. Wiersbe’s comments on Philippians 4:1-9. We hope you have found this information useful. Today, we shall examine whether lifestyle has any consequence on our ability to experience joy rather than worry. Here are Dr. Wiersbe’s thoughts on the matter: Right Living (4:9)You cannot separate outward action…
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You Don’t Have To Worry! Part 3
Welcome back! We are now ready to reflect on our thought life. How does our thinking affect our worrying? Here are some words from Dr. Wiersbe to help you in this journey: Right Thinking (4:8)Peace involves the heart and the mind. “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because…
You Don’t Have To Worry! Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of this 4 part series! Here is the next portion of Dr. Wiersbe’s comments on worry: Right Praying (4:6–7)Paul did not write, “Pray about it!” He was too wise to do that. He used three different words to describe “right praying”: prayer, supplication, and thanksgiving. “Right praying” involves all three. The…
You Don’t Have To Worry! Part 1
Let us take a moment to explore Dr. Warren Wiersbe’s words reflecting worry and Paul’s letter to the Philippian believers. This is the first in a four-part installment. You can find the full commentary online. If anybody had an excuse for worrying, it was the apostle Paul. His beloved Christian friends at Philippi were disagreeing…
When Fear Greets You
Humans have dealt with fear for as long as there have been fearful ideas. People have developed all sorts of techniques and strategies for responding to fear. Through it all, fear somehow persists from one generation to the next. We have heard famous quotes about fear and have at one time or another probably told…
The Bad Fear
Pro 1:33 NIV – but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.” Psa 55:5 NIV – Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed me. Rev 21:8 NIV – But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic…
The Good Fear
Pro 15:16 NIV – Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth with turmoil. Pro 19:23 NIV – The fear of the LORD leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble. Ecc 8:12-13 NIV – Although a wicked person who commits a hundred crimes may live a long time,…
Constructing Confidence
When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?The Lord is with me; he is my helper. I look in triumph on my enemies.It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans.It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to…
Go For What You Know!
This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them…
The God of Peace
Do you feel ill equipped for what is upon you? Do you feel robbed of peace? Have you ever been frustrated by going to potential sources of peace that did not deliver as promised? Would you like to know more about a peace you don’t have to purchase? Now may the God of peace, who…
Food for Thought 