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…
Teach Us To Pray
If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” Luke 11:13 NIV The Action! One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said…
The Battle of Prayer – Part 2
The Enemy hates for believers to have strong prayer lives. Why? Our victory, effectiveness, and fruitfulness in the Christian life are directly related to the quality of the time we spend with God. That’s why it’s so important we learn what the Bible says about prayer. Source: The Battle of Prayer – Part 2 Featured…
Does Heaven Drop Calls?
Are there times when it seems like you cannot hear from God? Are there other moments where it feels like God is not listening to you? What does Scripture say about such moments? How can we establish a stronger connection on both the giving and receiving end of communication? “Shout it aloud, do not hold back….
Our Helper in Prayer – Part 2
Have you ever had that feeling, that intense urging, that maybe you should pray, but you did not? Have you ever felt pain that was so vast that you could not pray; you could not even speak? In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought…
Strategies To Avoid Unnecessary Drama
There remains pain inherent to life, inescapable and inevitable. Certain challenges find our address whether we wish them or not. We cannot bribe our way out of all trouble. Nevertheless, there exists a phenomenon I shall refer to as unnecessary drama. We recall the words of Joseph Scriven in his hymn: What a Friend we…
Our Helper in Prayer – Part 1
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the…
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