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FEAR… an unpleasant (often strong) emotional caused by the belief, anticipation, or awareness (a thinking) that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.
The Emotion of Fear can cause:
Anxiety / worry Philippians 4:6-7 best dealt with through prayer!
A paralyzing effect on our body
An acute focus occurs where our minds cannot escape the fear (perceived or real)
It is a tool of Satan… Paralyzing the effectiveness and power of Christ’ Church!
Gripped in fear we fail to progress
Gripped in fear we continue to question
Gripped in fear we worry… driving us to a dark and negative place
“Worry is the darkroom in which negatives are developed”
Gripped in fear we seek comfort
Gripped in fear we don’t want to fail so we don’t do
Gripped in fear we do nothing
Gripped in fear we continue to ponder and dwell on the what ifs and fail to live
God’s response to fear is all over the pages of scripture (hundreds of references!!!)
2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.
Psalm 23:4
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Psalm 27:3
Though a host encamp against me, My heart will not fear; Though war arise against me, In spite of this I shall be confident.
These are just a few! IMAGINE… a church, families, marriages, children of God lived… absent of fear FULL of the peace of God.
Luke 12:22-34 and our passage today in Philippians 4:7-9 are two of my life passages when it comes to living a worry free life filled with the peace of God.
Peace
I love how our passage begins expressing the PEACE OF GOD protecting us and it wraps up with the GOD OF PEACE present with you and me!!!
We will look one final time at the result at the end
But we must understand that God’s PEACE PROTECTS!
Heart and Mind!
Mentally, emotionally…
and His peace comes from a right thinking on our part
What is on your HEART and what is thought about on your MIND will play out in your ACTIONS
Paul breaks down for us in a beautiful way how our thinking should be as followers of Christ… as children of God! Finally brothers and sisters “think this way”
The word “whatever” is an indicator that there are multiple things…
Whatever is TRUE
Satan is the father of lies!
Jesus states this about him… John 8:44
Ask yourself… “is what you are pondering, thinking, and dwelling on TRUE???”
Is it factual or uncertain, unknown, or hearsay
Think about the TRUE things of God, His Word, His Promises!
Jesus said in John 14 “I am the way, truth and life”
A great deal of our fears and worries can be addressed with this first thought process but then consider is it honorable...
Whatever is HONORABLE
Appropriate or respectful behavior
Is the way we are responding or thinking fitting for the child of God?
Think about and consider this!
The next is simply looking at right and wrong...
Whatever is RIGHT
Is it conforming to God’s standards???
Not our standard or the world’s standard… both of which change and waver
Right… “fully justified and proper”
Paul argues this beautifully in Romans 6:20-23
Because of Christ we can focus on and think PURE thoughts...
Whatever is PURE
That which is without moral defect
Perfect without blemish...
Ummm… think on Christ and His Word!
Whatever is LOVELY
Worry and Fear take us to a dark place…
Paul contrast this with “Lovely” that which promotes peace rather than conflict
The contrast is stark… and oh that the Christian could think and view circumstances in this light!
Whatever is of GOOD REPUTE
Another way to say it is admirable
Positive and constructive
Is it building up or tearing down?
NOT… gossip, slander, sarcasm
Six things Paul encourages us to consider in our thinking and to sum it up he says...
Excellence & Worthy of Praise
This line of thinking… “THESE THINGS” are excellent and worthy of praise
This is speaking to morals in our thinking and actions
This line of thinking and action is worthy of praise by man and God!
There is a charge concerning “these things”…
“These Things”
Paul had broke down six “these things” for his readers
Dwell on these things
Consider these things in his own life and example
learned, recieved, heard, and seen (IN PAUL’S LIFE EXAMPLE)
Practice these things
This was not just a list of good ides and a helpful antidote… Paul is calling them to action!
Take Action
Take action in your thinking
Dwell on
Ponder on
Our thinking needs to be harnessed, controlled, NOT a lazy process
Take Action in you living
Do something
Practice something
James 1:22 speaks boldly to this...
Don’t be lazy church… put your thinking into action… what is within you will come out in your actions!
“These things” when put into practice bring about an amazing RESULT…
The Resulting Outcome
The PEACE OF GOD PROTECTS
The GOD OF PEACE IS PRESENT
PEACE:
A change in our patterns of thinking in these areas will result in greater peace with others and deeper peace in our own hearts.
Anger and anxiety steal our joy and rob us of peace.
They force us to focus on the wrong things, drawing us away from a Christlike life that heavenly walk.
When we turn our attention (ponder on and dwell on) the things that are excellent and worthy of praise we will truly know and experience what it means to encounter God’s peace.
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