Prayer in Everything Results in Peace
Minister: |
Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: |
6/16/2013 PM
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Text:
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Philippians 4:6,7
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Psalters: |
297, 162, 249, 8 |
- The occasion.
- To be carefree is to be not full of care with regard to anything, i.e., be no anxious.
- Care is ….
- Care concerns the things which we can do nothing about, but are God’s works.
- About what do we have care?
- The answer to worry is to pray.
- Prayer is to God; and He is the reason for not worrying.
- Literally it is “toward” God.
- He has set as the purpose of all things that He be glorified in the salvation of His people.
- Prayer is the verbal side of believer’s conversation with God; our covenant relationship with Him.
- It is our rejoicing in Jesus’ Lordship of your life.
- “Requests” refers to our petitions or requests.
- “Supplication” is prayer when characterized by intensity, fervency and urgency.
- While in fellowship with the Fountain of all good, let Him know your concerns.
- The benefit of such activity is not that we get what we want, but that we receive the spiritual benefit of peace.
- Though your problem remains, you will be delivered from fullness of care and peace enters.
- Peace is the result of our minds and heart (where worrying takes place) being kept in Jesus.
- It is because we realize that we are “in Christ Jesus.”
- Peace with God is as a garrison or fortress inside of which is real safety: “keep.”
- God’s peace is that He has peace within Himself and outside of Himself.
- While we can never get out of this fortress permanently, we do in our thinking see things without Christ Jesus.
- This results in “thanksgiving,” for gratitude will characterize everyone who truly sees “God” as our God.