Php 4:6 Be
careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Php 4:7 And
the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus.
Php 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if
there be any praise, think on these things.
Php 4:9 Those
things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me,
do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
We long for inner
peace, don't we? Peace of mind is a valuable gift. We know that the world will
not have peace-
Joh_16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the
world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the
world.
We CAN have peace.
In the WORLD we will
have TRIBULATION- but…
…we are to be
happy! Why? Because Jesus Christ has
overcome the WORLD!
Mat_10:34
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but
a sword.
No peace on earth!
Yet we long for
personal peace. Spiritual peace. Peace with God. We
Joh_14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give
I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
We need JESUS'
PEACE. We do NOT need the world's idea of peace.
We don't want our
hearts troubled and we surely don't want to be afraid. We don't long to be
anxious, worrying is something that troubles our hearts.
We need Jesus'
peace!
We need to PRAY, to
SUPPLICATE, to THANK GOD! Our minds must
be instant in PRAYER, instant in seeking help, instant in thanksgiving.
Too often we let
ourselves get washed away on a current of emotion and once caught in that
current we find ourselves battling against the torrent of upset engulfing us.
We are instant in
lashing out, in speaking our mind; a slurry of words flows out of us as we are
consumed with responding to the awful situation - the tribulation- we find
ourselves immersed in. We rail against injustices, slights, inconsideration,
degradations, impositions and we verbally or mentally (both perhaps) give back
in kind.
We come face to face
with situations that bring out the worst in us and we cringe and cry out to
ourselves, longing to be free from what's going on. We wish away time so that
we can get to a place of safety not realizing at all that the truest place of safety
is a SPIRITUAL place in Christ Jesus and His peace, a place that has no
beginning and no end. Jesus' peace is
accessible at all times it will never elude us unless we neglect to -- 'Be careful for nothing, but in everything by
prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, letting our requests be made known
to God'.
Rom_12:12
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer--
Instant in
prayer.
While Satan would
have us latch immediately onto our emotional reactions- legitimate emotional reactions- Christ would
have latch on to Him in prayer so that He can guide our legitimate emotional
responses to any given situation.
Instant in prayer.
Psa 55:16 As
for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
Psa 55:17
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall
hear my voice.
Psa 62:8 Trust
in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge
for us.
Psa 109:4 For
my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
Psa 109:5 And
they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Jer 29:12 Then
shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken
unto you.
Jer 29:13 And
ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your
heart.
Dan 9:17 Now
therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications,
and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's
sake.
Dan 9:18 O my
God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations,
and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our
supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great
mercies.
Dan 9:19 O
Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own
sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
Luk 11:5 And
he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at
midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
Luk 11:6 For a
friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before
him?
Luk 11:7 And
he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and
my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Luk 11:8 I say
unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet
because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he
needeth.
Luk 11:9 And I
say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you.
Luk 11:10 For
every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened.
Luk 11:11 If a
son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?
or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Luk 11:12 Or
if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
Luk 11:13 If
ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much
more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask
him?
Luk 18:1 And
he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and
not to faint;
Luk 18:2
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded
man:
Luk 18:3 And
there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of
mine adversary.
Luk 18:4 And
he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear
not God, nor regard man;
Luk 18:5 Yet
because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual
coming she weary me.
Luk 18:6 And
the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
Luk 18:7 And
shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he
bear long with them?
Luk 18:8 I
tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man
cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Act 6:4 But we
will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the
word.
Eph 6:18
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching
thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Eph 6:19 And
for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly,
to make known the mystery of the gospel,
Col 4:2
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving
Col 4:12
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always
labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete
in all the will of God.
1Th 5:17 Pray
without ceasing.
1Th 5:18 In
every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning
you.
Heb 5:7 Who in
the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with
strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was
heard in that he feared;
Heb 5:8 Though
he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered
Jas 5:15 And
the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and
if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Jas 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be
healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
1Pe 4:7 But
the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto
prayer.
1Jn 5:14 And
this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according
to his will, he heareth us:
1Jn 5:15 And
if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the
petitions that we desired of him.
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