WORRY OR PEACE?

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THIS IS TABLE ROCK FELLOWSHIP – PASTOR RYAN LADEN

Worry or Peace?

God wants to help us replace our worry and fear with his gifts of peace and wisdom.

In the following passage, taken from the larger message of the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Philippians, we can hear some of the steps that we are invited to take as we travel away from the destructive power of worry and into the healing power of God’s peace.

“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.”

Philippians 4:6-7 NIV11

Identify

In this passage we are instructed by the Apostle Paul to reject the destructive influence of worry and instead to embrace prayer as an alternative to worry. In order to bring your worries, fears, concerns, wants and needs to the Lord Jesus Christ in a time of prayer, we must first be able to articulate and identify these worries.

Prayer

We are encouraged to pray. In fact, in verse 6 we are told to pray about everything.

· Are there some areas of your life, your emotions, your background, or your wants and desires that you are hesitant to bring to God in prayer?

· Can you give an example of something that you are not comfortable sharing with God in a time of open communication?

Thanks

At the end of verse 6 we are told to give thanks for all the Lord has done during our time of prayer. What are some of the points of gratitude that you would like to share with the Lord right now? Give them to God!

Peace

In verse 7 we are told that as we talk to God about any and everything in our lives, and as we learn to demonstrate our thanks to the Lord for the good that he has done and is doing in us, we should begin to see the worry in our hearts be replaced with God’s gift of peace.

· What you feel God’s peace might look like or be like if applied to your worries and concerns?

Fix Your Thoughts

In the next section of this teaching the Apostle Paul gives us a great example of how we can go from living in fear and worry to living in the peace of the Living God.

“And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing.
Then the God of peace will be with you.”

Philippians 4:8-9 NIV11

Replace

We are being called by God to take our eyes and our thoughts off the problems and worries that we are bringing to the Lord in our time of prayer. Instead of focusing on these issues, we are being invited to replace them with those things that will help us live in the peace being offered to us through faith in Jesus Christ.

Below, we can see the kinds of things that should occupy our anxious minds. Can you think of an example of something in your life that fits this category of goodness?

  • True
  • Honorable
  • Right
  • Pure
  • Lovely
  • Admirable
  • Excellent
  • Worthy of praise

Pray

· Spend some time in prayer with God, talking about whatever is on your mind and in your heart.

· Hold nothing back from the Lord.

· Give God thanks for the good he has done in you. Choose to remember the good.

· Ask the Lord to help you replace the destructive nature of worry and fear with his gift of peace and with the power of his presence.

In Christ,

Ryan Laden

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