Guarded by God’s Peace: How Philippians 4 Stops Anxiety at the Gate
"And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:7).
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"And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:7).
“Ah, Lord GOD! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you” (Jeremiah 32:17).
“I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you … For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him” (Psalm 22:22, 24)
"Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation" (Psalm 68:19)
"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name” (Matthew 6:9).
“Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you” (1 Peter 4:12).
“If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, ... I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer.” (Exodus 15:26).
“A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a drink’” (John 4:7).
“Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshipped. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD” (Job 1:20-21).
“Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbour to the man who fell among the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise” (Luke 10:36—37).
“Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it” (1 Peter 3:15, NLT*)
“And the LORD said, ‘You pity the plant, for which you did not labour, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night’” (Jonah 4:10).
“Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them” (1 John 4:4—5).
"Who then will offer willingly, consecrating himself today to the LORD?" (1 Chronicles 29:5).
“Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord” (Hebrews 12:14).
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