Philippians 4:6-7
Amplified Bible (AMP)
6Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition ([a]definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.
7And God's peace [shall be yours, that [b]tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall [c]garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
What does this mean?
Anxious: (care) distracting care; to draw in different directions
Prayer/supplication: a wanting or a need then to God/asking
Peace of God: complete perfect; peace completeness welfare health
Understanding: (mind) comprise the faculties of perception and understanding and those of feeling judging and determining the seat of understanding
Guard: military term, block –up every way of escape as in a siege/providing protection against the enemy as a garrison does- puts up all his matters into the Hand of God
To be content: to be sufficient, to be possessed of sufficient strength , to be strong, to be enough for a thing, to defend or ward off.
Joy: relief in comparison of circumstances
Reverence: to feel respect for, to show deference
Thoughts to Ponder for the week:
Whose nature are you in?
Where do you find your joy?
How do you react? Talk? Silent? Advise?
What controls you (thoughs/emotions/)?
Who controls you (God/Satan/Others)?
What does it take for me to be content?
What are my wants verses my needs?
What are my motives when I am praying?
What is my attitude like on a daily basis in and out of prayer?
Where is my contentment?
How do you find relief from depression and hopelessness?
Where is fear from?
How do we contain and get rid of fear?
