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Philippians 4: ⁴Delight yourself in the Lord! Yes, find your joy in Him... ⁵Always be gentle with others and never forget the nearness of your Lord. ⁶Don't worry over anything, whatever. Tell God every detail of your needs in thankful prayer. ⁷And the peace of God that surpasses will keep constant guard over you hearts and minds as they rest in Christ Jesus. ⁸.... keep your minds on whatever is true, pure, right, holy, friendly, and proper. Don't ever stop thinking about what is truly worthwhile and worthy of praise.
1. Describe in your words what this peace is like. How do we guard our minds?

Matthew 6: ³³But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well. ³⁴Don't worry about tomorrow. It will take care of itself. You have enough to worry about today. 1 Peter 5:⁷God cares for you, so turn all your worries over to him. (CEV)
2. Can you think of any scriptures where the disciples worried in front of Jesus? How did Jesus react to them?

James 4: ²You want something you don't have, and you will do anything to get it. You will even kill! But you still cannot get what you want, and you won't get it by fighting and arguing. You should pray for it.(CEV)
3. Why does God have us pray? Do we have any influence over His decisions?

Psalm 50: ¹⁴.... The only sacrifice I want is for you to be thankful and to keep your word...... ²³The sacrifice that honors me is a thankful heart. 1 Thessalonians 5:¹⁸Whatever happens, keep thanking God because of Jesus Christ. This is what God wants you to do. (CEV)
4. How can we be thankful when times are tough?

Job 2: 8Then Job sat on the ash-heap to show his sorrow. And while he was scraping his sores with a broken piece of pottery, 9his wife asked, "Why do you still trust God? Why don't you curse him and die?" 10Job replied, "Don't talk like a fool! If we accept blessings from God, we must accept trouble as well." In all that happened, Job never once said anything against God. (CEV)
5. What can we learn from Job's attitude or his wife's? Was it the correct attitude?

Isaiah 55: ¹⁰"Rain and snow fall from the sky. But they don't return without watering the earth that produces seeds to plant and grain to eat. ¹¹That's how it is with my words. They don't return to me without doing everything I send them to do." (CEV)
6. What does this parable about rain & snow have to do with God's word?

Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
Observations                                                             Applications
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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