philippians-4:6

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Philippians 4:6-7

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESPhilippians 4:6. Be careful for nothing.—R.V. “in nothing be anxious.” The word suggests the idea of a poor distraught mind on which concerns have fastened themselves, which drag, one in one direction, another in the opposite. Well says Bengel, “Care and prayer are more opposed than water and fire.” In all things, prayer—in nothing, care. By prayer.—The general idea of an expression of dependence. Supplication.—The specific request—the word hinting too at the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 4:4-6

Philippians 4:4-6 A Life of Prayer a Life of Peace. St. Paul in these words bids the Christians of Philippi to carry all their sorrows and fears to the throne of Christ. He specially bids them remember the nearness of our Lord and the freedom we may use in speaking to Him; and in so doing he has taught us a great and blessed truth, needful for all men in all ages; I mean that a life of prayer is a life of peace. I. St. Paul here tells us, first of all, that there is One ever near us who can... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 4:5-6

Philippians 4:5-6 I. It is not easy to determine in which of two senses the former clause is to be taken. The Lord is near in position, and the Lord is near in approach. In either sense we can connect the doctrine and the precept. If the Lord is soon coming, how idle must be all anxiety about things soon to be dissolved; if the Lord is always present, how needless must be all anxiety about things easy of remedy. The two thoughts fall into one. But it is with the latter of the two that I desire... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 4:6

Philippians 4:6 I. "Let your requests be made known unto God." (1) Requests. All creatures are dependent. The act of breathing seems the emblem at once of the creature's continual need and the Creator's abundant supply. With us there is emptiness: with Him there is fulness; and, as in the case of breathing, the emptiness of the creature draws supply from God. His goodness has compassed us about like the atmosphere, and when we open our mouth it is filled with good. (2) "Let your requests be... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 4:6-7

Philippians 4:6-7 The Peace of God and what Hinders it. The Apostle speaks of certain things which hinder the ideal peace, and the practical thing for us is to understand these hindrances and remove them. I. The evil that he would prohibit is care over-anxiety about the things of life. The care condemned is an overanxious solicitude about material things; a restless, wearing, fretting anxiety, that cannot let us do our best, and then leave issues in the hands of God's providence. Exercises of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 4:6-7

DISCOURSE: 2160A DISSUASIVE FROM CAREFULNESSPhilippians 4:6-7. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.MAN is a prospective creature: he is able to look into futurity; and to give, as it were, a present existence to future things. Indeed, it is from anticipation that his greatest joys and sorrows... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Philippians 4:6

Prayer Perfumed with Praise -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Sermon (No. 1469) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, April 20th, 1879, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "In every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God." Philippians 4:6 . ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, we are both by prayer and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Philippians 4:1-23

Chapter 4Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for ( Philippians 4:1 ),What a beautiful words by Paul to the church, expressing his heart, just bearing his heart to them, "Dearly beloved, I long for you. My brothers, who I dearly love and I long for,"[You are] my joy and [you are] my crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved ( Philippians 4:1 ).The heart of the apostle. He is bearing his heart now, his love for those who he ministered to and those who ministered to him.... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Philippians 4:1-23

Philippians 4:6 . Be careful for nothing let your requests be made known unto God. Not that we are to abandon all care, or become careless, about the things of the present life, for that would be inconsistent with the requirement, to provide things honest in the sight of all men, and for that purpose to be diligent in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. But it becomes christians not to be burdened with inordinate care, or to be over solicitous about any temporal good, so as... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Philippians 4:4-8

Philippians 4:4-8Rejoice in the Lord alway Three elements of Christian characterI.The keynote of the Epistle and of Christian life is cheerfulness. The repetition here, and the enforcement of the same in other Epistles shows us the importance of this duty.1. If the Philippians neglected or undervalued this duty they have many imitators today. Some professing Christians set their faces against it, and make the best of days the saddest, the best of books the most forbidding, and the best of... read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Philippians 4:6-7

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 4:4-6

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 4:5-6

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 4:6

Sermon Bible Commentary - Philippians 4:6-7

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Philippians 4:6-7

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Philippians 4:6

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Philippians 4:1-23

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Philippians 4:1-23

The Biblical Illustrator - Philippians 4:4-8

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