Thou art, if not the only, yet the chief object of their labours, their work being either to confirm and strengthen thee in thy way, that thou mayest so stand fast in the Lord, or remove impediments, make crooked things Hugh BinningThe Works of the Rev. Chapter 5 Praying without Doubting (Mark 11:23.) He is the Saviour from the curse of life sin. By supplying us with the great motive power His constraining love.5. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth March 24. "Without me nothing." When you gave yourself to Christ you gave yourself wholly to serve Him in everything and anywhere. The words were few, and uttered feebly; they were the words of a feeble child, in a poor home, where the only ornament was that of a meek, and quiet, and affectionate mother; but these words seemed to lift the burden from the very heart; they seemed to make the world more beautiful than ever it was before; they brought home to my heart a great and a blessed truth. 8. 6). (Manual of Anecdotes. A. With a flush of earnestness on his face, he tried, but found he could paint no better with the master's brush than with his own. "Come after me and I will make you fishers of men.". This assurance covers all the necessities of our Christian life perseverance, cross-bearing and self-crucifixion, Christian work, the prospect and experience of death. I venture to apply them to ourselves, and I speak now especially to the members of my own church and congregation. 4). Winsome courtesy and delicate considerateness lay in his character, in beautiful union with fiery impetuosity and undaunted tenacity of conviction. We deprecate the indolent cowardice of the man who always felt assured that every new enterprise would be too much for him, and therefore declined it; but we admire the pluck of the ploughman who was asked on his cross examination if he could read Greek, and replied he did not know, because he had never tried. 6). Chapter 5 Praying without Doubting (Mark 11:23.) Yours is a very heavy one. Iv. Iv. Children A Children's message based on Philippians 4:4-9 for 10/5/2008 September 28, 2008 Steve Brown Lay Reader: Good morning children. Pride says it can obey God and does not. In every part of our life we have Christ's influence. This is an index of all of Gilmore's 'kidsermons' that have been published so far listed by scripture reference in chronological order beginning with the Old Testament and continuing through the New Testament. 8. 3. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth December 17. A fine harmony in the two statements. When God begins to subdue a soul, He often requires us to yield the things that are of little importance in themselves, and thus break our neck and subdue our spirit. Among all the names of God perhaps the most comprehensive is the name Jehovah. 8. L. Cuyler, D. D.When I was at Princeton, Professor Henry had so constructed a huge bar of iron, bent into the form of a horseshoe, that it used to hang suspended from another iron bar above it. Children's Time. 6). No Christian worker can ever be used of God until the proud self-will is broken, and the heart is ready to yield to God's Rev. iv. 13). From particular admonitions,4. Are you slothful? Iv. These closing words fall into three unconnected parts, a doxology, greetings, and a benediction. Do not indulge, any of you, the silly notion that you can be contented without learning, or learn without discipline. The proud man, although he makes himself believe that he can obey God by himself, must be often warned by his conscience that he has not done so. The certain triumph of Christianity. We linger around the four great landmarks, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Gethsemane, Calvary, and they are a ceaseless inspiration to us. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.'--PHIL. 5). So should our gratitude be.(J. You would probably listen with more attention to one less remote from you in years, and may be disposed to Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureHow to Obey an Impossible Injunction'Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God.'--PHIL. God's rest did not come till after His work was over, and ours will not. This is a defect we cannot supply. It applies to man's spiritual life.2. Do you suppose your Father will let you carry the banner of His victory and His gladness on to Rev. Not by miracle or magic; not by acting upon us without our knowledge or against our will, but through our own intelligent and active powers.2. THE DIVINE ASSERTION. "The Peace of God which Passeth all Understanding Shall Keep Your Hearts and Minds" (Phil. If his connection with Christ is cut off, in an instant he becomes as any other man.(T. The great Mosque of Constantinople was once a Christian church, dedicated to the Holy Wisdom. This is a glorious text, and one fit to be the key-note of Christmas-day. Jesus doesn't give you the ability to fly or win football games or get a perfect score on the SAT. "And again I say, rejoice" (Phil. He took me out of the building altogether, to a little circumscribed place beneath, where there was only one door and a window to the whole room; but through the open door I saw the great piston moving in silent and majestic power as it was doing this wondrous work. iv. But who was he who here said to the Church at Philippi, 'Be careful for nothing?' We begin our Christian life by working, trying and struggling in the energy of the flesh to save Rev. H. Spurgeon.No man is likely to accomplish much who moodily indulges a desponding view of his own capacities. We are made strong in Christ, not in ourselves. We have written a children's sermon series based on the scripture verses in Philippians. "Good" is understood. 6, 7.) 6). Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureFarewell Words'Now unto our God and Father be the glory for ever and ever, Amen. iv. Object Needed: Sunglasses. Meanwhile sloth alleges that it is a bankrupt and demands as such to be let off all manner of payment, for getting that a negligent and fraudulent bankrupt has no claim to favour. We linger around the four great landmarks, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Gethsemane, Calvary, and they are a ceaseless inspiration to us. "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Phil. THE DIVINE ASSERTION. 4. Text: Philippians 4:10-13 Thesis: When we are driven by the want of more we live contrary to a life of contentment and trust. Christ is the only one who can make this sweeping assertion without fear of ultimate contradiction.II. By the effect of His unique teaching. That's the meaning of "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". For four hundred years noisy crowds have fought, and sorrowed, and fretted, beneath the dim inscription in an unknown tongue; Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureThink on These Things' . His spirit is here, we're going to hear his word today. The word and the thing crop up in every chapter, like some hidden brook, ever and anon sparkling out into the sunshine from beneath the shadows. God in Christ speaks.1. God wants to rest His workers, Rev. and as to Christ thy Lord, most comely "as the lily among thorns," being his "love among the daughters," Cant. "The Peace of God which Passeth all Understanding Shall Keep Your Hearts and Minds" (Phil. "Good" is understood. In several places an explanatory word is added, revealing some one of His special characteristics; and it is to these that I want particularly, Paul Thanks the Philippians for Their Contribution, The Tendency of Christian Principles to Produce True Contentment. Christ can settle you. Sep 9, 2018 - Posts about Philippians 4:13 written by wallbuilder. John 11:4-6, Philippians 3:4-11 Running as fast as his feet would carry him, Androclus raced into the forest. 3. Iv. In every part of our life we have Christ's influence. 2. The calls for strength are many and various, flesh and heart fail before them; but "they that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength," so that in Christ the heaviest burden may be borne and the hardest task accomplished and the weakest soul win the victory over the most powerful foe, with a strength which is practically omnipotent, because it is derived frown an almighty source. "The peace that passes all understanding" is the very breath of God in the soul. Not only did it hang there but it upheld four thousand pounds weight attached to it! The exertion of weakness can not produce strength. What are some things that seem impossible? 6). 4. All the saints salute you, especially they that are of Caesar's household. Howbeit Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture, Gifts Given, Seed Sown'And ye yourselves also know, ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the Gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church had fellowship with me in the matter of giving and receiving, but ye only; for even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my need. H. Spurgeon.No man is likely to accomplish much who moodily indulges a desponding view of his own capacities. )Strength in Christ"I was requested," said the late Dr. Macleod, "by a brother minister, who was unwell, to go and visit a dying boy. Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.'--PHIL. M. AndersonPrayer Availeth MuchWorry Versus PeaceBe careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. The very test of consecration is our willingness not only to surrender the things that are wrong, but to surrender our rights, to be willing to be subject. To His everyday purpose and action. "Courageous Christians neededC. Cruden describes this name as the incommunicable name of God. Chapter 8 The Intercessory Prayers of Christians (Luke 11:5, 6.) H. Those Suffolk horses which will pull at a post till they drop are worth a thousand times as much as jibbing animals that run back as soon as ever the collar begins to press them.(C. Yours is a very heavy one. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.'--PHIL. I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want. This is a glorious text, and one fit to be the key-note of Christmas-day. Quick Links to Year A, Year B, and Year C. General Christmas and Advent Resources. The very words of the next text might suggest this, even if we did not know it from experience. It may not be easy to see what this text has to do with the story of Joseph, which we have just been reading, or with the meaning of the Bible of which I have been speaking to you Charles KingsleyThe Gospel of the PentateuchPreface. The strength of the Almighty One enters into the believer. By working faith in us, which brings us into vital union with Him who is the source of strength.II. THE whole village ran after it; but the eagle soon perched itself upon the loftiest eyrie, and everyone despaired of the child being recovered. "Be Careful for Nothing" (Phil. The brethren which are with me salute you. A. Alexander, D. D.We all need strength. Stop the flow of the current for one instant and the huge horseshoe dropped. Browse Sermons on Philippians 4:4-13. To rejoice in God always is the most difficult duty Christians have to perform. You can do all things through Christ in respect to all worlds. Happy day if you have exchanged burdens and laid down your loads at His blessed feet to take up His own instead. Not by miracle or magic; not by acting upon us without our knowledge or against our will, but through our own intelligent and active powers.2. In every part of our life we have Christ's influence. iv. What is the way to lay your burden down? To suffer and endure.(J. "The Peace of God which Passeth all Understanding Shall Keep Your Hearts and Minds" (Phil. Every word of His is the bread of life.4. Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Before the full bearing and value of these verses can be realized, I think they require to be read several times over. All the saints salute you, especially they that are of Caesar's household. Philippians 4:4 NLT. 1. Are you incapable for strong effort? It has been well said that this whole epistle may be summed up in two short sentences: 'I rejoice'; 'Rejoice ye!' "And Again I Say, Rejoice" (Phil. 6, 7.) A. Alexander, D. D.We all need strength. iv. The overarching theme is focused on how we are those who walk with and live as servants of Jesus and yet Rejoice that God is with us in all of our daily living as we strive to "let our gentleness be known and . I cannot burn! Before the full bearing and value of these verses can be realized, I think they require to be read several times over. Similarly, in a high spiritual sense, we can do nothing good without Him. When we are at work REJOICE! Our power "through Christ which strengthens us" is limitless. And the promise saith that it shall be kept--kept by "the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, through Christ Jesus." (Philippians 1:1-11) What if Our Trouble is Really God Doing Something Great? Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content. 6, 7.) The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.'--PHIL. iv. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.' Chapter 7 A Manifestation of God in Answer to Prayer (Acts 4:31.) Sermon Philippians 3:4-9; 4:1-9, 11b-13 Rejoicing in the Midst of Tough Times Check out these helpful resources Biblical Commentary Children's Sermons Hymn Lists Philippians 3:4-9; 4:1-9, 11b-13 Rejoicing in the Midst of Tough Times Bythe Rev. By supplying us with the great motive power His constraining love.5. "The peace that passes all understanding" is the very breath of God in the soul. There are two hands there--God's hand pressing us down, humbling us, and then God's hand lifting. Hence it follows that we ought always to be in a thankful condition of heart: since we are to pray without ceasing, and are not to pray without thanksgiving, it is clear that we ought to be always ready to give thanks unto the Lord. Christ strengthens by his union with us. Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureHow to Say 'thank You''But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length ye have revived your thought for me; wherein ye did indeed take thought, but ye lacked opportunity. You can use these as a series or on their own. He took me out of the building altogether, to a little circumscribed place beneath, where there was only one door and a window to the whole room; but through the open door I saw the great piston moving in silent and majestic power as it was doing this wondrous work. And then he goes on to tell them, and all Christian people, why they should make up their Charles KingsleyTown and Country SermonsTable of ContentsChapter 1 The Fellowship of Prayer (Philippians 4:6.) You were not meant to be little. Swallow. iv. Happy day if you have exchanged burdens and laid down your loads at His blessed feet to take up His own instead. He is not simply pardoned the failures of past weakness; he is prepared to be more successful in future trials. From particular admonitions,4. Hugh BinningChristmas Peace(Sunday before Christmas.) God sends not His servants on their own charges; but "He is able to make all grace abound towards us, that we, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound unto every good work." Scripture: Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me. So does all the lifting power of the Christian come from the currents of spiritual influence which flow into his heart from the living Jesus. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth March 24. (Philippians iv. I. But our life will prove that Christ is right. Paul gives particular instances, then generalizes. For years he had not known one day's rest. You will find that His burden is always light. H. H. Spurgeon.No man is likely to accomplish much who moodily indulges a desponding view of his own capacities. In several places an explanatory word is added, revealing some one of His special characteristics; and it is to these that I want particularly Hannah Whitall SmithThe God of All ComfortLinksPhilippians 4:13 NIVPhilippians 4:13 NLTPhilippians 4:13 ESVPhilippians 4:13 NASBPhilippians 4:13 KJVPhilippians 4:13 Bible AppsPhilippians 4:13 ParallelPhilippians 4:13 Biblia ParalelaPhilippians 4:13 Chinese BiblePhilippians 4:13 French BiblePhilippians 4:13 German BiblePhilippians 4:13 CommentariesBible Hub, (4)But Christ will strengthen us for all His will.What can hinder? Surely that was making bricks without straw, and even if it was the name of the Lord and the church, it was the devil's bondage. No Christian worker can ever be used of God until the proud self-will is broken, and the heart is ready to yield to God's Rev. All the children are connected through the wool - this represents our fellowship in Christ. We must Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 25: 1879How to Keep the HeartThis evening we shall use another figure, distinct from the one used in the morning, of the reservoir. I can do all things in Him that strengtheneth me. So, if we give our trials to Him, He will carry them. A. Alexander, D. D.We all need strength. 6). Our power "through Christ which strengthens us" is limitless. Several people were out and about, but there was little interaction. 8. That is the way to take His burden up. As in all his letters, the Apostle follows the natural instinct of making his last words loving words. Chapter 9 The Three Essentials of T. What is the way to lay your burden down? (Manual of Anecdotes. "Good" is understood. Our very strength is weakness. Lack of strength is more serious than any rack of outward possession. 8. "Without me nothing." he proceeds to general exhortations,10. "My soul cleaveth to the dust: quicken thou me according to Thy Word. It applies to the whole life. I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want. A. Alexander, D. D.We all need strength. . I. First put one hand on top of the other hand, clasped together, like this! The Bible says you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. )Power through the love of ChristManual of Anecdotes.ONE day, one the gigantic eagles of Scotland carried away an infant, which was sleeping by the fireside in its mother's cottage. "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Weekly Devotion page for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany Year A, Household Devotion Page for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany, Weekly Household Devotions for the Second Sunday after Epiphany Year A, Lectionary 2A. The letter shows him to us as a prisoner, dependent on Christian charity. "Without me nothing." H. Spurgeon.No man is likely to accomplish much who moodily indulges a desponding view of his own capacities. Inasmuch as the heart is the most important part of man--for out of it are the issues of life--it would be natural to expect that Satan, when he intended to do mischief to manhood, would be sure to make his strongest Charles Haddon SpurgeonSpurgeon's Sermons Volume 4: 1858ContentmentWe, my brethren, might well be willing to endure Paul's infirmities, and share the cold dungeon with him, if we too might by any means attain unto such a degree of contentment. "I Can do all Things through Christ" (Phil. Martin. 8. So does all the lifting power of the Christian come from the currents of spiritual influence which flow into his heart from the living Jesus. Our very strength is weakness. His miracles have made many a life path brighter, and they yield constant consolation. When an error is long-lived it is by means of some truth mixed up with it. "Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God" (Phil. The very test of consecration is our willingness not only to surrender the things that are wrong, but to surrender our rights, to be willing to be subject. We may feel our dignity affronted, and our first impulse will be denial of, or objection to the universality of the statement. . For years he had not known one day's rest. Over its western portal may still be read, graven on a brazen plate, the words, 'Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.' He was eleven years of age, and during three years' sickness had manifested the most patient submission to the will of God, with a singular enlightenment of the Spirit. 20-23 (R.V.). Stop the flow of the current for one instant and the huge horseshoe dropped. So should our gratitude be.(J. Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. From how different a platform do they speak; one from conscious power to help, the other from conscious need of help. Two men in Vietnam set a record by climbing ninety stairs with one person stacked on the other's . It applies to the whole life. A. The great Mosque of Constantinople was once a Christian church, dedicated to the Holy Wisdom. "The peace that passes all understanding" is the very breath of God in the soul.
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