The Word of God gives us the best answers on any question of life, eg. 6. One a great Giver, the other a great receiver. When we do these things to be rich toward God, we create a special kind of treasure for ourselves. Yet this was not undue self-confidence, but humility. The lady then said to him, "You cannot paint like the great master unless you have his spirit."(W. (Manual of Anecdotes. 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. Sloth says it cannot and need not. )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. 4. That turned two men, Sam and Jed, into fortune hunters. 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. Well, that song has inspired the title of today's sermon, which will make more sense to you later. And as to Christ Thy LordPreface. A fine harmony in the two statements. 1. Beloved, are you there? 3. 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. May all of us be strong in Him. We shall use the figure of a fortress, which is to be kept. 8. We have to walk in His steps.2. Chapter 4 The Praying that Glorifies God (John 14:13.) Yours is a very heavy one. God wants to rest His workers, "The peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds" (Phil. The painter was dead, and the boy, feeling inflamed with longing to be an artist, wished for the great master's brush, with the idea that it would inspire him with his genius. 2. 3. 13). IN Jesus' Name we pray, AMEN. 2. out Christ and yet considering Him as God we cannot even do evil without the strength He supplies. "And Again I Say, Rejoice" (Phil. Our church has an important mission. Stop the flow of the current for one instant and the huge horseshoe dropped. Chapter 9 The Three Essentials of T. Commit means to hand over, to trust wholly to another. 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. He hushed the waves; He stills the storm today.3. I gazed with wonder at the boy. He alone is able to keep it, and He can so keep it that "nothing shall offend us." "Be Careful for Nothing; but in Everything by Prayer and Supplication with Thanksgiving Let Your Requests be Made Known unto God" (Phil. The very words of the next text might suggest this, even if we did not know it from experience. "Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God" (Phil. Do you suppose your Father will let you carry the banner of His victory and His gladness on to Rev. We have to walk in His steps.2. Thus we hear Paul, "I can do all things," not by his immediate environment, men, or things; not by his inherent energy; but by Christ which "strengtheneth him with strength in his soul" (Psalm 138:3). 2. We may feel our dignity affronted, and our first impulse will be denial of, or objection to the universality of the statement. May all of us be strong in Him. But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy Scripture, Prayer Perfumed with PraiseThe point to which I would draw your attention is this: that whether it be the general prayer or the specific supplication we are to offer either or both "with thanksgiving." By God's help the weakest of us may be strong, and it is the way to become so, to resolve never to give up a good work till we have tried our best to achieve it. But who was he who here said to the Church at Philippi, 'Be careful for nothing?' Iv. A fine harmony in the two statements. He told me before some remarkable things of this boy. 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. It is easy for prosperous people, who have nothing to trouble them, to give good advices to suffering hearts; and these are generally as futile as they are easy. "Courageous Christians neededC. The great Mosque of Constantinople was once a Christian church, dedicated to the Holy Wisdom. B. 3. 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.' 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 healed the sick; sickness can be better borne. Paul gives particular instances, then generalizes. We are to pray about everything, and with every prayer we must blend our thanksgivings. ii. We must, This evening we shall use another figure, distinct from the one used in the morning, of the reservoir. 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. out Christ and yet considering Him as God we cannot even do evil without the strength He supplies. Fired with the noblest ambition, his inspiration was from above. 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. F. B. Tinling, B. Children's sermon Philippians 4:4 Cathy A. Liening B.I.B.L.E. . "Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God" (Phil. By His example, showing us how to do all that He requires in His own life.4. Before the full bearing and value of these verses can be realized, I think they require to be read several times over. Do not indulge, any of you, the silly notion that you can be contented without learning, or learn without discipline. It is easy to rejoice in favours; but how about trials. What is the way to lay your burden down? It is not peace with God, but the peace of God. Martin. iv. (Text in conjunction with John 15:5.) To suffer and endure.(J. Iv. Offer some examples of world records, describing how extraordinary they seem. Troubles, temptations, and changing circumstances of life must be borne with contentment. The exertion of weakness can not produce strength. 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. And the promise saith that it shall be kept--kept by "the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, through Christ Jesus." Those who heard him supposed he intended to recant, but they misunderstood him. So should our gratitude be.(J. He just built a huge new home and furnished it with fine antiques. 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. B. So should our gratitude be. And as to Christ Thy LordPreface. (Based on Philippians 4:11b-13) Background thoughts This Children's Sermon probes the concept of "enough" from children's viewpoint. 1. 1. Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. This is a glorious text, and one fit to be the key-note of Christmas-day. July 31, 2022 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost . Sep 9, 2018 - Posts about Philippians 4:13 written by wallbuilder . THE whole village ran after it; but the eagle soon perched itself upon the loftiest eyrie, and everyone despaired of the child being recovered. iv. HOW CHRIST STRENGTHENS US.1. And in verse 8, Paul calls those in Philippi to recall his teaching and put it into practice. iv. 13). Christ strengthens by his union with us. Why, because between her and the babe there was a tie; that woman was the mother of the babe. Our power "through Christ which strengthens us" is limitless. Phil. The very words of the next text might suggest this, even if we did not know it from experience. 7). (Philippians iv. Martin. Phil. (Text in conjunction with John 15:5.) Happy day if you have exchanged burdens and laid down your loads at His blessed feet to take up His own instead. We have to walk in His steps.2. I can do all things in Him that strengtheneth me. The boy is strengthened to learn by his tutor or employer, and the man to pursue the objects of life by various invigorating influences; while all are strengthened by God. 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. A prisoner in a Roman prison; and when Rome fixed its claws it did not usually let go without drawing blood. . Yours is a very heavy one. iv. 8. Psalm 8; Galatians 4:4-7; Philippians 2:5-13; Luke 2:15-21 - - - - - A Service of Readings and Carols for The First Sunday . He once said, "O wretched man that I am," etc. Among all the names of God perhaps the most comprehensive is the name Jehovah. He hushed the waves; He stills the storm today.3. Iv. iv. iv. A. Alexander, D. D.)Dependence on ChristJ. When I last visited him my three-year-old girl saw that piano, and since most children like to bang on pianos, she quickly climbed upon the bench and began to plunk away. A. Alexander, D. D.We all need strength. We are to pray about everything, and with every prayer we must blend our thanksgivings. Chapter 6 Praying with Desire (Mark 11:24.) iv. When we are at play REJOICE! This is a defect we cannot supply. To His everyday purpose and action. Iv. 1. 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. Beloved, are you there? )PeopleClement, Epaphroditus, Euodias, Paul, Philippians, SyntychePlacesMacedonia, Philippi, ThessalonicaTopicsAble, Anything, Christ, Christ's, Gives, Power, Strength, Strengtheneth, Strengthening, StrengthensOutline1. Children Ministry. iv. 1. "For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Yours is a very heavy one. Paul gives particular instances, then generalizes. 7). 6). We must look out of ourselves; and to save us from a vain search God sets Christ before us as our strength and strengthener.I. After telling his audience that he's experienced both poverty and affluence, the Apostle Paul writes these well-known words: "I can do all things through Him who strengthens me." These closing words fall into three unconnected parts, a doxology, greetings, and a benediction. Look at the assistance obtained from , (1)The Scriptures, which thoroughly furnish us unto all good works. THE whole village ran after it; but the eagle soon perched itself upon the loftiest eyrie, and everyone despaired of the child being recovered. )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. Phil. For four hundred years noisy crowds have fought, and sorrowed, and fretted, beneath the dim inscription in an unknown tongue; ' . Chapter 8 The Intercessory Prayers of Christians (Luke 11:5, 6.) iv. Say: Jesus gives us the strength to stand up to people who pick on us, be nice to people who are different than we are, and forgive people who are mean to us. Beloved, are you there? Hugh BinningChristmas Peace(Sunday before Christmas.) The painter was dead, and the boy, feeling inflamed with longing to be an artist, wished for the great master's brush, with the idea that it would inspire him with his genius. Every word of His is the bread of life.4. It applies to man's spiritual life.2. St. Paul has been speaking of two good women, who seem to have had some difference; and he beseeches them to make up their difference, and be of the same mind in the Lord. 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. The lady then said to him, "You cannot paint like the great master unless you have his spirit."(W. To suffer and endure.(J. It applies to the whole life. I cannot burn! 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. In all life's experiences, conflicts, emergencies, Christ has preceded us. ii. Birch. 6, 7.) A. Iv. Philippians Children's Sermon Series #3: Phil. he proceeds to general exhortations,10. H. Howbeit Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureGifts 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. 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. If we begin reading in Philippians 4:10-14 I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern . The child learning to walk alone is strengthened by the hand of the mother, and the aged mother is in return strengthened by the arm of her son. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth December 17. God's rest did not come till after His work was over, and ours will not. 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. God in Christ speaks.1. I am half afraid that some of you may think, as I have at times thought, that I am too old to preach to the young. B. SimpsonDays of Heaven Upon Earth December 17. Teach the song Rejoice in the Lord Always and Again I say Rejoice., Have streamers and ribbons for the kids to wave in the air (or make them if you have a childrens church). "Courageous Christians neededC. 2. so also, thou, in a special way, art the dearly beloved and longed for, the joy and crown, of every sincere servant of Christ in the gospel, Phil. iv. The goat stayed near the horse and acted as a guide to help the horse find its way around. When he came in sight of the stake he exclaimed, "Oh! By the effects of His wondrous life. All the saints salute you, especially they that are of Caesar's household. 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. THE whole village ran after it; but the eagle soon perched itself upon the loftiest eyrie, and everyone despaired of the child being recovered. Are you timid? I went to visit him. 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. -- Philippians 4:4 Materials: a stack of different versions of Bibles 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, (2)Providence, under which all things work together for our good. Chapter 6 Praying with Desire (Mark 11:24.) 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. 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. 6. Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. God gives faith equal to the emergency. A. "The peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds" (Phil. iv. Chapter 8 The Intercessory Prayers of Christians (Luke 11:5, 6.) A. One a great Giver, the other a great receiver. This is a glorious text, and one fit to be the key-note of Christmas-day. Only then can we experience the peace that transcends all understanding." B. Dancing In The Rain. From particular admonitions,4. 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. This continual refrain of gladness is all the more remarkable if we remember the Apostle's circumstances. Series Note: In the lectionary year A Pentecost 14 through 17 we read through Philippians as the Epistle each week. 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. Two speakers, Divine-human and human. 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. L. Cuyler, D. D.)The secret of fortitudeJ. All the saints salute you, especially they that are of Caesar's household. Let us note, then, first, the personal bond which gives force Alexander MaclarenExpositions of Holy ScriptureNames in the Book of Life'Other my fellow-labourers whose names are in the book of life.'--PHIL. 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. Perhaps you found the first dose ineffectual. he proceeds to general exhortations,10. These closing words fall into three unconnected parts, a doxology, greetings, and a benediction. 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