Philippians 4

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1. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

   Scripture Appendix: Prayers and Promises cites Philippians 4:6–7

   … told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.” Philippians 4:6–7 — “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with…

2. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

   Hudson Taylor — The Man Who Moved God by Prayer Alone cites Philippians 4:6–7

   … fears, and his longings before God daily and leaving them there. He was deeply shaped by Philippians 4:6–7 — not just as a doctrine to believe but as a daily practice to observe: “Do not be anxiou…

3. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

   Dealing with Those Who Are Anxious to Be Saved and Know How, but Who Have Difficulties cites Philippians iv. 13

   …nswers “in weakness,” tell him “then the weaker you are in your own strength the better.” Philippians iv. 13 shows that however weak we may be, we can do all things through Christ which strengthenet…

4. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

   Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites Phil. 4:1

   …affection towards the people of Christ. He speaks of his dear love to them, 2 Cor. 12:19, Phil. 4:1, 2 Tim. 1:2; of his "abundant love," 2 Cor. 2:4; and of his "affectionate and tender love…

5. How to Succeed in the Christian Life · R. A. Torrey

   Guidance cites Phil. 4: 4

   … bright Christians every day and every hour. He does not wish us to brood but to rejoice (Phil. 4: 4). A most excellent Christian man came to me one Monday morning in great gloom over the fa…

6. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

   Exhortations to those who are called cites Phil. iv. 4

   …rld. To walk worthy of our calling is to walk cheerfully. “Rejoice in the Lord evermore” (Phil. iv. 4). Too much drooping of spirit disparages our high calling, and makes others suspect a god…

7. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

   Twenty Years in Chains cites Philippians 4:4

   … warmest words from confinement. “Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice” (Philippians 4:4, ASV) was not written from a vacation. Joy under suffering is not the denial of grief. It…

8. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

   Christ will not break the Bruised Reed cites Phil. iv. 4

   …y, Luke ii. 10: well might the apostle stir us up to rejoice in the Lord again and again, Phil. iv. 4: he was well advised upon what grounds he did it: peace and joy are two main fruits of hi…

9. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

   Introduction: The Secret of Those Who Shook the World cites Philippians 4:6–7

   …ich transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6–7, NIV). He has found that the space between his knees and the floor is, in fact, the most …

10. Clothed with Strength and Dignity · Ochorus Originals

    Hiding God's Word in Your Heart cites Philippians 4:6

    …year. John 3:16. Romans 8:28. Psalm 23. Proverbs 3:5 and 6. Proverbs 31:30. Isaiah 41:10. Philippians 4:6 and 7. Philippians 4:13. Second Timothy 3:16 and 17. Galatians 5:22 and 23. The Lord's Pr…

11. Mighty Power in Prayer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Prayer, the Cure for Care cites Philippians 4:6

    …, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6, 7. We have the faculty of forethought, but, like all our faculties, it has been perverte…

12. How to Succeed in the Christian Life · R. A. Torrey

    Prayer cites Phil. 4: 6

    …od which passeth all understanding shall guard your hearts and thoughts in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4: 6, 7, R. V.). There are three things for which one who would succeed in the Christian life …

13. Women Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    Corrie ten Boom — Prayer in the Shadow of the Death Camp cites Philippians 4:6–7

    …ich transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6–7, NIV). The peace that Paul described as transcending understanding was precisely what Cor…

14. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of March cites Phil. 4:6

    …, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus" Phil. 4:6,7 No care, but all prayer. No anxiety, but much joyful communion with God. Carry your des…

15. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    The Lord Our Dwelling Place cites Philippians 4:6

    … that has hidden itself and its interests in God, and is therefore “anxious for nothing” (Philippians 4:6) in the beautiful Bible sense of having no worried thoughts. To be without inward care is…

16. The Reality of Prayer · E. M. Bounds

    Prayer—The All-Important Essence of Earthly Worship cites Phil. 4:6

    …by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God” (Phil. 4:6).

17. Women Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    Scripture Appendix: Prayers in God’s Word cites Philippians 4:6–7

    …who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Chapter 6 — Corrie ten Boom Philippians 4:6–7 — “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with…

18. Men of Prayer · Ochorus Originals

    Jonathan Edwards (1703 – 1758) cites Philippians 4:6

    …ked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgiv e their sin and heal their land.” Philippians 4:6 — “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgivin…

19. Men of Prayer · Ochorus Originals

    Timothy Keller (1950 – 2023) cites Philippians 4:6 – 7

    …ay to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in s ecret will reward you.” Philippians 4:6 – 7 — “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with th…

20. The Reality of Prayer · E. M. Bounds

    Prayer—A Privilege, Princely, Sacred cites Philippians 4:6

    …eth us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.” In Philippians 4:6 we have these words about prayer: “Be careful for nothing, but in everything, by prayer a…

21. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

    The Life Defined cites Philippians 4 :6

    …ing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. “Philippians 4 :6. If one obeyed, the result would be, according to the promise, that the "peace of God, wh…

22. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Jehovah cites Philippians 4:6–7

    … entered into this kingdom. In practice, we can always enter into peace by simply obeying Philippians 4:6–7: “do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with tha…

23. Selected Sermons of George Whitefield · George Whitefield

    Thankfulness for Mercies Received, a Necessary Duty cites Phil. 4:6

    …by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God,” Phil. 4:6. On the contrary, the Apostle mentions it as one of the highest crimes of the Gentiles, t…

24. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.6 Prayer cites Phil 4: 6

    …ist. ‘Prayer is offering up our desires;’ and therefore called making known our requests. Phil 4: 6. In prayer we come as humble petitioners, begging to have our suit granted. It is ‘offeri…

25. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Faith, Prayer, and the Life of Dependence cites Philippians 4:6

    …g by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God” (Philippians 4:6, ASV). Thanksgiving before the answer is a form of trust. It remembers God's character an…

26. The Life of Trust · George Müller

    Faith Strengthened by Exercise cites Philippians iv. 6

    …ed not be anxiously concerned about anything, as is plainly to be seen from 1 Peter v. 7, Philippians iv. 6, Matthew vi. 25-34. Under these circumstances of need, a silver watch, which only yesterd…

27. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    The Lord Our Shepherd cites Philippians 4:7

    …od that surpasses all understanding, guarding your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7). “They did not understand that he had been speaking to them about the Father.” (John 8:2…

28. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    He Spoke to Them of the Father cites Philippians 4:7

    …hich surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:7). Children of a good earthly father are at peace because they trust their father’s care. …

29. Women Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    Madame Guyon — The Prisoner Whose Spirit Could Not Be Confined cites Philippians 4:7

    …ich transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:7, NIV). That transcendent peace was not the peace of good circumstances but the peace of a…

30. The Secret of Guidance · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    Burdens, and What to Do with Them cites Phil. iv. 7

    …h passeth all understanding, shall garrison your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." (Phil. iv. 7.)

31. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    John Wesley — The Methodical Man of Methodical Prayer cites Philippians 4:7

    …od was, in fact, always with him. “The peace of God, which transcends all understanding” (Philippians 4:7, NIV) had guarded his heart and mind through eighty-seven years of extraordinary living. …

32. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Things That Cannot Be Shaken cites Philippians 4:7

    …ill have the power to move us from the "peace of God, which surpasses all understanding" (Philippians 4:7), which is the portion of those who have learned to rest only on God. In the Revelation m…

33. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Holy Spirit as a Teacher cites Philippians 4:7

    …entirely put away our righteousness, then and only then, we get the righteousness of God (Philippians 4:7, 9; Romans 10:3). And when we have entirely put away our wisdom, then we get the wisdom o…

34. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life · William Law

    Persons that are free from the necessity of labour and employments, are to consider themselves as devoted to God in a higher degree cites Phil. iv. 8

    …good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." [Phil. iv. 8] For no one can come near the doctrine of this passage, but he that proposes to himself t…

35. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    September cites Php 4:8

    …s “daily”!) to follow whatsoever things are lovely, true, pure, just, and of good report (Php 4:8). It may be that as you read these lines there is some duty you shirk, some cross you ref…

36. Men Who Tended the Flock · Ochorus Originals

    John Chrysostom — The Golden-Mouthed Shepherd cites Philippians 4:11

    …He had lived Paul’s testimony: “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances” (Philippians 4:11, NIV). He had. And he had taught his flock, by word and by example, to do the same. A Pra…

37. Men Who Tended the Flock · Ochorus Originals

    Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Pastoral Calling cites Philippians 4:11

    …ther around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.” Philippians 4:11 — “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.” Chapter 2 — Gregory the Grea…

38. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.10 The Tenth Commandment cites Phil 4: 11

    …as from contentment. ‘I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.’ Phil 4: 11. Content says, as Jacob did, ‘I have enough. ‘Gen 33: 11. I have a promise of heaven, and…

39. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    February cites Philippians 4:11

    … I have.” February 16 “I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content.” (Philippians 4:11) These words show us that contentment is not a natural propensity of man. “Ill weeds grow…

40. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    May cites Phil. iv. 12

    …y hard, that is all; and I have never refused God anything.” May 12 I know how to abound. Phil. iv. 12. It is a dangerous thing to be prosperous. The crucible of adversity is a less severe tri…

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