Keltys Worship Service, February 13, 2022

Series TItle: Gospel Living in a Wicked World

Text: Philippians 4:4-7

Title: The Peace of God

Big Idea: Those who Know Christ Know Peace!

Four actions:

• _________ in the Lord (vs. 4)!

• Let your ______________ be known to everyone (vs. 5).

• Don’t be ___________ about anything (vs. 6).

• In everything by __________ and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God (vs. 6).

What does it look like to pray with thanksgiving?

• First, we thank God that we can pray because of _______!  

• Second, we thank God that He _______ us pray!

• Third, we thank God that His ______ shall be done in prayer!  

Two truths:

• Jesus is _________ (vs. 4)!

• The Lord is at ________ (vs. 5)!

One promise:

• And the _________ of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (vs. 7).

Ways to pray about this passage:

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Discussion Questions:

1. What are the four actions being called for in our passage, and what do they refer to?  Who or what is the key to doing these things?  

2. How are you doing with these four actions?  Where do you need to focus more of your attention right now?

3. What are some things that you are prone to being anxious about?  According to Paul, what is the remedy to anxiety?  What does Jesus have to say about this?  See Matthew 6:25-34.

4. What does it look like to pray with thanksgiving (vs. 6)?

5. In what two truths does Paul ground the four actions being called for in our passage?  What do these two truths mean, and how do they encourage you?

6. What’s the promise in vs. 7?  What do we learn about this peace in vs. 7?

7. Commit to both praying through this passage every day this week (both for yourself and God’s church) and sharing the truth of this passage with a fellow believer and an unbeliever this week.