Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8 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.
9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Meditation And Oneness
.. In many ways what we’re exhorting and teaching today is we are meditating on these things. We are bringing these things up because we have need of hearing them, this is what helps our fellowship our unity our oneness..
Think about it – it’s going to help you!
.. It’s going to minister that peace instead of that anxiety. In the Greek it means ‘to evaluate’, keep thinking upon them (teachings of scripture) because this helps to renew the mind. At times even in our assembly there can be very negative looking things that can happen, but only God sees the end result..
Let Go And Let God
..But whatever we do see this teaching tells us to think only pure and lovely.. thoughts. This is what pleases God and where you will see God work. It’s when we take these things into our own hands and we do it independently of God that it goes wrong..
12 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service..
.. ‘ You put yourself on that alter and I’ll do the rest. I will come and receive you as the offering.’
.. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God..
Only A Restored Mind Is For God’s God’s Glory
.. On presenting ourselves on the alter the fire is going to work with us – we are remoulded and transformed by The Spirit to prove God’s perfect will. That is how we learn the will of God. Our minds have been so influenced by the world and the only way to renew them is to offer it (your mind, yourself) up – the deeper life which we teach. The Holy Spirit will work on you mind to understand not the permissive but the perfect will of God in our thoughts words and actions ..
.. That’s why we labour and open up The Word – for the purpose of meditating on these things. The God takes over – He’s dealing with it, it’s for His glory.. ..
1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
1 Corinthians 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
