Sermons

Peace on Earth

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Series: General Topics

Date: 27 November 2011

Speaker: Jim Holt

Scripture: Phil. 4:4-7

Length: 29:02

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• Introduction
• Thanksgiving Highlight
• Food, Family, Jesus*
• Blessings Jar
• Expectation to encounter God
• Exhortation about meeting with God when we come together.
• Encouraging the congregation to expect God to move in their lives. And With that - a willful surrender to God.
• Peace
• Where do you find peace? In a world that seems to lack peace at every level – where does one go to look?
• Look at some Google/Yahoo responses 
• Message: “Peace on Earth”
• Background
• Thanking the Philippians for their gift and encouraging the believers in Philippi that true Joy comes from Jesus Christ Alone
• Joy mentioned 16 times in this letter to the Philippians
• Familiar passage in our minds, but sometimes far from our hearts.
• Position, Perspective, Peace
• Position (v.4-5)
• Illustration: Follow the wrong person at a fair
• Position (Went away from my Father)
• Having Joy in Jesus
• Knowing Jesus
• Intimacy with Jesus
• Realizing that Jesus is near
• Both in a sense of being close but also in he second coming! Jesus is coming back!
• Perspective (v.6)
• Where is your perspective?
•  “Be anxious / be careful” for nothing
• Rooted in prayer                                                                           
• Talking with God and bringing your request before God
• With Thanksgiving – rooted in position
• Illustration: Journal Entry
• Focus on God - Matthew 6:33
•  Peace (v.7)
• Peace of God
• Not found on earth
• Surpasses anything we can imagine or make up
• “Will Guard” - phroureō
• to guard, protect by a military guard, either to prevent hostile invasion, or to keep the inhabitants of a besieged city from flight
• Psalm 23:4   
• Philippians 4:11-13 – Learn to be content in any situation
• Show the opposite
• Highlight how many people try to find peace in the reverse order
•  Illustration: Israelites: Ex. 13-15
• Close to God, thankful at peace
• Vs. Walk away from God, complaining, panic
• Conclusion
• Isaiah 9:6 – Prince of Peace

Verses:

Philippians 4:4-7
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?

Matthew 6:33
“But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

Psalm 23:4
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”

Philippians 4:11-13
Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

Isaiah 9:6
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

Luke 2:14
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.”