Phillipians 4:6 be careful for NOTHING!!!!

Hello out there. I hope all is well with you today. my wife and I have been doing a study of Phillipians 4:6-8. Be careful for nothing[don't worry about a thing]; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your request be made known unto God. Lets deal with this verse first. When The apostle Paul wrote this epistle, he was writing it from prison.. Here is Paul ,in jail and he is writing words of edification, exortation and comfort to people who weren't in jail. I think this is amazing, that inspite of the issue he is going through, he still has mind to encourage the church. [paul wrote Ephesians, Philippians,Colossians from jail]

Some other prerequisites to this entire chapter is that the philippians church was the only church that supplied Bishop Pauls' need while he was out preaching abroad at that time. The other churches wasn't too sure if Paul really had changed. How is it that Paul went from killing christians to pastoring them within just a few years. How does Paul go from being a terrorist to being a Bishop? Notice what is happening, the people who judged him based on his past, could not get the full benefit of what Bishop Paul had to offer. If you will search the new testament books that Paul wrote to the churches and you'll find that the epistles that he wrote from prison
[ephesians, pilippians,colossians]weren't as long. Why? He didn't have to encourage them as much because they were able to get the benefit of trusting their bishop, Paul. The ones who weren't sure, you'll notice that their epistles are longer.

What I am saying is that if you don't trust in your man or woman of God to rightly lead and guide you, the congregation will constantly be in need of another push or more encouragement. The congregation will not produce the fruit of the spirit[gal 5:22], they will manifest the works of the flesh[gal 5:19]. The congregation will walk in confusion and will not know the mind of the spirit. All of the auxiliaries in the church will be out of order, but it won't be noticable by just the regular church goer.

Trust in your leadership is a must. The Holy Ghost will lead and guide you into all truth,; He will tell you the truth, ALL THE TRUTH. You can then form the judgment from there. So let's disect this verse for further clarification.

Be careful for nothing[ Don't worry about a thing]but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving; prayer is not limited to you being on your knees, on your face, on your back etc. It is simply communication with Jesus[God]. I can do that while I am walking down the street, cut the grass, wash the car etc. Prayer is when you talk to God and He talks back, thats' it. You ask a question, He gives you the answer!

Prayer and supplication: these two things are similar, so the word "AND" connects two things of equal rank. for instance Genesis 1:1 say in the beginning God created the Heaven"AND" the Earth. So we see here that Heaven and earth were not two ,but one.[ I now pronounce you Husband "AND" Wife] The two have become one. Prayer and supplication are one. Supplication is a more detailed prayer. When you pray, be specific as to what you need. Don't ask God for a financial blessing, you might find a dollar on the sidewalk. WHO MUCH DO YOU NEED?

Prayer and supplication"WITH THANKGIVING": you are thanking Him for answering that prayer even though you don't see the results right away.

Let your request be made known unto God: When you asked your employer to get a day off, you put in a request for it. They might grant the request or they might not. You can always garuntee that your prayer was answered , if it is according to His will[1st John 5:14]. The specifics of your prayer must be based in scripture. The request will be denied if the specifics of your prayer is selfish,devilish, self-serving, dishonest, without faith and void of understanding.

And the peace of God : it doesn't say" The God of peace". So what is the difference? The God of peace means that He has that attribute, but hasn't shared it with mankind yet, it is still in the eternal realm. The peace of God means that there is peace coming out of God for your benefit.

That passes all understanding: peace is there for you and will remain with you even when you don't understand how God is going to do it. Gods' peace will out run your understanding. The secret is that Gods' peace has understanding embedded within it; so as long as you are trying to figure it out, you won't figure it out. His peace has figured it out for you! Praise God

Keep your heart and minds: This peace of God will keep[watch over,guard,protect] Your hearts"AND" minds. earlier, we talked about the word "AND". It connects things of equal rank.
Your heart[ not the blood pump but the center of your spirit] receives the Word before your mind does. your mind receives scripture before your heart does. He put heart in front of mind because the peace of God is a spiritual reality, and therefore it must be received by your spirit, then it goes from your spirit to your head, and your head will tell your body to line up with what is in the spirit. What is the result of this? You sleep better, your not depressed about the issue at hand, you are not worried, and most of all "YOU ARE NOT VEXED BY DEMONS'. The peace of God is designed to wipe out all demon activity that comes against you because of your prayer, that is prayed in faith.

through Christ Jesus: It doesn't say " Jesus Christ", it says "Christ Jesus". Christ is a mantle that was on Jesus. You can use the "anointing". Jesus completed everything he started, every prayer he prayed was answered[except 1] every demon that came against was defeated, he even opposed the natural laws of this world, raise the dead, rose again etc. All of this would not have been accomplished, if he wasn't anointed. The anointing is designed to do through you, something that only God can do. The word "THROUGH" is to say that we have to put on the same mantle that Jesus had on him. When you receive the Holy Ghost, you "put on CHRIST"[ gal 3:27] Christ is something you wear, Jesus is inside of you, and He is wearing you like a shirt or coat, then you are wearing the anointing in the same manner so it looks like this

Christ------you[1st thess 5:23}[Jesus]----you----Christ:

If you line up with this model, you qualify for His peace. This is referred to as "THROUGH"! I look forward to your response.