THOUGHT LIFE OF THE BELIEVER,------------------ Philippians 4: 4-8

 Rejoice in the Lord always, again I say, rejoice:
Let  your  gentleness  be  known to all men.  The 
Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing but with 
thanksgiving,  let your  requests be made known 
to God; and the peace of God, which  surpasses 
all understanding, guard your hearts and minds 
through Christ Jesus. 

Finally  brethren, whatever  things  are true,
whatever  things are lovely,  whatever things
are of good report, if there be any virtue and
if  there  is  anything  praiseworthy-think  on
these things.  Philippians 4: 4-8, see also,
Deuteronomy 16: 20, Ephesians 4:25...

      I believe Scripture quoted above is
      plain and understandable, but there
      are elements we might emphasize...

1. To rejoice is to verbally let the world
     and the Lord hear just how much He
    means to you and how He has changed
    your life for the better.

2. Intentionally turn from worrying to trus-
   ting in the True and Living God and His 
 Word as well as the Living Word, God the
Son, Jesus Christ.  (the Messiah)

    "And  the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, 
(and we beheld His glory; the glory as of the only begot-
  ten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." John 1:14

"My little children, these things I write unto you, that ye 
sin not.  And if any man sin, we have an advocate with
the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.  And He is  the 
propitiation  (covering)  for our sins;  and not  for  our's 
only, but also for  the sins of the whole  world." 
1 John 2: 1-2,  and  "Love not  the  world,  neither  the 
things that are in the world.  If any man love the world, 
the  love of  the Father is not in him." Vs. 15.
(To love  the  world is to care more  for status, riches, or
anything related to the here and now than we do for the
eternal  riches in  Christ Jesus..)  Finally,  let us learn to
discipline our  minds that  our thoughts might be in sub-
mission to His  will as we think  on truth,  the noble, the
worthy, on  purity  and  the beautiful  that is of  a  good
report  and worthy of praise.

   May the Lord God be in our hearts as we endeavor to
 live  out  the  mandate that  we be "...conformed  to the
     image of His Son...."  Romans 8: 29b

     Remember the Word of the Lord to Zerubbabel in
Zechariah 4:6, "So he answered and said to me: Not 
  by might nor by power, but by my Spirit.'  Says the 
Lord of Host.   I am convinced, from the Word of God;
Nothing of  eternal consequence  gets  done outside 
of the working of the Holy Spirit in the life of believers.

http://biblicalclarity-don.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-holy-spirit-in-todays-world.html

http://biblicalclarity-don.blogspot.com/2014/12/in-heavenly-places-ephesians-13-14.html

donporter,sr 1.15.15   (Scripture taken from NKJV)