Tag: requested

Philippians 4:6  Greek Translation: “Be careful for nothing, not even one, no matter what he may be, but in everything by prayer your requests to God for a particular benefit, with thanksgiving let your petitions be made known to God and the Revelation of his saving purpose.” Comment: The Bible App has had over 400 million users in 2019. So why is Philippians 4:6 the most requested scripture verse in all the Bible? This App has the Bible in 1350 languages! Even so still there are over a billion people in the world who do not have the Bible in their native language! If you had asked me to guess what scripture would be most popular I would have guessed John 3:16. I would have thought it would have been a scripture spoken directly by Jesus! Like go out into all the world and preach the Gospel! A lot of scripture explains who God is! You would call this Theology. However in this scripture it is about you talking to God! Prayer is about talking to God! But we need to know who God is or who we are talking to! It is hard to talk to someone you do not know! You cannot be intimate with them! The critics might say well this shows us how selfish these Christians are! Give me! Me! Me! It is all about me! However God is a giving God! Back to John 3:16. For God so loved the world that he gave… We also need balance here!  Satan told Jesus if he would bow down and worship him he would give him all the Kingdoms of this world! So Satan can give you stuff but not eternal life! He will use the stuff to try to keep you out of the Kingdom of God! We need the whole council of God or we balance the scriptures against each other! We need a stable faith! All the Bible provides this balance! It prevents extremes! Does this verse stand by itself! Yes! But the Bible interprets itself! You need all the scriptures to see the clear picture or Image of God! Jesus prayer was not my will but thy will be done! Satan promised Jesus I will give you the stuff! God’s will was for him to go to the Cross! Some Christians pray “If it is thy will.” No! Thy will be done in my life wherever that takes me! Whether a dungeon in Rome! Paul wrote the Book of Philippians from a jail cell! Paul and Silas sang worship songs together at midnight but it was not in a church choir! They were chained together on a prison floor! Is my prayer to win the lottery? The problem is that if we do not pray and we get something good we will take the credit upon ourselves! If we pray and God gives it to us as we prayed  we know it is from God and we can give him the Glory and Worship! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com