1. LETTER OF JOY V PHILIPPIANS 4:1-9 “WHAT, ME WORRY”

3. THE FIVE THINGS PAUL KNEW HE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE CONFIDENT – A SINGLE MIND (PHIL 1:6,14,20,25) HE WOULD HAVE A GOOD CONFESSION – A SUBMITTED ATTITUDE (PHIL. 2:10,11) HE WOULD CONTINUE TO CARE FOR PEOPLE – A SERVANT HEART (PHIL 2:7) HE WOULD CONTINUE TO COMPLETE HIS CALLING (PHIL 3:13,14) – THIS MORNING “THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY” – A SPIRITUAL MIND (The Right Perspective) HE WOULD BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING (WORRY) AND WOULD BE CONTENT NO MATTER WHAT (PHIL 4:12) – A SECURE MIND

4. PHILIPPIANS 4:1-9

6. Phil 4:6—Anxious is word CAREFUL Be ANXIOUS (CAREFUL) for nothing…. – DON’T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING – OLD ENGLISH WORD= TO BE STRANGLED DON’T LET ANYTHING STRANGLE YOUR FAITH

7. FIVE IMPERATIVES FOR PEACE AND JOY VS WORRY-PHIL 4:1-5 VS 1-------STAY FAST IN THE LORD VS 2-------STAY IN UNITY OF MIND VS 3-------STAY FOCUSED ON PUROSES VS 4-------STAY REJOICING IN GOD VS 5-------STAY IN BALANCE

8. SOME TRUTHS ABOUT WORRY ONLY 8% OF THE THINGS PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT ACTUALLY HAPPEN YOU CAN WORRY YOURSELF SICK WORRY IS CONTAGIOUS WORRY WILL ROB YOUR PEACE AND KILL YOUR JOY WORRY IS CALLING GOD A LIAR YOU CAN OVERCOME A SPIRIT OF WORRY

9. SOME WORRIED FISHERMEN MATT 8:23-27

10. THREE THINGS TO PRACTICE IN TOUGH TIMES VS 6---PRAY RIGHT VS 8---THINK RIGHT VS 9---DO RIGHT LET’S LOOK AT EACH ONE

11. PRAY RIGHT VS 6 IN EVERY SITUATION THERE ARE THREE GREAT WAYS TO CONNECT WITH GOD-(DO IT FIRST)

12. DEFINITIONS PRAYER= TALKING TO GOD, AGREEING WITH GOD, ADORATION, WORSHIP TO GOD – EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE LORD’S PRAYER – IT BUILDS YOUR FAITH IN THE GREATNESS OF GOD PETITION=MAKING YOUR REQUEST KNOW TO GOD (PETITION) (FERVENT AND EFFECTUAL— JAMES 5:16) PRAISE=APPRECIATION (THE ONE LEPER LK 17) – EXAMPLE=DANIEL 6:1-10

13. THINK RIGHT- VS 8 IT IS UP TO YOU TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT AND DWELL ON DWELLING ON TROUBLING THOUGHT=WORRY DWELLING ON RIGHT THINGS=PEACE SOME RIGHT THINGS-THINK ON THINGS THAT ARE: TRUE (GOD’S WORD), HONEST, JUST, PURE, LOVELY, PURE, PRAISE WORTHY, GIVE A GOOD TESTIMONY

15. DO RIGHT-VS 9

16. PEACE INSTEAD OF WORRY VS 8

17. HOW PEACE GUARDS YOUR HEART AND MIND AND BRINGS JOY YOUR PERSPECTIVE CHANGES YOUR CONFIDENCE GROWS YOUR ATTITUDE IMPROVES YOUR ACTIONS BECOME FOCUSED – ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE OK

18. THE GREAT JOY OF BEING AT PEACE GIVE ME SOME OF YOUR IDEAS AS TO WHY PEACE BRINGS SUCH GREAT JOY

20. HAVE YOU LOST YOUR PEACE AND JOY? GET BACK IN FAITH GET BACK IN UNITY GET BACK TO HIS PURPOSE PRAY RIGHT, PETITION RIGHT, PRAISE RIGHT THINK RIGHT DO RIGHT

21. IS PEACE AND JOY IN REACH FOR ME?