The peace that guards youPhilippians 4:4-9Length: Standard

1 Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

• Read
• Reread
• Retell

2 Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

1. What does this passage show me about God?

   • What does Paul say to do with anxiety, and what does he promise God's peace will do?

2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

   • What anxiety do you keep turning over in your mind instead of turning into prayer?

3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

   • Each time that anxiety returns this week, how will you turn it into a specific prayer with thanksgiving?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who is anxious right now, and how could you pray with them this week?

3 Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).