HIS PEACE, OUR PEACE: ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS JESUS LEFT US WAS HIS PEACE. PEACE IS SOMETHING EVERYONE WANTS BUT SO MANY RARELY FIND IT. IT CAN BE YOURS ALL YOU HAVE TO ALLOW JESUS TO COME INTO YOUR LIFE AND SAVE YOU. PEACE CAN’T BE BOUGHT OR BORROWED, IT HAS TO BE ACCEPTED. JESUS IS OUR PEACE!
INTRODUCTION: EXPERIENCING GOD’S PEACE THROUGH THANKFULNESS!
PHILIPPIANS 4:6-9 (NLT)
6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 9 Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.
Psalm 29:11
The Lord gives his people strength. The Lord blesses them with peace
1 Thessalonians 5:18 - “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
1 Chronicles 16:34 - “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”
1 Corinthians 15:57- to give thanks for this one reason: Victory in Christ!
Being thankful is essential in experiencing PEACE. Once we realize that peace is a state of mind and thankfulness is about the condition of our hearts, our lives take on a whole new meaning.
I know this time of year, we start to think about something or someone we have lost, but my prayer for you is to not go into this season with that mindset but to start and end your day being thankful for the God who loves us so much. We have been taught that being thankful is only about what we have, our circumstances or situations but, in all honesty, being thankful is about God and who He is because is the source of all we have and who we are.
I love some Janet Jackson songs, but I think our mindset is just like one of her songs, “What Have You Done for Me Lately?" but God wants to know "What Have You Done for Him Lately? Have you praised, obeyed, prayed, given, loved, etc.? We think just because we are not enjoying the life we once had, that there is no reason for us to be thankful and experience peace.
According to 1 Corinthians 15:57 (NLT)- But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ
If we don’t think that we have no reason to be thankful and experience peace, I just want to remind you that Victory is yours, it is mine. We are saved, we are free, and we have eternal life. Are you grateful, are you ready to immerse yourself in the peace of God? I am singing Hallelujah because He is worthy of our praise, if you won’t praise Him for yourself, praise Him for who He is to me.
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Remember my sisters and brothers, it takes GRACE TO MAKE IT!
Remember my sisters and brothers, it takes GRACE TO MAKE IT!