How is your Peace?
The Peace of God is for our HEARTS and MINDS.
PEACE: quietness with rest, calm and tranquility.
Philippians 4:7
And the PEACE of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your HEARTS and MINDS through Christ Jesus.
John 14:27 Jesus said:
PEACE I leave with you, my PEACE I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your HEART be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
+The peace of God in our lives keeps us from WORRIES, and keeps us from being TROUBLED, and also keeps us from ALL FEARS.
+Do not allow yourself to be agitated and disturbed.
+Do not allow yourself to be fearful, and unsettled in any way.
+Settle and rest yourself in God’s PERFECT PEACE.
Isaiah 9:6
…He is our Prince of PEACE, and our ETERNAL PEACE.
GOD GIVES HIS CHILDREN A PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING, TO BE PEACEMAKERS.
THEREFORE, WE ARE PEACEMAKERS
Matthew 5:9 SAYS,Blessed are the PEACEMAKERS: for they shall be called the CHILDREN of GOD.
PEACE: to be undisturbed in your spirit (heart), soul (mind), and body.
PEACE: to have relationships with LOVE and UNITY and without hostility.
PEACE: calm, quiet, restful, serenity and tranquility.
+As Children of God we are Peace Makers. We make Peace and we are Maintainers of Peace.
+As a Shoemaker makes shoes and repairs shoes. Likewise we the Children of God make Peace and repair the areas in life where Peace is broken.
+It is our responsibility to God to be PEACEMAKERS.
+They who are PEACEFUL are POWERFUL.
REMEMBER: Matthew 5:9,said,
Blessed are the PEACEMAKERS: for they shall be called the CHILDREN of GOD.
+As Children of God we are called by God to minister PEACE, and to minister PEACEFULLY.
Matthew 5:23-24
23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you;
+Notice that it is not us the Children of God that have something against our brother. It is a given that we as Children of God walk in love, PEACE and forgiveness.
+It is our brother that has something against us, and yet God’s instructions is for us to go and make PEACE with our brother.
24 Leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way; and first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
+If we don’t have Peace with each other it will interfere with our relationship with God.
In Isaiah 9:6-7,God said,
” For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The PRINCE of PEACE.
Of the increase of His government and PEACE there shall be no end…
+Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is our Prince of Peace. His government is a government of Endless Peace.
+Let all that we do be Done in the Peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We are,and should be PEACEMAKERS
1 Corinthians 14:33
For God is not the author of CONFUSION, but of PEACE, as in all churches of the saints.
Philippians 4:7
And the PEACE of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your HEARTS and MINDS through Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 12:14
Follow PEACE with all men…
+It is VITALLY to our lives that we have PEACE with God, PEACE with ourselves and PEACE with each other.
+It is DETRIMENTAL not to have PEACE with God, ourselves and each other.
+Broken PEACE is an invitation for the enemy to enter our lives and relationships to steal, kill and destroy.
+Let us keep the PEACE that we have, and reconcile any area of broken PEACE in our lives.
+God has called us to PEACE.
FINALLY, REMEMBER
We are PEACEMAKERS
Matthew 10:12-14
12 And when you come into an house, salute (welcome, embrace, greet) it.
13 And if the house be worthy (deserving or suitable), let your PEACE (freedom from all distresses) come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your PEACE return to you (do not lose your PEACE).
+As a Children of God we are Anointed Peacemakers.
+We have the God given ability by the Holy Spirit to proclaim, declare or simply speak the PEACE of God in every situation and circumstance.
+I encourage you to speak PEACE over your relationships, homes, places of employment, etc.
+When we follow in PEACE we will experience God as our Pgyeace. Remember:Blessed are the Peacemakers.
+Making PEACE is another way to exercise and express God’s Love, Truth, Holiness, Righteousness, Faith and Wisdom.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our Faith, Trust and Confidence in Him.
•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!