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!

‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ {Matthew 15:8-9 }

“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven”. (Matthew 16:18‭-‬19 KJV).

Denominations can’t save you.

Beware of Denominationalism

Please know this. The Church belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ. AND,The Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church, and Government of the Church.

Denomination: a group or branch of any religion; a recognized autonomous (independent or self-govern) branch of the Christian Church.

1. Did Jesus sanctioned denominations in His Body the Church?

2. Where in the Gospels and Epistles do you find different denominations?

3. What is the purpose of denominations in the Body of Christ (the Church)?

4. How does denominations glorify Christ?

5. Did Christ placed Himself in denominations?

6. Or was man (influenced by the devil) who placed Christ in denominations?

1 Corinthians 1:13
Is Christ divided? Were your enominations crucified for you? or were you baptized in the name of your denominations?
•Denominations cannot save you, heal you, deliver you, set you free and get you into heaven. Only The Lord Jesus Christ can!
+Pursue Christ and not denominations.
Ephesians 4:3-6
3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 There is one Body, and one Spirit, even as all of you are called in one Hope of your calling;
5 One Lord, one Faith, one Baptism,
6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
+It in Christ we Live, and Move and Have our Being, and not in denominations.
•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!

Hell was created for the devil,and his Angel’s. Not for people who accept Jesus, and live by every word of God.

You have a choice, to be in heaven or hell.

“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: (Matthew 25:31‭-‬41 KJV).

But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.{ 2 Peter 3:8‭-‬9 }

FREEDOM OF CHOICE
+You are free to make the right choices all the time.
+If we fail to make the right choices all the time it will eventually result in a crisis.
+And crisis will force us to make the right choices.
PRINCIPLES TO EXERCISE IN MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES:
1. Seek God through prayers and fasting.
2. Seek Godly counsel / wisdom.
3. Be led by the Holy Spirit.
4. Make sure your choices/decisions are based upon the Word of God.
5. Make sure your choices/decisions are made in Love, in Righteousness, in Holiness, in Truth and in Faith.
6. Do all for the glory of God.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
•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!

“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord , The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength”.(Isaiah 40:28‭-‬29 NKJV).

“But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,…”(Philippians 3:7‭-‬10 NKJV).

God is Always Thinking of You
Psalm 8:4
What is man, that you are mindful of him…
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
•Only what God thinks about us really matters.
•In God’s mind we are His beloved sons and daughters, kings and queens, lords and rulers, and in Christ Jesus we are overcomers, victorious and more than conquerors.
•Yes, our God thinks more of us more than we realized and it’s all because He loves us. May we all continue to think of Him and more than we usually do.
+++Blessed you are and blessed you will always be and to God be all the glory. Amen!

There is nothing too hard for God, He can get you out of any situation. Obey God, lean on Him. Get in faith and you will find a way out.

The Power of God’s Word in us.
1Thess 2:13
For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, because, when all of you received the Word of God which all of you heard of us, all of you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in TRUTH, the WORD of GOD, which EFFECTUALLY WORKS also in you who BELIEVE.
Effectual: capable of producing all intents and purposes.
(Heb 4:12 AMP)
For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power making it active, operative, energizing, and effective…
+The WORD of God in us is Alive, Active, Operative, Energizing and Effective. It is capable of producing all the intents and purposes of God in us and through us.
+When we take man made medication we have no issues expecting the intents and purposes that man made medication is supposed to produce.
+How much more then shall we expect the Word of God to produce in us the intents and purposes of God in our lives.
Hallelujah and Amen!
LISTEN:

Living the Word of God is a Lifestyle and NOT an Event.
Matthew 4:4
Jesus said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by EVERY WORD that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
+We do not live by the Word of God to get things from God.
+We live by every Word of God to live the Lifestyle of God, as demonstrated in the Four Gospels by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Acts 17:28
For in Him (Christ Jesus) we LIVE, and MOVE, and HAVE OUR BEING…
+In Him we live means we live in Him and He Lives in us, He speaks through us, and He Works In us and through us.
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works IN you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
+Always live life from God’s point of view.
•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!

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life”.(John 3:16 NKJV).

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love”. (1 Corinthians 13:1‭-‬8‭, ‬13 NKJV).

“Do not love the world [of sin that opposes God and His precepts], nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust and sensual craving of the flesh and the lust and longing of the eyes and the boastful pride of life [pretentious confidence in one’s resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father, but are from the world. The world is passing away, and with it its lusts [the shameful pursuits and ungodly longings]; but the one who does the will of God and carries out His purposes lives forever”. (1 John 2:15‭-‬17 AMP).

LET’S WALK IN THE LOVE OF GOD

1 John 4:19 We love him because He first loved us.
1 John 4:7 For Love is Of God. Roman 13:10 Love is the fulfilling of the law. Roman 5:5 Love Of God is shed abroad in our heart. Psalm 18:1 I will love thee, Oh Lord. Matthew 22:37 Love The Lord Thy God. John 14:23 If a man love me, He will keep my Word. Deuteronomy 6:5 Shall love the Lord thy God. Throughout the Bible God reminds us the importance “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself”.( Leviticus 19:18, Matthew 19:19, 22:39, Galatians 5:14, James 2:8).If we are not demonstrating this love
1 John 4:8 we knoweth not God, For God Is Love. 1 John 4:12 If we love one another. Ephesians 5:2 We will walk in Love as Christ hath loved.

OUR WORLD NEEDS Spiritual Anger Management .

James 1:19-20

“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath (or to get anger);For the wrath (or anger) of man works not the righteousness of God.

•Resist and avoid anger at all cost.

James 3:18

…the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

Philippians 4:7

And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

•Where there is love, joy and peace anger must cease. Continue in love, joy and peace.

+++Blessed you are and blessed you will always be and to God be all the glory. Amen!

If you think or, believe that men wrote the Bible; then you neither know nor love God.

Do you really think that or believe that men are smarter than God. That they can predict past, present, and future events on their own. They can’t even get the weather correct. They can’t find a cure for cancer , and certain diseases. I would rather die and know that their is a God, and be in heaven. Than not knowing, nor believe, and end up in hell.

“But we have renounced the disgraceful things hidden because of shame; not walking in trickery or adulterating the word of God, but by stating the truth [openly and plainly], we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. But even if our gospel is [in some sense] hidden [behind a veil], it is hidden [only] to those who are perishing; among them the god of this world [Satan] has blinded the minds of the unbelieving to prevent them from seeing the illuminating light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God”. (2 Corinthians 4:2‭-‬4 AMP).

“But evil men and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. But as for you, continue in the things that you have learned and of which you are convinced [holding tightly to the truths], knowing from whom you learned them, and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings (Hebrew Scriptures) which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus [surrendering your entire self to Him and having absolute confidence in His wisdom, power and goodness]. All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God’s will, both publicly and privately—behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage]; so that the man of God may be complete and proficient, outfitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work”. (2 Timothy 3:13‭-‬17 AMP).

“Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship. And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you]”. (Romans 12:1‭-‬2 AMP).

“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was”. (2 Timothy 3:1‭-‬5‭, ‬8‭-‬9 KJV).

“A little leaven leavens the whole lump”.(Galatians 5:9 NKJV).

“Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us”. ( 1 Corinthians 5:6‭-‬7 NKJV).

Isaiah 5:20-24
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own sight! Woe to men mighty at drinking wine, Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink, Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away justice from the righteous man! Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble, And the flame consumes the chaff, So their root will be as rottenness, And their blossom will ascend like dust; Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

NO MATTER HOW THINGS LOOK Victory IS OURS
+Can you imagine if you had quit and given up on life the first time you had what you thought was a major problem. You wouldn’t have made it this far today.
+A winner never quits, and a quitter never wins.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be all of you steadfast, immoveable, always abounding…
+Remember this, Christ died for us so we can live, and while we live it is Christ who is living in us, Galatians 2:20.
+In every situation KNOW this, we are living for (Christ) God, and the life we live is for the constant glorification of Christ (God).
+If we are experiencing defeats we are living for ourselves and not for Christ.
+All who live for Christ live in victory, and all who allows Christ to live through them bring victory to others.
+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!

“Let your character [your moral essence, your inner nature] be free from the love of money [shun greed—be financially ethical], being content with what you have; for He has said, “I WILL NEVER [UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES] DESERT YOU [NOR GIVE YOU UP NOR LEAVE YOU WITHOUT SUPPORT, NOR WILL I IN ANY DEGREE LEAVE YOU HELPLESS], NOR WILL I FORSAKE OR LET YOU DOWN or relax My hold on you [assuredly not]!” So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently say, “THE LORD IS MY HELPER [in time of need], I will not be afraid . What will man do to me ?”.(Hebrews 13:5‭-‬6 AMP).

“FRET NOT THYSELF BECAUSE OF EVILDOERS, NEITHER BE THOU ENVIOUS AGAINST THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY. FOR THEY SHALL SOON BE CUT DOWN LIKE THE GRASS, AND WITHER AS THE GREEN HERB. Trust in the Lord , and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord ; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass”.(Psalms 37:1‭-‬5 KJV).

“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee”.(Isaiah 43:2 KJV).

“For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?.(1 Peter 3:12‭-‬13 KJV).

•The Lord is forever present with us.
Psalm 139:7-10
Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
•Everywhere we go, and everything we do, good or bag the Lord is right there with us.
Hebrews 13:5
…for He has said I will NEVER leave you nor forsake you.
•Let us maintain an attitude of reverence, honor and respect for the Lord. His Presence is with us at all times, and let us continue to please Him by walk in Love, Righteousness and Holiness.
Blessed you are and blessed you will always be and to God be all the glory. Amen!