Peace Post- Pt. 4
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Peace Post- Pt. 3
Here is a thought about peace for the day.
“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”
― Augustine of Hippo, Confessions
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Peace Post- Pt. 2
Our world needs peace. By that I don’t mean just the cessation of hostilities (though that would be a wondrous start), but real biblical peace, Shalom, the completion and contentment which only God can bring.
“Peace is liberty in tranquility.” —Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Peace Post-1
I am sensing the need in our culture to pray for peace. Here are some of the ideas behind what I am praying.
“Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.” —Saint Francis de Sales
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A Peaceful Place
This week NANCY MERRILL HAS CHALLENGED US TO SHOW A PEACEFUL PLACE by joining her weekly photo challenge.
Here is a peaceful place I recently discovered.
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The Road Through Romans: Peace In Battle
Today we are finishing up our discussion on Romans 1:7
“To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.”
If you have missed any of our discussions through Romans you can find them on THE ROAD THROUGH ROMANS PAGE.
Yesterday we spent our time talking about God’s blessing of grace. today we are going to talk about God’s peace. The Greek word used in verse 7 for “peace” is “Eirene” and it is defined as, “the tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, it fears nothing from God and is content with its earthly lot, of whatsoever sort that is.”
Paul is not promising in Romans 1:7 that the Lord is going to remove the Romans (or us) from the battles or troubles of life when He blesses them with peace. Paul is declaring that there is a blessing of peace that can settle upon the Christian in the middle of life’s worst battles. This kind of peace can possess our hearts and minds and keep us soul-quiet even while the world rages around us.
I remember one particular point in my life when the battle got so overwhelming and powerful I really should have fallen apart. I kept expecting to. I kept telling myself, “Tomorrow I will probably have a nervous break down.” But the breakdown never came. It was not because I didn’t care about what was going on. In fact I spent whole weekends shut away from the world fasting and praying over the situation. The situation never changed. I did. God gave me His peace. He let me know He would walk with me. He let me know I was still blessed even though everything around me was a curse.
The key to walking in the blessing of peace is to keep your eyes on Jesus and off the world. Isaiah taught this in chapter 26 of his book when he stated, “You will keep in perfect peace
all who trust in you,
all whose thoughts are fixed on you!” Isa. 26:3
So on a scale of 1-10 how strong is your sense of peace? What do you have to take your eyes off of so they can refocus on Jesus to bring that number up even one point?
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Learning To Sabbath Pt. 1
Anyone who knows me knows I do not spend a whole lot of time resting. Driven is a word used by parishoners from time to time.
Sometimes I think I am too busy but mostly I just consider myself as an aggressive pursuer of the harvest.
I also think that most of the things I am doing are in line with what God desires of me.
That said, I was asked by my District Pastor to read a book recently. The title of that book is, The Rest of God, by Mark Buchanan. It has me thinking a lot about a Sabbath mentality and how that may be lacking in my life.
Here is one of the first thoughts I meditated on as I began to read.
“Without a healthy theology of labor, we’ll have an impoverished theology of rest. We’ll find that both are hectic, sporadic chaotic. We’ll find no joy in either.” Buchanan p.18
Let me ask you…How does a person’s mindset about work affect their mindset about rest?
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Pastor Wrinkles: Unintended Consequences Pt. 5
We have been having a discussion about all the things mankind lost in the fall from grace. If you would like to catch up on the previous parts of the discussion you can find them
Today’s discussion is about PEACE.
We have learned in parts one through four that because of Adam’s sin we lost our Assurance our Authority Our rest BUT Finally we lost our Peace.
Then he said to the woman, “I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you.” Ge. 3:
God’s plan was peace in the home, Peace In the family, Peace in our communities and peace in our world. But when man ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil judgment entered into his soul and suddenly peace in the home was challenged. Peace in the family was challenged. Peace in our communities was challenged and peace in our world was challenged.
Some people think that God randomly assigned the curses to Adam and Eve but I believe that God wasn’t assigning curses so much as explaining consequences.
If I may ad lib a little, I think God was saying, “The fruit changed you Eve and now you will feel pain as a result. The fruit changed you and now, wife, you will judge everything your husband does and if you think its stupid you’re going to try to control it. Oh, and by the way your going to think everything he does is stupid because the tree makes you judgmental.
Going a little further I think God was saying, “Also to you men, you are going to become forceful because you are going to think ‘my wife is just crazy and picky about everything’. Oh and it’s not just going to work that way in the home it’s going to be that way with your boss at work and with your thoughts about the President or King or Prime Minister. Should you ever get into a place of leadership it’s going to be that way when you try to work with other agencies or companies or countries. Judgment is going to steal your peace.”
Have you found that a spirit of judgment in yourself or in others has stolen some of your peace? Tell me about that.
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Peace In the Deep Places
” The peace of God will take you through some very deep places; It won’t always deliver you from the deep places.” Barry Risto
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We Are Not Done Yet!
To all those weary souls out there who think they have no fight left in them Jesus says, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Ma 11:28-30
Rest can only be found in the arms of Jesus, nowhere else. It’s time to take Jesus up on His invitation. Come away from the world through quiet prayer and solitude and you will be healed.
Lillie-Put 