Are you struggling to find or stay in peace? Be encouraged with these few things that we can do, to receive the peace Jesus promises us.
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Joyce Meyer, one of the world’s leading practical Bible teachers and New York Times best-selling author, shares encouragement and advice to help us enjoy our daily lives.
With a heart to share Christ and love people, Joyce’s messages help people in all walks of life to grow in their faith, learn to study the Bible, find healing from the wounds of life, get answers to life’s questions and encounter the love of God in a powerful way.
the next thing that we can do that will
really help our happiness and this is a
big one
is stay in peace i grew up in a house of
turmoil
arguing and anger and i didn’t even
really know what peace was
until i married dave and he was such a
peaceful man
and i think i went through all kinds of
stages i resented it for a while because
he had something that i didn’t have
but he stayed so steady in having peace
that eventually i got hungry for the
peace that i saw him have
and you know if you want peace enough
you can have peace
but you may have to do some changing
yourself instead of always expecting god
to change your circumstances
let me read you a scripture john 14
27 jesus said peace i leave with you
my peace i give you i don’t
give to you as the world gives do not
let your hearts be troubled
and do not let them be afraid
you know what the amplified bible says
stop allowing yourselves to be upset
and disturbed stop allowing yourselves
to be fearful
and intimidated i love that jesus said
look i’m leaving you my peace
it’s a gift to you here it is we don’t
even have to pray for peace
because we have peace in us
jesus is the prince of peace and he
lives in us
so peace is in us but if we base
everything on our circumstances and what
we can see around us
then we’re never going to enjoy the
peace so jesus gives us a job
you know we’re partners with god and he
doesn’t just do everything
for us many times he shows us what to do
and he gives us the grace to do it
and he said stop allowing yourselves to
be upset
and disturbed well you know i’ve learned
now that
when something happens it starts to
upset me
the very first thing that i do now is
pray
i pray and i give that thing to god
i pray based on philippians 4 6 be
anxious for nothing
but in all things by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving
let your requests be made known unto god
and the peace that passes
understanding shall keep your hearts and
minds in christ jesus
let me ask you a question when you have
a problem do you run to the phone
and call up one of your friends and ask
them what you should do
or just murmur and complain about the
situation or do you go to the throne
i always tell people don’t go to the
phone go to the throne
god’s got your answer not people
matthew 6 34 says therefore
don’t worry about tomorrow
because tomorrow will worry about itself
each day has enough trouble of its own
well isn’t that good
he’s saying don’t waste today worrying
about tomorrow because tomorrow you’ll
have some other stuff to deal with
trust god let him take care of things
isaiah 26 3
you will keep him in perfect peace whose
mind
is stayed on you you know what in
ephesians 6 it says do all the crisis
demands and then stand firmly in your
place
yes we have a responsibility when we
have a problem
to do what we can do pray about it ask
god if there’s anything you can do
and if he shows you something then do it
but when you’ve done what you can do and
there’s nothing else you can do
then you stand firmly in christ
and you believe that god will do what
you cannot do and what no other human
being can do
and that will allow you to be in peace
i’m telling you what we believe
determines our joy romans 8 6 says the
mind governed by the flesh is death
but the mind governed by the spirit is
life
and peace what we think
determines our level of happiness in our
life
negative thoughts are going to make you
unhappy positive thoughts
are going to make you happy hopeless
thoughts will make you miserable
thoughts full of hope will give you
peace
another thing that really helps us to
have peace is not to have to have your
own way all the time
learn to be adaptable and adjustable
you can’t be selfish and be happy at the
same time
refuse to take the care that satan tries
to give you
the bible says in first peter 5 7 cast
all your care on god
all your anxieties all your worries all
your concerns
wow once and for all
maybe i need to do that again somebody
needs to hear that
cast all of your care all of your
concerns all your anxieties all your
worries
once and for all on him for he cares for
you affectionately
and cares about you watchfully god cares
about you
he sees you he sees your situation
and he has an appointed time for your
deliverance
if you will put your faith your trust
and your confidence in him
and if you remember what we read
yesterday we read that
whatever we believe we should also speak
it we believed
and therefore we spoke so
instead of saying well god what are you
doing i don’t know if
i don’t feel like you’re doing anything
every time that
you start to worry about something just
open your mouth and say god i believe
you’re working on my situation
you see as long as you’re believing god
is working
you just try some of these things that
i’m telling you and i can promise you
that your happiness will
increase i believe the main thing that
allows us to really
trust god with our problems is
experience
let’s just say that you’ve been born
again for a year and
you know i’ve been born again now for
over half a century and
i have a lot of experience with god i’ve
i’ve been through the trying to take
care of myself and trying to make things
happen myself
and i’ve been through the years of
misery that it caused and so
i know now the only way to have peace is
to trust god
but let’s just say you’ve just been born
again for a year and you’re just
learning some of these things
well it will be more difficult for you
to trust god
but every time you do trust him and you
see that he does come through for you
it will be easier for you the next time
i
look i promise you it will get easier
and easier so whatever you do
don’t throw in the towel and say this is
not going to work because it will
cast your care and god will take care
of you philippians 4 6
i quoted it a few minutes ago but i want
to read it to you
don’t be anxious about anything
but in every situation
every situation by prayer and petition
and here’s the biggie
with thanksgiving
present your request to god and the
peace of god which passes all
understanding
will guard your heart and keep your mind
in christ jesus we hope you enjoyed this
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