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Peace with God
There was a programme on TV called The day I snapped.
It was about work related stress and the people who have made dramatic changes to their lives.
In this short message I want to write about peace with God and the dramatic change that God can bring in our lives.
I don’t want to write about the type of peace that we have when the children have gone to bed or other moments of peace depending on our circumstances but peace in our hearts where you have nothing to fear, nothing to be anxious about, and nothing to be worried about.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to know that you are at peace with God
That he holds nothing against you.
That there is no sin in your life that he will accuse you of.
Nothing that he would judge you for. - That you have peace with him.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be at peace with other people? No bitterness, no resentment, no jealousy, no anger but a heart of love, and even when people upset you can turn to them and forgive them. Isn’t it wonderful to have peace?
Many will say, well I don’t have peace like that, well not all the time.
The bible tells the Christian believer in different ways how they can have the peace of God in Phil 4v6 -7 we read:
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present you request to God.
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
That’s what God desires for every one of us, that kind of peace. That we have peace with God where we know that that there is nothing that comes between him and us. That we have peace with others and that we have peace with our selves.
There are very few people around who manifest that kind of peace.
Is it possible for us to have it –It certainly is.
But you can’t get it for yourself; you may say I am going to be peaceful today and you manage it until someone else comes along. You say I am not going to loose my temper I am going to be more patient Lord and then before breakfast something happens!!!!!
Have you noticed that whenever you try to be peaceful, patient, loving you fail? Have you noticed that?
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