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EPISODE 117 — THE PEACE OF GOD

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The title of today’s episode is: “THE PEACE OF GOD”

Peace can be described as the absence of fear, anxiety and depression. Only in Him can we find true peace. Just turn on the evening news; there is plenty of news to cause anxiety. But God’s children can have peace even in the middle of the worst conditions. Things in this world can cause all sorts of fear and anxiety. We are facing scary times, but we can still have peace. God will give us peace if we allow him to work. There are times that God wants us to just stand still, in the quiet of the moment and trust. Being born again or filled with His spirit gives us the peace that passes all understanding.

Many feel like they can only find peace in a quiet place such as camping neat a quiet mountain streams. I love walking the beach early in the mornings while the sun is just starting to put a soft glow on everything. There are only a few people out that time of day and all is quiet except the waves gently rolling in and out. I love to talk to God and let his peace wash over me. I feel like God is surrounding me like a big soft comforting blanket. The feeling I get praying on the beach, in the early morning, reminds me of the verse in Philippians. It says a peace that passes understanding. For me I feel like I can connect to God quicker at the beach. But God is everywhere and peace is not a place as much as it is a state of being. Even in the middle of chaos we can have peace.

Paul and Silas had every reason to be anxious. They were in prison, not sure of the outcome. They decided to praise the Lord. They sang songs and prayed. God caused an earthquake and set them free. Now they could have run away, but they chose to help someone else instead. That is what Christians do. Help others, even when you need help yourself. Why? Because they had peace and security in Christ.

Phil 4:6-7 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

What does it say keeps our hearts and minds? God’s peace. When we are in a place to have God’s peace we do not have fear, anxiety or depression. It says we can have his peace by not allowing our circumstance wash over us and cause anxiety. With prayer and worship we are to make our requests known.

We can have peace even when everything is falling apart around us. I hope this encourages you to seek God’s peace. Look to him when trials and troubles come your way. He is there to listen and give you the peace which truly is beyond our understanding.

Today is flag day, and I am reminded that the reason we have peace in our country is because so many have died for our country. So happy flag day to all the active military and veterans. Thank you for all you have done for the cause of freedom.

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GARMENTS OF PRAISE

ISAIAH 61:1-3 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

Lately, a lot of people that I know have been dealing with a spirit of heaviness. Evil seems to press in from all directions. It doesn’t take much discernment to understand what is going on. The enemy is fighting hard because he is about to lose his control over our world. The Lord is about to release the Spirit on this earth.

As Christians we are all called to witness to the world. We are to bind up the brokenhearted and proclaim freedom to the captive. We can help people be set free from the captivity of the evil one. Everyone is in prison unless you are a set free child of God. We can be the one to help them find the key to unlock their prison. Jesus is the key.

He is there to help us have peace in our troubles. JOHN 16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. We have no reason to fear. There is nothing that we have facing us that we cannot make it through as long as we are with Him.

We cannot allow the spirit of heaviness to overtake us. It is a real thing to feel down and like the weight of the world is on our shoulders. The world is un chaos, but he is going to give us beauty for ashes. As things in this life seems to be burning down our lives, God will take the ashes and make from it something beautiful.

He will wrap us in the garments of praise to overcome the spirit of heaviness. Anytime we are pressed down and feel like the world is on our shoulders, we can start to praise and worship. As our worship invites God’s presence, he will lift that heaviness off us. He will restore joy to us. I encourage you to put on the garments of praise and have quiet, alone time with Him. He will deliver us from all our fears. Remember, we walk by faith and not by sight. It doesn’t matter how much the enemy tries to press in on us and destroy us. We have nothing to fear, because God is with us.

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BE STILL, THEN SPEAK UP

I keep asking God to reveal the unrevealed to me. I have asked him to search my heart and take out anything that is not pleasing to him. He spoke PS 46:10 to my spirit, which says: 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. This was after I was praying for the people of Maui and the people in California that are about to get hit by a massive hurricane. God is tired of being on the back burner. Some people only pray when they are in severe distress.

As I stared at that verse, many things started pouring into me. God wants us to turn off all our distractions. He wants us to sit quietly and ask Him what He wants from us. We need to sit quietly in His presence and wait for Him to download into us. We need to absorb the sweet peace that only God can give, then take it out into the world.

Psalm 139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! He loves us with a love that we cannot even fully understand. Especially people that have been abused and put down by others. Those who have done things that they are sorry for doing but cannot release. We all carry baggage from past experiences. Pain that we would like to have avoided. But without the pain, we would not have learned the lessons that drive us to be better. I have started to pray for God to allow me to keep the wisdom that my experiences have taught me. I have asked him to let me keep the lessons but to set free everything that tries to weigh me down.

Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

David was a man after God’s own heart. He made a lot of mistakes and committed sin several times. But He would cry out to God for him to search his heart. He worshipped him from a place of love and respect, not out of obligation.

The higher we climb, the fewer the people. This means that not everyone will understand us. But I don’t want to be so heavenly-minded that I am no earthly good. There is a balance between the two that we must achieve to be effective in our callings. What is God calling you to do? Are you running from that calling? I did for many years. I denied who I was meant to be out of fear of what someone may think or say. I am done with that now!

It is never my intention to hurt anyone or put anyone down. But I am going to speak what I believe God wants me to speak. If the word offends you, you need to take it up with God. I want only what is best for you and God’s will for us all. For too many years, the gospel has been weakened and watered down to make people feel good. We all love to hear how he will bless us and take care of us. Many leave out the part that we must obey him. They skip over the parts that sometimes life will give you pain that you do not know if you will survive it. Look at what Job suffered. He didn’t have a feel-good doctrine. His wife even told him to just curse God and die. I am thankful I have prayer warriors in my life that will stand with me in prayer.

Too long the bride has sat quiet or been asleep. While babies are being murdered in the name of women’s health and choice. Other children have been stolen from their homes and placed in horrific situations. We need to repent for allowing these things to happen while we sit back and complained to each other. Speaking about how bad things are or appear to be, helps no one. We need to take it to God and not give the enemy credit by talking about how evil things are now. Our God will take down the evil of this world. It is up to us to partner with him in prayer and speak out about the wrongs and sins.

I have been on a journey for 19 months now since the loss of my spouse. God has shown me a lot about myself and a lot about Him. I realized that I have been holding on to things for years that have tainted my view. Hurts, disappointment, offenses and fears that I came by honestly but should have let go by now. Offense is one of the biggest tools of the enemy. If he can keep us offended, he can keep us from reaching our potential in Christ.

There is not one denomination out there that is 100% right. Too long, the bride has been divided. We need to pray for religion to fall away and leave us with understanding about our relationship. Jesus never came to start a religion. He came to have a relationship with each of us. But the body of Christ allowed offense to enter and start dividing. They should have reasoned together and asked God to show them the truth. Our leaders allowed pride and offense to come in; before you know it, there is another denomination.

Is 52:8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion. The watchmen were the first line of defense against the enemy. They watched to warn the people of a pending attack from the enemy. I feel like these are our pastors and teachers. I think they should see eye to eye. God can help them to come together if everyone would set aside their pride and pray for answers.

We have been blessed to be allowed to live in this time. God is depending on us, “His Remnant,” to be strong and bold. It is time to speak up, be prayed up and love people. Jesus is coming soon. Are you ready? Take some time to be still and listen to what God is saying, then speak up; be that bold witness you were meant to be today. The harvest is ready and the people are starving for God.

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS