Sunday April, 25 2010.
Hey gang,
We had a great Sunday. If you missed us here are some brief notes.
So remember we are into our second stage of Reigning in Life: Peace. And our series is titled "Peace in His Presence." Eventually we will find our lives reflecting the fullness of His righteousness, peace, joy and love as we draw near to Him.
This Sunday I used the same titles as last week, but changed the scripture references.
1. Righteousness brings peace
2. Signs and Wonders: The Conduit for Peace
3. Peace through Jesus Christ
It's my hope that you will use these titles like a tool in your life to find your way into His peace and glory.
So . . .
Righteousness brings peace: Romans 14:17 reads "the Kingdom of Gd is not about eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Take note, faith in Christ leads to _______________ (righteousness), the fruit of righteousness is _____________ (peace, Isa 32:17), and we are to seek first the Kingdom of God and His _________________ (righteousness, Mt 6:33).
If we are going to have the peace of God in our lives we must walk in righteousness.
Signs and Wonders: the conduit for peace: Read the sorry in Mk 5:25-34 of this lost women who with nothing left to lose recieves not only her healing, but the peace of God. Jesus shares with us in John 14:25-31 that we are going to receive a gift of peace, the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, Peace, is so different than anything in the world. But we must choose to recieve Him and let Him lead our lives. In doing so guess what? Peace! Notice the signs and wonders in both occurances. The issue of the bleeding women is easy to see, she was healed. Wow! The gift of the Holy Spirit is a little harded to catch the miraclous in. See if you can spot it and then ask a friend. The point here is that signs and wonders become the channel for peace in our lives. Are you looking for and expecting the signs and wonders of God?
Peace through Jesus Christ: I am using a statement the Apostle Paul makes to the church in Philippi. Though he never mentions the word "peace" in this scripture. His ability to even make such a bold claim is founded in his assurance and peace in Jesus Christ. Philippines 3:7-11 - "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, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead." NKJV
May you find your life, whether in the midst of trials or victory, declaring as Paul so bold did the truth which is the evidence of God's peace in your life.
Blessings,
JC
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Peace in His Presence
Sunday, April 18 2010
We are starting a new series called Peace in His Presence. This is first of many to come in our topic of peace as we move onto the second stage of our 2010 decree: Reigning in Life.
For the next 4 weeks we will be using the same titles to examine our topic of "Peace in His Presence" but change the scripture references and perspectives of looking at peace.
The three titles are:
> Righteousness Brings Peace
> Signs and Wonders: the conduit for peace
> Peace through Jesus Christ
My hope is that these three titles become familiar to us so that we can use them as filters for our daily lives. For example . . .
Righteousness Brings Peace: In Isaiah 32:16-20 the prophet reveals to us that the work of righteousness will be peace. So if we notice that we don't have any peace in our life we need step back and ask the question, "Is righteousness at work in my life?" Another question for us to ask ourselves might be "Am I allowing the righteousness of Christ to transform me so that His peace may be established in me and around me?"
What we have to understand about the peace of God is that no matter what the circumstances may be in our life, His peace is always with us. You can have peace yet still be in the midst of trials. Jesus, the prince of peace, never was without peace, even as he was falsely accused and beaten, the peace of God was with Him. We'll be looking into this in more detail in the coming weeks.
The point here is that righteousness brings peace and Isaiah gives us a great truth about that promise.
Signs and Wonders: the conduit for peace. We find ourselves in Daniel 3 and 4 again with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. Thes men refused to bow to the statue of king Nebuchadnezzar. The penalty was death by fire. To which all three declared that God would deliver them (a statement of their faith) yet, if He didn't they still would not bow (a stand for righteousness). When Nebuchadnezzar throws them into the furnace and sees them with a fourth man and not being burned, he calls them out and says this to his people in Daniel 4:1-3 - "Peace be multiplied to you. I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me. How great are His signs, and how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation."
Wow, the signs and wonder of God caused Nebuchadnezzar to declare peace over the entire nation and make a decree to worship God. Do you see how signs and wonders become the conduit through which God can establish His peace on the earth.
Peace Through Jesus Christ: In Romans 5:1-5 we read that we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. It is only through Christ that we can experience the peace of God. But not only do we have peace with God, we get to live in the peace of God.
So in closing we can begin to see that the righteousness of Christ brings the peace of God and we are called to walk in the Spirit with signs and wonders following us so that others may enter into the same peace that you and I have received by grace and in faith.
Go out this week and be reminded of the peace you have in Christ and share that peace with some you love.
We are starting a new series called Peace in His Presence. This is first of many to come in our topic of peace as we move onto the second stage of our 2010 decree: Reigning in Life.
For the next 4 weeks we will be using the same titles to examine our topic of "Peace in His Presence" but change the scripture references and perspectives of looking at peace.
The three titles are:
> Righteousness Brings Peace
> Signs and Wonders: the conduit for peace
> Peace through Jesus Christ
My hope is that these three titles become familiar to us so that we can use them as filters for our daily lives. For example . . .
Righteousness Brings Peace: In Isaiah 32:16-20 the prophet reveals to us that the work of righteousness will be peace. So if we notice that we don't have any peace in our life we need step back and ask the question, "Is righteousness at work in my life?" Another question for us to ask ourselves might be "Am I allowing the righteousness of Christ to transform me so that His peace may be established in me and around me?"
What we have to understand about the peace of God is that no matter what the circumstances may be in our life, His peace is always with us. You can have peace yet still be in the midst of trials. Jesus, the prince of peace, never was without peace, even as he was falsely accused and beaten, the peace of God was with Him. We'll be looking into this in more detail in the coming weeks.
The point here is that righteousness brings peace and Isaiah gives us a great truth about that promise.
Signs and Wonders: the conduit for peace. We find ourselves in Daniel 3 and 4 again with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. Thes men refused to bow to the statue of king Nebuchadnezzar. The penalty was death by fire. To which all three declared that God would deliver them (a statement of their faith) yet, if He didn't they still would not bow (a stand for righteousness). When Nebuchadnezzar throws them into the furnace and sees them with a fourth man and not being burned, he calls them out and says this to his people in Daniel 4:1-3 - "Peace be multiplied to you. I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me. How great are His signs, and how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation."
Wow, the signs and wonder of God caused Nebuchadnezzar to declare peace over the entire nation and make a decree to worship God. Do you see how signs and wonders become the conduit through which God can establish His peace on the earth.
Peace Through Jesus Christ: In Romans 5:1-5 we read that we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. It is only through Christ that we can experience the peace of God. But not only do we have peace with God, we get to live in the peace of God.
So in closing we can begin to see that the righteousness of Christ brings the peace of God and we are called to walk in the Spirit with signs and wonders following us so that others may enter into the same peace that you and I have received by grace and in faith.
Go out this week and be reminded of the peace you have in Christ and share that peace with some you love.
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