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Our Father God is the author of peace.

1.  Our Father God is the author of peace. "Now the God of peace be with you all, Amen." (Romans 15:33).

2.  Jesus Christ, the Son, is called the Prince of Peace. "And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6).

3.  His peace is still available for you.  "...of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end" (Isaiah 9:7).

4.  Jesus died on the cross and paid for your peace. He took the punishment for you. "...the chastisement for our peace and well being was upon Him, and with the stripes that wounded Him we are healed and made whole."

5.  The Peace of God is a gift to you. Jesus said, "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid" (John 14:27).

6.  The Holy Spirit can give you an Anointing of Peace. "For the Kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit" (Romans 14:17).

7.  We are to be peacemakers and live in peace. "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the Sons of God" (Matthew 5:9). "And let the peace fo God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body: and be thankful" (Colossians 3:15).

8.  Receive his Anointing of Peace. "Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you (and set you apart for service) completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ" (I Thessalonians 5:23).


If I'm going to be a victorious believer in today's world, then I must continue to follow the guidelines in the Bible.


If I'm going to walk forward without failure or despair, then I must heed the words of the Apostle Paul in Philippians 3:13, "But this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before."

 

Paul has learned the secret of a happy Christian life. He was too busy pressing toward the mark that Christ had placed before him to become entangled with the cares of yesterday. God commands us to forget the things which are behind us. He knows that any "looking back causes us to stumble in the present."

 

Luke 9:62 says that "No man having put his hand to the plow and looking back (living in the past) is fit (capable) for the kingdom of God."


Where do you send your cares? There is a great answer to this question that is found in 1 Peter 5:7..."casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you."

We are to fling or throw all of our burdens, anxieties, and problems to the Lord. The word cast means to send, shoot, or throw.  We can shoot or throw - as arrows - all of our fears, troubles, and worries upon the Lord.

The word cast also gives a picture of extending or stretching out a hand to the poor.  It can also be a picture of sprouts or shoots as in Isaiah 16:8.  Therefore, it can be said of a good church: "her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea."

We must learn how to release every problem to the Lord. We weren't created to carry or support heavy loads.

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