The Peace of God

John 16:33
33 I have told you all this so that you will have peace of
heart and mind. Here on earth you will have many
trials and sorrows; but cheer up, for I have overcome
the world."
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 1 John 5:19
9 We know that we are children of God and that all the
rest of the world around us is under Satan's power and
control.
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John 10:10
10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and
to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that
they may have it more abundantly.
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 John 14:1
14 "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God,
believe also in Me.
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John 14:27
27 "I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and
heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot
give. So don't be troubled or afraid.
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 The peace of the world
For the Physical- Temporal- Uncertain- False security-
Fear

The Peace of God

For the soul- Eternal- Certain- Genuine security-
Faith
 Mark 4:35-40
37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat
into the boat, so that it was already filling. 38 But He
was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke
Him and said to Him ,"Teacher, do You not care that we
are perishing?"39 Then He arose and rebuked the
wind, and said to the sea, "Peace, be still!" And the
wind ceased and there was a great calm. 40 But He
said to them, "Why are you so fearful? How is it that
you have no faith?"
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The cure for fear is faith.
Norman Vincent Peale (1898– )
 By faith
Rom 5:1
5 So now, since we have been made right in God's sight
by faith in his promises, we can have real peace
with him because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has
done for us.
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 By prayer
Phil 4:6-7
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer
and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests
be made known to God;
7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will guard your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus.
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 By His word
Col 3:15-16
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which
also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all
wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace
in your hearts to the Lord.
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 In His presence

Ps 22:3-4
But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of
Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou

didst deliver them.

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 John 14:25-26
25 "These things I have spoken to you while being
present with you.
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will
send in My name, He will teach you all things, and
bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
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 2 Tim 1:7
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power
and of love and of a sound mind.
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 Fear
John 20:19
Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of
the week, when the doors were shut where the
disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus
came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace
be with you." John 22 And when He had said this, He
breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy
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 Unbelief
John 20:26-27
26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside,
and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being
shut, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace to you!"
27 Then He said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here, and
look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it
into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing."
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 Doubt and confusion
Luke 24:36-38
36 Now as they said these things, Jesus Himself stood
in the midst of them, and said to them, "Peace to you."
37 But they were terrified and frightened, and
supposed they had seen a spirit.
38 And He said to them, "Why are you troubled? And
why do doubts arise in your hearts?
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   Finding God, you have no need to seek peace, for he
himself is your peace. Frances J. Roberts

Peace rules the day when Christ rules the mind.

True peace is found by man in the depths of his own

heart, the dwelling-place of God. Johann Tauler (c. 1300–
1361)

Who lives in fear will never be a free man. Horace (65–8

b.c.)
 Ps 46:10
0 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted
among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!
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