The Shoes of Peace and The Shield of Faith

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The Shoes of PeaceandThe Shield of Faith

• Sue Bohlin
• October 8, 2002

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Shoes of Peace

• Goin barefoot? I dont THINK so!
• Roman shoes studded with sharp nails
• Protected from rough terrain and sticks
• Ability to stand firm when doing battle

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Shoes of Peace

• Peace the possession of adequate resources
• Enough
• Gives emotional and spiritual stability
• Inviting God into our emotions story

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Shoes of Peace

• Spirit of lust story
• What steals your peace?
• Anger
• Bitterness
• Unforgiveness
• Fear

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Unresolved Anger

• 1. Tell God why youre mad
• 2. Give your anger to Him.
• 3. If you cant let go of it, ask Him for help.
• 4. Forgive the person who hurt you and/or made
  you angry.

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Bitterness

• Bitterness
• 1. Causing a sharply unpleasant, painful, or
  stinging sensation harsh.
• 2. Difficult or distasteful to accept, admit, or
  bear.
• 3. Coming from or showing strong animosity.
• 4. Marked by resentment or cynicism.
• Spirit of bitterness story

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Bitterness

• 1. Acknowledge you have allowed a root of
  bitterness to grow.
• 2. Remember that God is sovereign.
• 3. Accept that nothing happens to you without
  Gods permission.
• 4. Choose to trust that He will cause all things
  to work together for good
• 5. Let go of the bitterness and ask the Lord to
  pull it out by the root.

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Unforgiveness

• 1. Acknowledge your sin of unforgiveness
• 2. Tell God everything about what the other
  person did to you
• 3. Transfer responsibility for their sin from
  yourself to Jesus
• 4. Choose to let go and release the other person
  into Jesus hand. (Take the handcuffs off you and
  onto Jesus!)

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Fear

• 20 jump in anti-anxiety meds after 9-11
• Choose Wednesdays
• God doesnt give grace for our imaginations, only
  for reality
• Dont look at the wind and the waves look at
  Jesus
• Hide fear-busting scriptures in your heart and
  recite them OUT LOUD

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Fear-Busters

• So do not fear, for I am with you do not be
  dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen
  you and help you I will uphold you with my
  righteous right hand. (Isaiah 4110)
• For God has not given us a spirit of timidity,
  but of power and love and discipline. (2 Tim 17)
• There is no fear in love but perfect love casts
  out fear (1 John 418)

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Fear-Busters

• Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by
  prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let
  your requests be made known to God. And the peace
  of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will
  guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
  (Philippians 46-7)

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Fear-Busters

• Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray.
  Let petitions and praises shape your worries into
  prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before
  you know it, a sense of God's wholeness,
  everything coming together for good, will come
  and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens
  when Christ displaces worry at the center of your
  life. (Philippians 46-7,
  The Message)

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Fear-Busters

• Casting all your anxiety on Him, because He
  cares for you. (1 Peter 57)
• Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is
  stayed on Thee (Isaiah 263)

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Christ our Peace

• I'm leaving you well and whole. That's my
  parting gift to you. Peace. I don't leave you the
  way you're used to being leftfeeling abandoned,
  bereft. So don't be upset. Don't be distraught.
  (John 1427, The Message)

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Christ our Peace

• I've told you all this so that trusting me, you
  will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace.
  In this godless world you will continue to
  experience difficulties. But take heart! I've
  conquered the world. (John 1633, The Message)

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Guided by Peace

• Let the peace of Christ rule (act as umpire) in
  your hearts, to which indeed you were called in
  one body and be thankful. (Colossians 315)
• Go where the peace is
• We experience peace in proportion to the room we
  give the Holy Spirit.

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Jeff Kinkade's 4-Point Peace-Getter-Backer
Program

• 1. Scripture is an enormous help. I love the
  narrative portion of the Scriptures, especially
  in the Old Testament, that help me gain
  perspective on the issues I'm facing. I see in
  those passages the power of God as well as the
  perspective of God.
• 2. I pour out my heart to God and that seems to
  help. I try to hold nothing back. I tell him
  exactly what I'm anxious about but then I try to
  follow David's lead in the psalms and end in
  praise.

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Jeff Kinkade's 4-Point Peace-Getter-Backer
Program

• 3. I need to be reminded from time to time that I
  am the apple of his eye. Whatever I'm going
  through, He's got his eye on me and He won't let
  me go through it alone.
• 4. I talk it out with people I love and respect
  and that seems to help too. Silence is like the
  night time. Everything looks worse at night, and
  everything feels worse when I bottle it up. I
  need another perspective often.

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Shield of Faith

• Word derived from door
• Layers of leather soaked in water before a battle
• Arrows were dipped in pitch and ignited
• Wet shields quenched flames and kept fire from
  spreading

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Shield of Faith

• Faith taking God at His word
• Shield of faith is JESUS HIMSELF, who stands
  between Satan and us
• I TRUST IN GOD! Im safe in Jesus!
• You are my hiding place and my shield (Psalm
  119114)
• God is a shield to those who take refuge in Him
  (Proverbs 305)

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Shield of Faith

• My life is hidden with Christ in God (Colossians
  33)
• Matthew 4 Jesus uses the shield of faith against
  Satans fiery arrows of temptation
• Anita No weapon formed against me shall
  prosper! (Isaiah 5417)
• Sue son with nightmares
• Renouncing the spirit of death

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Shield of Faith

• Jesus Christ is Lord of my life. Satan, you have
  no place here. In Jesus name you have to leave.
• The blood of Jesus Christ covers me!
• Speak your faith out loud And they overcame him
  because of the blood of the Lamb and because of
  the word of their testimony, and they did not
  love their life even when faced with death.
  (Revelation 1211)

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