Finding Peace

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Finding Peace
in a Violent World
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Four Factors for a Peaceful Life
Know where your eternity will be
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So be truly glad! There is wonderful joy ahead,
even though it is necessary for you to endure
many trials for a while.
1 Peter 16 (NLT)
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But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord
Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting
for him to return as our Saviour. He will take
our weak mortal bodies and change them into
glorious bodies like his own, using the same
power with which he will bring everything under
his control.
Philippians 320-21 (NLT)
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Dont let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God,
and trust also in me. There is more than enough
room in my Fathers home. If this were not so,
would I have told you that I am going to prepare
a place for you? When everything is ready, I will
come and get you, so that you will always be with
me where I am. I am leaving you with a
giftpeace of mind and heart. And the peace I
give is a gift the world cannot give. So dont be
troubled or afraid.
John 141-3, 27 (NLT)
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Four Factors for a Peaceful Life
Trust God for this life
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I have told you all this so that you may have
peace in me. Here on earth you will have many
trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I
have overcome the world.
John 1633 (NLT)
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Jesus offers no way out of the unfairness, but
rather a way through it to the other side.
Philip Yancey
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In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you
alone, O Lord, will keep me safe.
Psalm 48 (NLT)
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Four Factors for a Peaceful Life
Learn the artof forgiveness
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Do all that you can to live in peace with
everyone. Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave
that to the righteous anger of God.
Romans 1218-19 (NLT)
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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the
attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi
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Without God's love I couldn't have forgiven that
young man who shot our son. This is too painful a
thing to do on your own. With God in my heart he
has made it possible. I've been set free from
bitterness and anger and unforgiveness, and
that's a wonderful gift I'm an ordinary person,
but inside of me lives the great and awesome
Lord, and he made the difference. Dale Lang
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Four Factors for a Peaceful Life
Keep short accounts with God and with others
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So if you are presenting a sacrifice at the
altar in the Temple and you suddenly remember
that someone has something against you, leave
your sacrifice there at the altar. Go and be
reconciled to that person. Then come and offer
your sacrifice to God.
Matthew 523-24 (NLT)
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Now may the Lord of peace himself give you his
peace at all times and in every situation. The
Lord be with you all.
2 Thessalonians 316 (NLT)
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Finding Peace
in a Violent World