Peace

Pastor Sam Lupin welcoming you to victory today. I'm going to share with you a message that operates recently operated, it will be a blessing to get more information, you can always go to our website.

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If I could package peace of mind and settlement. I would be a billionaire because everybody wants it, and everybody needs it must be important, because in Romans chapter 5 in one this is therefore justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. It must be important, because in Philippians chapter 4 it talks about the peace of God that transcends and supersedes human understanding this is that these will keep your heart and mind through Jesus Christ. It must be important, because in Galatians chapter 5 the Bible talks about the elements of the fruit of the spirit and one of them is peace.

We all needed and sadly most people that I know and that you know don't have it. I think the problem is that we don't know where to get because we are constantly trying to do things in order to get these and you don't get these you receive base and you receive it from Jesus Christ because he said my piece, I give to you can't take a course you can go to conference again, go to a symposium you can't read a book you can't listen to a CD and get it. You must receive it personally from Jesus Christ. I want to share with you some things that will help you to maintain that pace. First, to let me tell you that there are three things you can do that will prevent you from having the peace of God, let me tell you those are three of those things in the first of these blame everybody else for your problems. The second is complain about everything.

And the third is never be grateful for anything. So here are four things that will help you to maintain your peace number one know that God has a plan for your life. Jeremiah 2911, God says the thoughts that I think toward you, are thoughts of peace and not evil to give you a hope and a future number two. Eventually everybody say eventually God will bring you out of your stormy will calm your score.

The fourth chapter the book of Mark when the storm was raging in Jesus got up in the boat with one word he called the raging store. You know that one word was peace. Number three. Remember whose you are. You belong to God. Number four. God will not allow you to go through anything by yourself.

God says I'm with you even when you walk through the vent of the shadow of death, don't be afraid.

I believe that there are three things that you and I must do in order to receive God's peace. Are you ready number one. Learn to accept God's part.

The Bible says if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus shall believe in my heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be safer with our men believe with unrighteousness, with the mouth confession is made of the salvation, for whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, for by grace are you saved through faith and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God not of works lest any man should boast. Not by works of righteousness which we got but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost which is gentleness above the lake through Jesus Christ our Savior. Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be say in the beginning was the word the word with God the Word was God's exit beginning with God all things were made by him and without him was not anything made that was made in the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. We beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the father full of grace and truth.

He came unto his palm and his own received him not.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.

John had written the entire Gospel of John, we look back in retrospect.

Chapter 20 verse 31 said, but these were written that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ the son of God and that believing you might have life through his name accept God's part. God has forgiven you. Now, forgive yourself that's hard to do because what we always do. It will bring up the paint were dredging up our past sins were talk about our failures. I can't make it. I know that I failed and I will fail again and you've tried and you failed and you try and you fail and you tried and failed so many times you don't even want to try again. But I'm here to tell you that God has a plan for your life and God loves you so much that if you try and fail 70×7. In one day.

Loving you and he will never stop giving you another chance. Sometimes we get the idea that God is like us. When God created us, he made us in his image, but he is not made in our image were short temper were temperamental were unforgiving we could be hateful and God says I love you so much that you just don't understand how much I love you and that love doesn't change, and it doesn't depend on your good behavior. God doesn't love you because you're good. He loves you because he's God we want to somehow convey to others that I'll be good and you can love me you'll be good. I love you that's not how it works.

The Bible is God commended his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

The Bibles in Christ died for the ungodly. I don't understand that but I qualify and so when God loves you it's not because he sees something in you that so good that he couldn't help but love you. It is his nature to love you he created you he loves you so much that he gave everything that meant anything to him. Jesus died on that cross because he loves you and that's why all you have to do is come to him. You don't have to be good. You just have to be willing to come to him sis resonate with anybody here today. I don't know why people think that church is just for good people searches for desperate people.

I didn't get up in the rain this morning and say well I'm going to church because I'm so wonderful that's just the way I will let Sue I am a wonderful person. I woke up this morning looked out the window and it was raining and I thought you know why is it that we believe in water baptism and wasting showers of blessing, but when it rains we stay home. I made this is our time, folks a man but I said this is the day the Lord is made I will rejoice and be glad in it and I know to go to the house of the Lord not because I'm good but I cannot make it without you accept God's part.

He did the hard bar when Jesus marched of Calvary slowly laid his life down the sin substitute for all men of all ages throughout all of that, he did the heavy lifting. All you have to do now is believable and you could be forgiven and that's the first thing is, say, will you know what I know I messed up before will who hasn't joined the club. We've all messed up, turned to somebody so you messed up you know it even sees the time you gave your heart to Christ, you might a better child but there were times when you needed to ask the Lord to forgive you and help you. He restores my soul. If I mess up what is the need for restoration, and he loves you.

And yes, he wants you to live a consisted in a holy life because what that does is it opens your life up to all these wonderful things that he wants to do one of the things that happens when you mess up is the devil will come alongside and tell you you're not worthy to receive anything from God and you say you're right, God will give you the grace to sustain you and help you and you will grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ and you put on spiritual muscle, but that shouldn't stop you from coming to him in a crisis because you are a needy person and that's what the church is all about. I've heard people say I go to church anymore. There's grits well there's hypocrites at Walmart, but you still go every Saturday. I know because I saw you will net video.

We are the people at Walmart. You are only hello Pastor Sam, you're breaking into the masses to tell you about our super summer electives this summer in our family enrichment night service which starts at 7 o'clock and ends at 830 were packing more into our Wednesday night family enrichment night service that we ever done and let me give you a rundown. I'll be teaching on the balance church in the main sanctuary, but we have an elective abortion. What is it and how to stop world-famous author Terry Bigley will be with us in one session each month.

This continues throughout the summer. Then we have another session we call it how to raise godly children in an ungodly world. Here's another one about how to have a happy marriage and then many young Christian couples have been asking about this kind of course. And now were pleased to present it to your own Wednesday night. It's called the Christian and his finances. It is a Dave Ramsey course taught by a person who has been a financial advisor for over 25 years so is going to be a wonderful lineup and in addition to that we have something for every age group and every member of the family with royal ranges for the boys and mission. It's for the girls in a dynamic youth program for teens so be sure to check it out. Also remember that our Hispanic church will meet in the chapel as well so I'm really excited about this super summer electives series and you can be a part of it. So make sure that you're in attendance.

That's Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock I'll be looking for you number to be ready for this. Learn to live in his presence in the presence for some 60 live in the presence of the Lord. There is fullness of joy, my wife and I went on a date the other night, we don't get an opportunity to do that very often and that's my fault I'm sorry about that honey I'm she left me.

I knew I should've known better.

Just but we were walking in Cary Street and we had a nice dinner down there less than honey if you could go back and spend 47 years. Now go back to beginning what would you do differently in our marriage. She thought about it. She told me some things she said will what would you do, I said I would be more aware of you see we're together a lot. I confessed either times were together, and I'm not even aware is and what he means what you take somebody for granted. Some of you know because you've lost a complaint so I could just be with her again for five minutes or if I could just be with him on the suggest something to you and I could be way off base. I don't know but I kind of think the reason people have an affair is because their companion takes for granted. One thing I observed about people when they cheat us like that person there cheating with whole I love you. Oh, you're so special to me and I'm I'm not looking at anybody else. In looking at you not talking I'm talking to you and focus like a laser after all the people that I've talked over the years.

It seems to me that's Wyoming people will cheat on their wife and their person or cheat with this.

Not any prettier personal leave your husband person cheating with better system different right because now somebody is paying attention. And so I repeated. I said I'm sorry for all those times I've taken you for granted.

Once this so was I got to do with God.

Every good thing that ever happened to you, is responsible for any and every situation where you been blessed God was there. Were you aware that he was there. That's not all. Every time you thought you could make it and you were about to collapse.

Guess who was there to hold them all now and every time you wandered so away from him you thought forever and you thought there was no way back and guess who showed up and took you by the hands every time you mess things up so bad that you thought you were going to lose everything God stepped in and said, there's hope, you can make it keep going. It didn't just turn around it just happen. God made picture one where of his presence.

I'm guilty. I know you're guilty to.

I want to be aware of his presence in why come to Monday night prayer when I'm about to a man of prayer and I needed to preach God a sermon and tell him what to do because that's what we do. Sometimes, especially someone's listening site. Watch this all the is like wow they can really pray why come to prayer because I cannot make it for one moment without him and I promise you tomorrow night. I will not be an altar five minutes until he overwhelms me until I know that he's got me in his arms and things begin to come out of me for my innermost being and I begin to say things to him and I begin the love you and adore him and worship at things begin the bubble up out of me and I hear myself say and it's simply because I am now completely and totally aware of his presence, but he hasn't. All through the night. All all when our daughter was little and we only had one child, she was something else.

She was a pistol ball. She was a trip suitcase she had changed month.

She's 12 weeks take her out to dinner every Sunday and she decided she needed to have a friend now. So now we gotta take her and her friend sometimes a couple friends we go to a nice restaurant 1×12 years old and she whispered Myers wouldn't door the restaurant. Dan, my friends and I are going to sit at another table today and pretend like you don't know I said that. Be fine. Just don't go get your table just I don't know you so I can see over there I can all grown up there laughing and giggling and they ordered off the menu which is a big deal for €12. So they get their food and then the waiter comes back gives them the bill. She points over their mate so he brings it over and I look at him and I said, would that come sit over here these this girl uses. I don't know her and I could see her in the painting she got. She's totally dad got out. You tell dad that there were times when we be together. I got no court appearances, 1988.

I've taken her teens.

They go to Kings Island Kings Dominion here, amusement parks, waterslides. She said over there have a top-down incarnate ponytail pumping in the breeze. She made me happier than she could possibly and always enjoy the with her always.

I think it's time for us to get back to place where we start enjoying his presence a man some kids going it changed again. Well I know my how I'm 11 and I'm staying home. I'm not going to church. You know what my father invented time. Remember that timeout people get get a timeout for the timeout was the amount of time I was unconscious after I told my dad no and then I would wake up and like where my he invented timeout. The reason they tell you that with impunity is because you have communicated to them that church is not all that important when it no longer becomes a necessity. They no longer feel the need to go. Maybe you need to go back and tell them I'm sorry that somehow you misunderstood because I need to go to church and if I need to go to church. You need to go to church because the Bible says, not forsaking the assembling of yourselves together as a monarch mannerism is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more you see the Day approaching. I mean something that you can share with me. You need something that I can share with you and I can't stay away from church and be everything that God wants me to big because it's here in this place that his presence really becomes meager and special. All I can pray anywhere. I pray in the woods when I'm out horseback riding by myself. I pray out loud and nobody hears maybe a squirrel or rabbit somebody like that. There are no people around nine pray and talk to God and praised God.

But you know something there is nothing that can take the place of corporate worship. There is nothing that can take the place of what we done this morning as we sang together and prayed together and worship together but God wants you to learn how to enjoy his presence. So accept as part learn to enjoy his presence live everyday in the presence of God. Here's 1/3 after you have accepted God's part. And after you've learned to live in his presence. You should fulfill his purpose for your life.

Isaiah 43 and seven.

I have created you for my glory. Are you living for the glory of God or are you living for yourself. I mean it's wonderful to be a Christian I saw yesterday on Facebook where our couples are young couples went to Pocahontas State Bar on a hike.

How long was the hike continued to be originally will. 2 miles, 3 miles and they ended up walking 5.7 miles. Do you know why because wheel was leading and not Asia because women will stop and ask for directions. If Moses life had been leading the children of Israel, they would've been married three weeks instead of 40. Iron sharpens iron. We got a men's breakfast, and appears. If you haven't been to that you missed out.

Not just because is a great breakfast but because you yeah that must be the gotta make breakfast right there.

There is an opportunity for you to talk to other men that have been through things you're going through art. Maybe are going through those things right now you can get some feedback from somebody be surprised. Just think of anything that you could do in this church and it will enrich your life if you do it if you're not doing anything you're not being fulfilled until you discover that membership without ministry is meaningless.

You're just going to be, wandering around something that God wants you to do again with a special prayer for you. I pray today that God will bless you and encourage you and that what you heard today will stay with you and you will be able to walk out your thank you so much for being a part of victory today. More information I want you to go to a website that's a big stamp.org or call us here at 804-744-8881. Thank you for listening.

God bless you and to see you next time.

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