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Speaker 6: It says in Matthew five nine, this is what Jesus said.
Speaker 6: He said, Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be
Speaker 6: called sons and daughters of God. It doesn't say, blessed
Speaker 6: are the people who can control the situation and make
Speaker 6: it go their way. Doesn't say blessed are the ones
Speaker 6: who are right all the time. It says those who
Speaker 6: are willing to be peacemakers can walk in the blessings
Speaker 6: of God. See that's the key right there. What are
Speaker 6: we willing to do?
Speaker 4: See?
Speaker 6: Are we willing to let other people be right even
Speaker 6: when we know they're wrong, for the sake of peace. See,
Speaker 6: there's got to be a willingness to make peace and maintain.
Speaker 4: Peace to walk in the place of blessings.
Speaker 6: One time, Joel and I were at this event, and
Speaker 6: we didn't know everyone at the event, but we knew
Speaker 6: a few people. And this gentleman came walking up to
Speaker 6: Joel and he began to speak to us, and I
Speaker 6: noticed as the conversation his passion became a little more intense.
Speaker 6: He began talking more to Joel than myself. And so
Speaker 6: I was watching this and listening, and he just had
Speaker 6: a conviction, he had an idea, and he was trying
Speaker 6: to persuade Joel to believe the same thing that he believed.
Speaker 6: And so he's getting passionate about this and just he's
Speaker 6: talking and talking, and I look at Joel and I
Speaker 6: see this famous smile on his face, and I see
Speaker 6: this occasional nod with his head. And so after the
Speaker 6: man was finished, he walked off, and I said to Joel,
Speaker 6: I said, Joel, you don't believe what he was saying.
Speaker 4: You don't agree with what he was saying. I said,
Speaker 4: I know you don't.
Speaker 6: Why didn't you just kind of explain to him what
Speaker 6: you believed and what you thought, and I'll never forget.
Speaker 6: Joel looked at me and he said, Victoria. He said,
Speaker 6: I wasn't on this earth to straighten everybody out. He said,
Speaker 6: I would rather hold a peace than prove him wrong.
Speaker 6: You see, when you allow other people to be right,
Speaker 6: it doesn't make you wrong.
Speaker 4: It makes you a peacemaker.
Speaker 6: It says in Romans twelve eighteen. As far as it
Speaker 6: depends on you live at peace with everyone. You see,
Speaker 6: sometimes you just need to put a famous smile on
Speaker 6: your face and nod your head so that you can
Speaker 6: live at peace with everyone.
Speaker 4: Now, it doesn't say that everyone's.
Speaker 6: Going to live at peace with you, But behind that
Speaker 6: smile and behind that nod is peace. It's a place
Speaker 6: that God wants us to live. It's a place of
Speaker 6: wholeness where things are together in our life. See the
Speaker 6: blessing of being a child of God. It is knowing
Speaker 6: that God is fighting your battles for you. It's knowing
Speaker 6: you don't have to be right to do what's right.
Speaker 6: It's knowing that you may not be in control of
Speaker 6: the situation, but that God has ultimate control of the situation.
Speaker 6: So often we want to fight back, We want to
Speaker 6: be right because right feels good.
Speaker 4: But can I tell you right is overrated.
Speaker 6: If it steals your peace, if it cost you the blessing,
Speaker 6: it's overrated. You can be right and be miserable. You
Speaker 6: can be right and have strife in your home and
Speaker 6: in your family. You can be right and you can
Speaker 6: have no friends. Being right is overrated. Now, that doesn't
Speaker 6: mean that you have to be a doormat, that you
Speaker 6: have to agree with everything that people say, that you're
Speaker 6: not allowed an opinion until you your own brain.
Speaker 4: That is not what that means.
Speaker 6: It means that you are sensitive and you are aware
Speaker 6: when a conversation is going too far, when it's getting heated,
Speaker 6: that you understand that when things like that begin to happen,
Speaker 6: strife is knocking at your door. See, peace is your God,
Speaker 6: and it's your guide, and it lets you know that, Hey,
Speaker 6: wait a minute, I have complete control over this situation.
Speaker 6: I don't have to keep pushing back. I don't have
Speaker 6: to prove myself. God will prove it in the end.
Speaker 6: I don't have to be right. I just need to
Speaker 6: do what's right, and that is hold on to my
Speaker 6: blessing of peace. You know, peace is a gift. Jesus
Speaker 6: said it like this to his disciples. He said, peace
Speaker 6: I give you. I give it to you. If you
Speaker 6: are a believer in Jesus Christ, you have the peace
Speaker 6: of God.
Speaker 4: He has imparted into your spirit. He's given it to you.
Speaker 4: But we have.
Speaker 6: To continue to maintain and develop and hold on to
Speaker 6: that peace. You see, peace doesn't just exist when there's
Speaker 6: no conflict. Peace shouldn't come and go according to what's
Speaker 6: going on in our life.
Speaker 4: But peace is an inner being.
Speaker 6: It is something that controls us during conflict, It controls
Speaker 6: us in the storm. Peace is a powerful force that
Speaker 6: causes you to be able to enter a situation and
Speaker 6: be able to radiate a calm stability intense situations. You
Speaker 6: have control because you have peace. Peace comes by knowing God,
Speaker 6: by reading his word. Peace comes by meditating. You see,
Speaker 6: God wants us to first realize we have this piece
Speaker 6: and continue to develop this inner piece.
Speaker 4: Right now, there's so much.
Speaker 6: Violence, so much conflict, so much gossip, so much strife
Speaker 6: going on in our world.
Speaker 4: All you have to do is turn on.
Speaker 6: The television, watch some movies, and you will not find
Speaker 6: an example of peace.
Speaker 4: You just won't find it. It's not out there.
Speaker 6: So God is saying, understand that you have to know
Speaker 6: and stay in touch with this peace. You can't just
Speaker 6: go out there and forget about peace and just react
Speaker 6: to situations and just do your own thing.
Speaker 4: Who wants to live in strife?
Speaker 6: The Bible says that when there is strife, there is confusion,
Speaker 6: and there is every evil work. When you are in strife,
Speaker 6: you become a blamer, You become someone who is suspicious,
Speaker 6: you become bitter, you become everything.
Speaker 4: That's not of God. Strife, it just goes on and on.
Speaker 6: So you can today, if you're even in strife with somebody,
Speaker 6: you can say, I'm putting I'm gonna draw a line
Speaker 6: in the sand.
Speaker 4: Strife is not for me anymore.
Speaker 6: I'm gonna be in touch with this inner peace, this
Speaker 6: gift that Jesus gave me. I'm gonna continue to develop it.
Speaker 6: I'm gonna be a maker and a maintainer of peace
Speaker 6: because I want to walk in the fullness and wholeness
Speaker 6: of the blessing of God. And can I remind you
Speaker 6: when it is hard, when it is difficult, You've got
Speaker 6: to remember that God has called you his son or daughter.
Speaker 6: When you are in peace maintaining peace, you are his.
Speaker 6: I can tell you something that God is not going
Speaker 6: to let you out of his sight. He's not gonna
Speaker 6: let anyone do anything to you. He's not going to
Speaker 6: curse you or not bless you. He's gonna make things
Speaker 6: go your way because you're His child. Now, as soon
Speaker 6: as you get out of peace and start getting in
Speaker 6: there yourself, you've just got out of the place of blessing.
Speaker 6: But can I know if you're a parent today and
Speaker 6: you've got a child, you're gonna do everything you can
Speaker 6: to fight for that child. It doesn't matter what's going on.
Speaker 6: You are for that child no matter what's going on.
Speaker 6: And I want to tell you your heavenly Father is
Speaker 6: for you. You are his child. Rest in that find
Speaker 6: peace in that. Listen, when we walk in peace, we
Speaker 6: walk in the fullness of the blessing.
Speaker 4: Be a peace maker, be a maintainer.
Speaker 6: Of peace, and you'll walk in the wholeness that God
Speaker 6: intended you to walk in. Now, I just want to
Speaker 6: take this time right now while I feel like that.
Speaker 4: God has got our attention on peace.
Speaker 6: And maybe many of you are thinking things of areas
Speaker 6: or situations in your life, but right now, I want
Speaker 6: to just take this moment to just call that peace
Speaker 6: into awareness into our innermost being and to really ask
Speaker 6: God to give us a peace and get us in
Speaker 6: tune with that peace so that we can be.
Speaker 4: The calmness in the storm. See, God wants us to
Speaker 4: wake up peace within us. Jesus was in the back
Speaker 4: of the boat.
Speaker 6: The disciple was wearing a big storm. Water was splashing
Speaker 6: over the storm.
Speaker 4: But Jesus was asleep. What did they do? They woke
Speaker 4: up Peace. They got Jesus on the sea.
Speaker 6: And when you feel those winds and waves flashing you
Speaker 6: in the faith, you need.
Speaker 4: To say it's time for me to wake up Peace.
Speaker 4: I'm waking you up right now.
Speaker 6: Peace. I'm in touch with you. I'm in tall control
Speaker 6: of this situation. I'm not getting in strife.
Speaker 4: Father. I thank you right now God that you are
Speaker 4: just making us more aware than ever about peace.
Speaker 6: We'll understand that it dwells on the inside of us
Speaker 6: as a gift from Jesus to keep us calm, and
Speaker 6: it's a force and it's a power to be reckoned with.
Speaker 4: Father.
Speaker 6: I thank you right now that you are giving everyone
Speaker 6: just a tremendous peace. And through the weak God, they'll
Speaker 6: be in touch with that piece. They'll say peace, You're
Speaker 6: still there.
Speaker 4: Thank you. I feel you peace. I'm will feed you
Speaker 4: with the word of God.
Speaker 6: I will believe that peace will sustain me and keep
Speaker 6: me stable in any storm.
Speaker 4: Thank you Father, that you will bless your people, that
Speaker 4: you will.
Speaker 6: Bring a harmony to our homes and to the people
Speaker 6: around us. And as far as it is our ability, Father,
Speaker 6: we will be makers and maintainers of peace.
Speaker 4: Whether someone wants to live in peace with us or not.
Speaker 6: Father, we know that we hold the keys and that
Speaker 6: is your peace in Jesus' nay.
Speaker 4: And everyone said amen, Amen.
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