Perfect Peace ( a sign of a Healthy Church)
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3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on thee: Because he trusteth in thee.
We are living in stressful times that is effecting the emotional, mental, physical well being of our culture, family. and church.
Today May 7, 2023 is someone again woke up this morning with a their love ones gone are critically injured due to another senseless mass killing. We pray that God will comfort the families in Allen, Tx and Clevend,Tx
Today some child has lost their ability to be raised by there natural parents due to a drug overdose or drug abuse.
The United States has faced at least 190 mass shootings so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
There was a song written by Walter Hawkins in 1990
Tragedies are common place
All kinds of diseases, people are slipping away
Economies down
People can't get enough pay
But as for me all I can say is
Thank you Lord for all You've done for me
[Verse 2]
Folks without homes living out in the streets
And the drug habit some say, they just can't beat
Muggers and robbers, no place seems to be safe
But You've been my protection every step of the way and I want to say
Thank you Lord for all You've done for me
[Chorus]
(It could have been me) thank You
(Outdoors) thank You
(With no food) thank You
(And no clothes) thank You
(Or left alone) thank You
(Without a friend) thank You
(Or just another tragic number) thank You
(With a tragic end) thank You
(But you didn't see fit) thank You
(To let none of the things be) thank You
(Cause everyday by your power) thank You
(Your keep on keeping me) thank You
(And I want to say) thank You
Song 2 (civil right movement anthem) Charles Albert Tindley
We shall overcome, we shall overcome
We shall overcome someday
[Refrain]
Oh deep in my heart, I do believe
That we shall overcome someday
[Verse 2]
We'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand someday
[Refrain]
Oh deep in my heart, I do believe
That we shall overcome someday
[Verse 3]
We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace
We shall live in peace someday
[Refrain]
Oh deep in my heart, I do believe
That we shall overcome someday
[Verse 4]
We shall brothers be, we shall brothers be
We shall brothers be someday
Another song wriiten by Horatio G. Spafford, 1873 a lawyer who lost his whole family in shipwreck. w
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.
Refrain:
It is well with my soul,
It is well, it is well with my soul.Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.My sin—oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!—
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.But, Lord, ’tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait,
The sky, not the grave, is our goal;
Oh, trump of the angel! Oh, voice of the Lord!
Blessed hope, blessed rest of my soul!And Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.
Throughout history songs and psalms often help people get through difficults times.
That brings us to our text in Isaiah 26:3
3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on thee: Because he trusteth in thee.
This is a song text was call a song of Salvation. It was written and inspired by the Holy Spirit to give hope, comfort, and peace to the people of God as they were exlied by the Babylonia.
The LORD almighty wanted His people to know then and now that they can have in perfect peace Even in a strange land.
Lets examine this text
Thou will Keep him/her
Watch over, gaurd, perserve, proctect. Imagine have a hedge around you.
2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: So shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
What is Perfect Peace?
Perfect Peace is not the absence of problems but the presence of Christ.
Shalom, Shalom… complete, whole, tranquil, healthy, secure, a state of peace, prosperity, success that is not depended on outside resources.
The people of Judah were promise perfect peace while going on pilgrimage; taken from their land economics, and outside resources.
Shalom, Shalom can be experience by people that have in the physical realm or people that have an abundance in the physical realm because in depends on Trust.
A double portion of peace
How do we get perfect peace?
Dwelling on Him: Have a Christ center mindset. Phil 2: 5-11
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
He TRUSTED and seek His will to be done.
means to have confidence, to set one ‘s hope on, to lend on. Proverbs 3:5-6
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; And lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, And he shall direct thy paths.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
Pray faith based prayers-
We must not just come to God during a crisis but we must have a genuine relationship. Phil 4: 6-8
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Let pray and take communion.