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The Keys To Peace of Mind
AM Worship                                                   March 18, 2007
Text: Jn. 14:7
Introduction: We're in a stressful world.
Are you under stress?
Quiz:  How well do you understand stress?
Complete these sentences:
I'm ready to throw in the.... towel.
I'm at the end of my ... rope.
I'm just a bundle of ... nerves.
My life is falling ... apart.
I'm at wit's ... end.
I'm about to come ... unglued.
I feel like resigning from the human ... race.
The Bible has a different way of dealing with stress.
(Read Verse)
He says a couple of things here.
First, peace is a gift.
God's peace is a gift.
Circle "gift".
Peace of mind is not something you work for, you earn, you buy, you learn, you search for.
It's a gift.
And God's peace of mind is different from the worlds.
In the first place, it's not fragile.
Human peace is based on circumstances.
If everything is ok, then I'm at peace.
But if everything's in chaos then I'm not at peace.
The Bible says peace is an internal thing.
Today we want to look at how I can be at peace under pressure.
*I.      **Five Keys To Peace of Mind*
A.  *Accept God’s Pardon.*
(Rom.
5:1)
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You were made to live in harmony with God.
When you're out of harmony with God it causes stress.
When you're out of harmony with God, nothing else clicks.
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The number one source of stress, psychologists tell us, is guilt.
Is anybody perfect?
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Because we all make mistakes, we all feel guilty and that guilt causes stress in our lives.
The Bible says we need to accept God's pardon.
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God wants to justify you.
That means God wipes the slate clean.
Since guilt causes stress you can get rid of a lot of it may accepting God’s pardon.
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When Christians forget about God’s wonderful pardon they can feel the same stress.
(Micah 7:18)
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God is eager to clean your slate.
He wants to.
He's willing.
He's ready to clear your conscious.
There is no peace of mind without a clear conscious.
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Settle this issue.
God wants to forgive you.
He wants to wipe the slate clean.
He wants to forgive you of all your past.
He wants to start over.
It's called being born again.
B.
*Recognize God’s presence.*
1.   Realize that He's with you all the time.
Focus on Him.
Stress comes when you feel like you're facing everything by yourself.
(Is.
26:3) 
2.
Peace is a mind set.
It is determined by what you focus on.
What I want you to learn today is to make your first response to every crisis "Lord, I realize You're here with me."  (Ps.
46:1,10)
3.   Notice there are two steps to recognizing God's presence.
a)   Be still.
It means "let go, ease up".
Hurry aggravates worry.
The more hurried you get, the more worried you get.
We need to be quiet.
b)   And know.
There's a difference between knowing about God and knowing God.
One is just facts but know God is about a close relationship.
God wants you to know Him.
Not on a far off basis -- "God, You're on Your side of the fence.
4.   When we truly focus on God’s presence our stress level will go down.
C.  *Obey God’s principles.*
(Ps.
119:165,166)
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The Bible is God’s owners manual for life.
If you disregard the owner's manual, it's your own tough luck.
2.   You buy a car -- you can either follow the maintenance schedule in the owner's manual or you can ignore it.
3.
There are principles all through the Bible.
There are principles on personal happiness, on success, on how to build strong relationships, on how to build your business, on finances, on health, on marriage, on parenting.
Every different area.
4.   You can choose to ignore every principle in the Bible and guess who it is going to hurt?
The Bible is God's gift to us by which we can live the kind of life He says we're meant to live.
5.   Some may say – Doesn’t the Bible restrict my lifestyle?"
Not in the slightest.
Every command in the Bible is there for your own good.
6.
When are like a train on tracks.
The train could say, They are so confining.
I can only go where the tracks go.
I can't jump off there in the field."
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The train can jump the tracks to its own detriment and destruction.
The tracks are made so it can run on.
It's what it was made to do.
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You were made to abide by certain principles.
If you ignore them, the result is STRESS.
Stress comes when you ignore the way God has told us to live.
9.   Obey God's principles.
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