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MAINTAINING PEACE WHEN YOU ABOUT TO LOSE IT

INTRODUCTION:

PEACE IS MORE THAN JUST A AGREEMENT WHERE TWO PEOPLE STOP ARGUING OR FIGHTING FOR A PARTICULAR TIME.

BUT IF WE CONTINUE TO IGNORE OR PUT OFF THE CONVERSATION THAT IS NEEDED, SOMEONE WILL LOSE IT AND MAKE THE SITUATION WORST THEN IT WAS.

A LOT OF US WOULD RATHER NOT ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, HOPING THAT IT WILL GO AWAY OVER TIME.

WHEN THIS HAPPEN YOU ARE STILL NOT AT PEACE WITHIN YOURSELF, BECAUSE YOU ARE ALWAYS ON THE EDGE WAITING ON SOMETHING ELSE TO HAPPEN.

TODAY I WANT TO DISCUSS.

CONFLICT

CIRCUMSTANCE

CALMNESS

CONFLICT

MOST CONFLICT BEGIN WHEN TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS.

WHAT CAUSES A CONFLICT TO ESCALATE, IS WHEN TWO PEOPLE CANNOT RESPECT EACH OTHERS OPINIONS. MOST OF THE TIME IT IS BECAUSE SOMEONE HAVE TO BE RIGHT.

PHILIPPIANS 4:2 I BESEECH EUODIAS, AND BESEECH SYNTYCHE, THAT THEY BE OF THE SAME MIND IN THE LORD.

PAUL HAD A SITUATION IN THE CHURCH OF PHILIPPI WHERE TWO WOMEN IN THE CHURCH WAS AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER. EUODIAS AND SYNTYCHE.

WHAT PAUL WAS TRYING TO DO IS ENCOURAGE THE WOMEN TO BE OF THE SAME MIND. PAUL WANTED THEM TO PUT THE CHURCH ABOVE THEIR OWN PERSONAL INTEREST.

SOMETIMES IT’S HARDER TO BRING TWO WOMEN IN AGREEMENT BECAUSE THEY ALLOW THEIR EMOTIONS TO GET INVOLVED.

IT ONLY TAKES TWO PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH TO BE DIVIDED TO CAUSE A CANCER TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE CHURCH.

USUALLY THIS HAPPEN BECAUSE GOD’S PEOPLE ARE NOT MATURE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU WAS SAVED, YOU RECEIVED THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION.

IT ALREADY IN YOU TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES.

IF WE ARE SPIRIT FILLED THE SAME SPIRIT THAT IS WITHIN US WILL CONVICT US AND MAKE US RECONCILE WITH EACH OTHER.

SOMETIMES WE NEED OTHER’S WHO ARE MATURE ENOUGH LIKE YOUR PASTOR’S TO MEDIATE THE SITUATION WITHOUT PARTIALITY.

Matthew 18:15–16 AV 1873

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

2. CIRCUMSTANCES

THE ONE THING THAT WILL HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES IS UNEXPECTED OCCURRENCES.

DON’T YOU KNOW THAT WORRYING WILL ENHANCE THE PROBLEM.

CIRCUMSTANCES IS A FACT OR CONDITION CONNECTED WITH OR RELEVANT TO AN EVENT OR ACTION.

HOW THINGS HAPPEN OR WHEN THINGS HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES SHOULD NOT CAUSE US TO CRUMBLE UNDER PRESSURE.

PAUL SAID WE SHOULD REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAY AND AGAIN I SAY , REJOICE.

YOU MIGHT ASK THE QUESTION HOW CAN I REJOICE IF MY PEACE IS GONE.

HOW CAN YOU NOT IF YOU KNOW THAT THE LORD SAID HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.

IF YOU ALLOWING YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES TO ROB YOU OF YOUR PEACE, THAT MEAN THAT YOU ARE MORE FOCUS ON YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES THAN YOU ARE ON THE LORD.

WHEN THIS HAPPEN YOU BECOME ANXIOUS, WHICH A INDICATION THAT YOU ARE WAVING IN YOUR FAITH IN THE LORD.

GOD NEVER INTENDED FOR US TO CARRY OUR PROBLEMS ON OUR OWN.

WHAT GOD WANT US TO DO IS SEEK HIM THROUGH PRAYER WITH A HUMBLE HEART TRUSTING THAT THE LORD WILL SEE US THROUGH IT.

WHEN THIS HAPPEN THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH PASSETH ALL UNDERSTANDING, SHALL KEEP YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS.

MATTHEW 6:25 “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?”

IMMATURE CHRISTIANS RATHER MAJOR ON THE NEGATIVE INSTEAD OF THINGS THAT WILL ENHANCE THEIR LIVES.

THEY RATHER BE AROUND NEGATIVE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE IN LIFE .

BAD COMPANY CORRUPT GOOD CHARACTER.

3. WE NEED TO HAVE CALMNESS IN DISAGREEMENTS WE ARE ENGAGED IN.

CALMNESS IS SOBERNESS OR CLEAR THINKING AND PEACE IN THE HEART AND MIND.

NOTICE WHEN YOU ARE IN AN ARGUMENT IF YOU CAN STAY CALM IT DE-ESCALATE THOSE WHO ARE SHOUTING AND MAKING A FOOL OF THEMSELVES.

THE REASON IS BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ALLOWING THEM TO TAKE YOU WHERE THEY AT.

WE MUST LEARN HOW TO MAINTAIN OUR PEACE WHEN WE ARE ABOUT TO LOSE IT.

MATTHEW 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”