Finding Peace - Week 1

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Everyone wants to have PEACE in their lives
Yet, most of us can’t find the peace we’re seeking

The world has gone mad!

So, yes, the world is getting angrier. According to Gallup’s Global Emotions report, negative emotions remained at their highest level in 2023 (tied with 2022). Anger is a piece of this data, and it remains near an all-time high worldwide.
- Verified by Psychology Today 5/2024

Why so disturbed?
- We’re overwhelmed
- We’re afraid
- We’re financially strapped
- We’re late
- We’re in pain

A life without peace is filled with self-sabotage

Misunderstanding what PEACE is and how it works actually keeps us from finding the peace we seek.

Peace is multi-dimensional:
Physical – Relational – Spiritual – Financial

PEACE definition:
- Freedom from disturbance
- State of tranquility

If everyone is flawed and the world is broken then conflict and chaos are unavoidable

PEACE needs to be…
- more than a feeling
- more than a circumstance

Shalom means: “May you be fulfilled”
Wholeness/Completeness

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. His government and its peace will never end.
- Isaiah 9:6-7

“I give you peace, the kind of peace only I can give. It isn't like the peace this world can give. So don't be worried or afraid.”
- John 14:27

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
- John 16:33

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace…
- Ephesians 2:13-14

Observations:
- Peace is complete wellness and wholeness
- Peace requires a power we don’t possess
- Peace is a Person (a relationship)

The peace we so desperately need isn’t a feeling or circumstance, it’s a person named Jesus!