Praise the Lord Church! Today's Church service is all about having the peace of God in turbulent times.
Today's main scripture is John 16 verse 33. And this is from the ESV version. Once you have this, please say Amen.
It says, I have said these things to you that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but take heart. I have overcome the world.
The peace of God is the only peace that God can give to us so that no matter what's happening in our world or in our country, we know that God will give us an overwhelming sense of peace.
To remind us that greater is He than He who is in this world.
It is God's design that in the midst of chaos we have an overwhelming sense of peace that God has us. Not the world's sense of peace because the peace of the world is circumstantial.
But God's peace is forever because it transcends beyond all human understanding. We have to choose not to worry because God has conquered the world through Jesus Christ so that you and I can have this overwhelming sense of peace of God in turbulent times.
Our second scripture is Matthew 11 verse 28 through 30. And this is from the ESV version. Once you have it, please say Amen.
Come to me all who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest in your souls for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Once we are saved, Jesus will give us rest from what? From the world, our anxieties, our worries, fears and the list can go on and on and on.
We must understand we are in this world but we are not part of this world.
Yes, we will have worries about the problems of the world, about our situations and even within ourselves. But the one thing that Jesus has taught us is that we must go on our knees and pray to him because we can give it all to him.
He led by example. He went on his knees and prayed to the heavenly Father in his distress.
So when we see disastrous things that are happening and occurring, we go on our faces and we pray for he can give what no one else can give to us everlasting eternal peace.
Our last scripture is 2 Corinthians 1 verse 3 through 4 and this is from the ESV version. Once you have it, please say Amen.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort who comforts us in all of our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Remember who we are. We are children of the Most High God, the ruler that reigns supreme. He is sovereign. We always have to have comfort knowing that he is the source of all comfort.
We have to have peace, the peace of God knowing that God is holy and he is allowing everything that is good and bad to happen. For what? For his will to be accomplished.
So when we see terrible things happen, we can take comfort that our Heavenly Father is coming back for his children and we can rejoice at that fact and we can have the peace of God for that is something that is really given to us.
So our points today are first, overwhelming peace. We can have the peace of God that transcends all understanding. Our second point is prayer. It is a powerful weapon of God.
So whenever we see sin in our forefront and we worry, remember who is in control because Christ will take that anxiety and replace it with his everlasting peace. And our last point is free.
We can take comfort that we were given this amazing sense of peace so that when we see things happen and we ask God, where are you? We can rejoice and celebrate even in this turbulent time that he is coming back for us for his saved, redeemed, sanctified, holy people.
So if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then this message will help you. But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then I invite you to give your heart to the Lord today.
To receive him into your heart, go to Romans 10, 9 through 10. It says that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal life with Jesus. You are saved from all your sins, past, present and future sins you may commit.
This truth is not a free past sin anytime. Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread the gospel to others. You are saved forever and your name is written in the book of life.