Fruit Of The Spirit – Peace

Fruit of The Spirit: Part 4
Peace

Galatians 5:22-23 lists the fruits of the spirit as: Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Shalom is the Hebrew word for peace and is a much richer word than our English word. It means wholeness and completeness. It encompasses health, safety, wellbeing, prosperity, emotional security, and harmony across physical, social, spiritual dimensions.

What is robbing your peace?

We need to first understand that peace is a gift before it is a practice.

John 14:25-27 (NIV)

John 16:33 (NIV) 

1. Worry, stress, and anxiety.

Matthew 6:25a (NLT) 

Matthew 6:27 (NLT) 

“Turn your worries into prayers!”

Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT) 

2. Relationship conflicts rob us of peace.

• We keep replaying an argument in our mind.
• We keep preparing our next defence.
• We keep avoiding a conversation we need to have.
• We keep waiting for the other person to make the first move.

Matthew 5:9 (NIV)

“The depth of our relationship with people will only go as far as our willingness to have uncomfortable conversations.”

Romans 12:18 (NIV)

Practical Steps to Resolve Conflicts.

• Examine our contribution to the conflict.
• Apologize specifically where you have done wrong.
• Listen before defending yourself.
• Refuse gossip and retaliation.
• Pursue forgiveness and appropriate reconciliation.

3. Neglecting our relationship with Christ robs us of peace.

Proverbs 14:30a (NIV)

Psalm 4:8 (NIV)

No Jesus – No Peace
Know Jesus – Know Peace

• Prayer: Check in with Christ daily. Use the ACTS Acronym (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) to help enrich your prayer life.
• Scripture: Let the Bible shape how you interpret your circumstances.
• Obedience: Address what you know He is calling you to change.
• Fellowship: Stay connected to people who help you follow Him.
• Trust: Surrender the outcomes you cannot control.

“The goal is not to work hard enough to earn peace. The goal is to remain close to the one who gives it.”

“My peace I give to you, not as the world gives…”

“In the world” – Trouble
“In me” – Peace