‘Tis the Season – “I NEED SOME PEACE”

‘Tis the Season – I NEED SOME PEACE

⁸ That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep. ⁹ Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord’s glory surrounded them. They were terrified, ¹⁰ but the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people.

Luke 2:8-10

¹³ Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others—the armies of heaven—praising God and saying, ¹⁴ “Glory to God in highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom God is pleased.

Luke 2:13-14

YOU NEED THREE PEACES

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I WISH YOU HAD MY PEACE (peace indicators or lack thereof)

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• Your .
• Your settled .
• filled living.

HOW TO RECEIVE AND LIVE A MORE PEACE FILLED LIFE

1. Realign your life with God’s .

¹⁵ When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.

Luke 2:15

…There’s nothing like the written Word of God for showing you the way to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us.

II Timothy 3:15-17 (MSG)

        2.  Run to .

¹⁶ They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger.

Luke 2:16

¹¹ The Lord gives his people strength. The Lord blesses them with peace.

Psalm 29:11

⁶ 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.

Isaiah 9:6

³³ I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.

John 16:33

        3.  Share your perspective with others.

¹⁷ After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child.

Luke 2:17

^{11 And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.}

Revelation 12:11

        4.  Go with God.

^{20 ‘}The shepherds went back to their flocks, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. It was just as the angel had told them.”

Luke 2:20

^{14-19 “}My response is to get down on my knees before the Father, this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth. I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit—not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength—that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love, you’ll be able to take in with all followers of Jesus the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights! Live full lives, full in the fullness of God.”

Ephesians 3:14-19(MSG)