Don t worry about anything. Instead pray about everything and the peace of God will rule your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6
It s Easy to Lose Your Inner Peace: When circumstances are uncontrollable When people are unchangeable When problems are unexplainable
It s Easy to Lose Your Inner Peace: When circumstances are uncontrollable When people are unchangeable When problems are unexplainable May your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10
God s kingdom is wherever God s will is done. May your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10
May your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10
I have learned to be satisfied with the things I have and with everything that happens. I know how to live when I am poor, and I know how to live when I have plenty. I have learned the secret of being happy at any time in everything that happens. I can do all things through Christ, because He gives me strength. Philippians 4:11-13
1. It is a learned experience
1. It is a learned experience 2. Contentment is a choice
1. It is a learned experience 2. Contentment is a choice 3. It is possible through Christ s Strength
1. God doesn t owe us an explanation
1. God doesn t owe us an explanation 2. We wouldn t understand the explanation
1. God doesn t owe us an explanation 2. We wouldn t understand the explanation 3. Explanations never comfort us
The Serenity Prayer God grant me the serenity to accept the thing I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace Taking as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, Not as I would have it; Trusting that You will make all things right If I surrender to Your will So that I may be reasonably happy in this life And supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen. Reinhold Niebuhr
The Serenity Prayer God grant me the serenity to accept the thing I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace Taking as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, Not as I would have it; Trusting that You will make all things right If I surrender to Your will So that I may be reasonably happy in this life And supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen. Reinhold Niebuhr
The Serenity Prayer God grant me the serenity to accept the thing I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace Taking as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, Not as I would have it; Trusting that You will make all things right If I surrender to Your will So that I may be reasonably happy in this life And supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen. Reinhold Niebuhr
2. Surrender to God s Control May your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10
2. Surrender to God s Control Rationalize = rational lies May your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10
2. Surrender to God s Control Rationalize = rational lies Surrender yourself to the Lord, and wait patiently for Him. Psalm 37:7a
2. Surrender to God s Control Rationalize = rational lies If a person s thinking is controlled by his sinful self, then there is death. But if his thinking is controlled by the Spirit, then there is life and peace. Romans 8:6
2. Surrender to God s Control Rationalize = rational lies Stop quarreling with God! If you agree with Him, you will have peace at last, and things will go well for you. Job 22:21
2. Surrender to God s Control 3. Trust in God s care
2. Surrender to God s Control 3. Trust in God s care You, Lord, give true peace to those who depend on You because they trust You. Isaiah 26:3
2. Surrender to God s Control 3. Trust in God s care 3 Reasons we have problems:
2. Surrender to God s Control 3. Trust in God s care 3 Reasons we have problems: 1. We live in a fallen world
2. Surrender to God s Control 3. Trust in God s care 3 Reasons we have problems: 1. We live in a fallen world 2. We have an enemy
2. Surrender to God s Control 3. Trust in God s care 3 Reasons we have problems: 1. We live in a fallen world 2. We have an enemy 3. Our own poor decisions
2. Surrender to God s Control 3. Trust in God s care 3 Reasons we have problems: 1. We live in a fallen world 2. We have an enemy 3. Our own poor decisions 4. Sometimes nobodies fault
2. Surrender to God s Control 3. Trust in God s care Neither. This happened so that God s power could be displayed in this man s life. John 9:3
2. Surrender to God s Control 3. Trust in God s care What in your life do you need to surrender? Neither. This happened so that God s power could be displayed in this man s life. John 9:3
2. Surrender to God s Control 3. Trust in God s care What in your life do you need to surrender? Give yourselves to God surrender your whole being to Him to be used for righteous purposes. Romans 6:13