We're God bless you. It's a joy to be with you today. And if you're ever in our area,

please stop by and be a part of one of our services. I promise you, we'll make you feel

right at home. I like to start with something funny and I heard about this church service.

One Sunday morning, everything was going great until a bolt of lightning hit the sanctuary.

When the smoke cleared, Satan himself was standing at the podium. People panicked and took

off running as fast as they could. Everyone that is except one lady. She sat in the front

road just as calm as can be. Satan was appalled. He said, lady, do you know who I am? She

said, I sure do. He said, aren't you afraid of me? She said not in the least bit. He said,

why not? She said, why should I be? I've been married to your brother for 30 years. Say it

like you mean it? This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do

what it says I can do. Today I will be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess. My mind is alert.

My heart is receptive. I will never be the same in Jesus name. God bless you.

I want to talk to you today about living at rest. Rest doesn't mean that you're on vacation. You

never do anything. We all have to work and deal with challenges and interact with different people.

But we're supposed to do it from a place of peace. Not stressed out, worried and fighting

everything that we don't like. Hebrews 4 tells us to enter into the rest of God. That's a place

where we know God's in control. We know He's fighting our battles. But here's the key. Once you

enter this rest, you're not going to automatically stay there. Life is full of peace dealers.

There will always be people and circumstances trying to pull you out. If you're going to live in

peace, you have to put up some boundaries and not allow everything in. You can't watch the news

24 hours a day and expect to stay at rest. Your mind wasn't meant to take in all the tragedies,

accidents, killings, over and over. That's going to pull you out of rest. Do yourself a favor,

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