Peace in All Circumstances

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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What would it look like to have peace in all circumstances? I honestly can’t imagine anything better. We see promises in Scripture of this peace at all times, but so few of us experience that. Why is that the case? Today we’ll explore why that might be and how to walk in transcendent peace untouched by the circumstances of this world.

Our Scripture for today comes from 2 Thessalonians 3:16, and today's worship is Blackout by Steffany Gretzinger.

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0:00.0	What would it look like to have peace in all circumstances?
0:08.0	I honestly can't imagine anything better.
0:11.0	We see promises in Scripture of this peace at all times, but so few of us experience it.
0:18.0	Today we'll explore how to walk in transcendent peace untouched by the
0:22.9	circumstances of this world. Welcome to the first of team podcast. The verse for today comes from 2. Thessalonians 3, verse 16.
0:48.1	Scripture says,
0:49.6	Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.
1:00.3	Verses telling us of the peace available to us in all circumstances are some of the most
1:06.3	encouraging and powerful truths of Scripture. God longs for us to be children marked by the peace of our Father.
1:16.2	He longs for us to have peace in the good and bad times, because he remains faithful and good, always.
1:24.4	He longs for us to be so founded in Him that this world can't shake us.
1:30.3	You and I have every reason to live with the stresses and cares of the world, save one, that God dwells within us.
1:41.3	2. Thessalonians 316 says, Now may the Lord of Peace himself give you peace at all times
1:49.1	in every way. The Lord be with you all. We serve the Lord of peace. The Holy Spirit who dwells within us
1:58.4	is wholly peaceful. And Galatians 522 tells us that He will bear the fruit of peace in our lives,
2:05.6	if we simply live in continual communion with Him.
2:10.6	Circumstances begin to rob us of our peace the minute we choose to live as if God isn't within us. Trials and tribulations will become
2:20.5	all-consuming if we allow them to be. You see, we are not to live with our physical eyes as our
2:27.1	sole source of truth. God has granted us spiritual eyes and the ability to have faith in
2:34.0	his faithfulness and goodness,
2:36.3	regardless of our circumstances. He's given us the ability to choose to live with union with him
2:43.1	as our foundation. We are not alone. We're never alone. The God who authored scripture Scripture knows all of eternity, raised Christ from
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