As we begin to wrap up our week on peace, today we'll explore growing in relationship with the Holy Spirit and how he can help us walk in peace.

As we've learned this week, connectedness with God is crucial to peace in all circumstances.

And today, we'll dive deeper into those thoughts.

May you grow in your desire for closeness with the Holy Spirit today. Welcome to the

First of Teen podcast. Our verse today comes from Ephesians 4, verse 30.

Scripture says,

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God,

by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Ephesians 430 says, and do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God by whom you were sealed for the day

of redemption. In the Holy Spirit, we have relationship with a God who feels, has joy and grief, is happy and unhappy, and has real thoughts and desires for the way that we live our lives.

The Spirit longs for us to live in communion with Him, forsaking that which grieves His heart, that we might experience the abundant life that only

comes through wholehearted surrender to him. And it's because he has specific desires

for the way that we should live, that we have the potential to grieve his heart. If we are ever

to experience all that's available to us in this life,

we must learn to pay attention to the feelings, thoughts, and desires of the God within us.

We must seek and find peace in our spirits that comes from the peace of the Holy Spirit.

Scripture makes a powerful and direct connection between obeying God's word and peace. Psalm 119-165 says, great peace have those who

love your law. Nothing can make them stumble. Isaiah 3217 says, and the effect of righteousness

will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness, and trust forever. And Psalm 3414 says,

turn away from evil and do good, seek peace, and pursue it.

The desires of the Holy Spirit for our lives are perfectly aligned with Scripture. In fact,

the Holy Spirit longs to bring revelation to our hearts about how to apply and obey scripture in our everyday

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