In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, peace with ourselves.

Our Heavenly Father desires that all of us have peace. In fact, he desires that we have a threefold peace.

Peace with him, which is the result of having the

gift of eternal life and knowing it. Peace with others, which is the capacity to

have a harmonious relationship with other people and then peace within ourselves,

with ourselves, which is a quietness and a serenity of our soul that is the result of learning to accept ourselves the way we are,

realizing that God has something very special for each and every one of us,

God desires that we have peace with ourselves. Now it's very evident

that you and I can have peace with God without having peace with ourselves.

We can have peace with others without having peace with ourselves.

Peace with ourselves means that somehow there is a deep sense of serenity and quietness within us,

that we have learned to live in a harmonious relationship with our self.

And that is the part of peace that oftentimes eludes people and that's the section of peace

that I want us to deal with in this message and I want you to turn if you will

to the 34th song and the title of this message is simply that and that is

peace with ourselves. I just want to read one single verse out of this passage and it is a twofold

admonition to us in Psalm 34 and verse 14 and here's what the Psalm is says. Depart from evil and do good.

And then listen.

Seek peace and pursue it.

That is go after it.

That is find it. He says pursue it. That is don't give up until you

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