If you'll turn in your vials to Luke 21, and I do want to talk to you this morning about peace,

the peace of God that is our birthright as believers, that we need to be living in the peace of God that is available to us.

And especially in the world that we live in, the world that we live in is obviously a very

shaking world, as Marcus was saying.

And let's read this scripture and as we read the scripture this is actually a prophecy from Jesus that was given in Luke 21.

And as we read this prophecy remember it was 2,000 years ago

but also as we're reading this I just want you to be kind of looking at this in light of the world that we're living in.

Jesus says this is beginning in verse 25 in Luke chapter 21.

There will be signs in the sun and the moon and the stars

and on the earth the stress of nations with perplexity. Now let's just stop right there.

Jesus says that when the end of time comes and that's what he's prophesying about,

he says the nations will be in distress with perplexity.

And perplexity just means they can't figure out what the answer is.

Related to Israel, related to Palestine, related to Iraq, related to all these issues.

And he says, the sea and the waves roaring, that talks about weather

phenomena, men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth.

Let's just stop right there.

The Surgeon General this week in the United States released a report saying that anxiety

over the post- 9-11 attack and also just the war in Iraq in the

atmosphere of terror and the threat of terror in America today is the number one mental health problem in our nation.

That was this week that the Surgeon General reported that many people are experiencing anxiety

disorders, sleeping problems, physical problems, and people's hearts are literally

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