Welcome to the In Touch Podcast with Charles Stanley for Friday, December 6th.

God offers peace to his followers, but that doesn't mean that life will be free from problems.

Today's podcast explores more about why we lose our peace.

When you trusted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, you are given the person of Jesus Christ

to live on the inside of you through the Holy Spirit. And the Bible says that Jesus is our peace,

which means that when he comes to abide within you, which has what happens when you trust him

as your Savior, you have his peace. And what is happening? When you and I are experiencing

the peace of God in our life, Jesus Christ in those moments is being allowed by an act of our will

to release his peace in and through us so that what we're experiencing is the peace of God.

This is the peace that the Lord Jesus Christ has. He and the Father

had perfect peace. We will not have perfect peace for the simple reason that we still have our

physical body and our tendons is towards sin. And yet we can live in absolute wonderful harmony

with our Heavenly Father, our Creator, with His Son, Jesus Christ, when we choose to do so. So I want you to turn,

if you will, to Philippians Chapter 4. Philippians chapter 4, the Apostle Paul is talking about peace here,

and he tells us in the first part of this passage how to protect our peace.

And listen, if you will, what he says beginning in verse four.

He says, rejoice in the Lord always.

Again, I will say rejoice.

And let your gentle spirit be known to all men.

The Lord is near.

And then he says, be anxious for nothing.

Be anxious for nothing. But in everything, every circumstance of life, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving,

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