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A Peace That Cannot Be Shaken
What happens when a lion and a sheep decide to live in harmony? It’s not just an enchanting tale; it’s a powerful metaphor for the elusive peace we all yearn for in our stressful, anxiety-filled lives. Through this episode, we promise you a journey that examines the daily sources of turmoil, from the pressures at work to the strains in personal relationships and the weight of social injustices. But beyond this, we explore how some find solace in the nurturing embrace of nature or the mindful practices of spiritual retreats, while others may drift towards escapism through less constructive outlets.
In our quest for peace, we reflect on the transformative power of surrendering to God’s peace. Through meditation on scripture and trusting in God’s sovereignty, even when life seems chaotic, we encourage embracing a lasting peace that begins with Jesus. By uncovering practical ways to navigate life's challenges with faith and trust, we invite you to discover how divine peace can transform your life during the fiercest storms.
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There was a local zoo which had an interesting attraction. A zoo which had an interesting attraction A lion and a sheep living peacefully in the same cage. Have you ever seen a lion and a sheep in the same cage? Never so this man asked a zookeeper whether they ever fight, whether the lion and the sheep get to fight all the time. And the sheep get to fight all the time. And the zookeeper responded rarely, they rarely fight. So the next question was what happens when they fight? The zookeeper responded we get another sheep.
Speaker 1:Peace in today's world has become the most expensive commodity, isn't it true? People search for peace. There are multiple factors that contribute for us losing peace in our life, the most common among them. If I give you an opportunity to talk about what is taking away peace in your life, you might attribute it to stress at work. You would call anxiety at times, caused by certain fears or lack of understanding of certain things, sometimes conflicts in our relationships with people that are close to us, people that we call friends, people that we call family. When conflict comes in place, we lose our peace, even with our surroundings. If somebody is fighting on the road, I don't know how many of you have your blood boil when you see a fight that is happening right next to you and you're not involved in it yet. Right? And you also lose your peace when there is spiritual void, when God is not present in you. You lose your peace when there is social injustice. You don't like seeing somebody being oppressed, somebody being looked down upon, and some are even caused because of the changes in the environment that we are part of.
Speaker 1:A simple observation will tell you that people search for peace in various places. Right? How many of you have been searching for peace? A few, and some of you are not lifting your hands, but you're searching for peace, right? We search for peace in various places. Most often, we try and find this peace in nature. Right, we go to resorts. We go to forests. Some people go trekking. They don't want to talk to people, so they go for trekking in the forest. Some people go to beaches. I know a person sitting in this congregation who's been part of adventure for quite some time. He's been to Goa for so many times I think he lost count of it. Meet me after the church. I'll tell you who it is.
Speaker 1:Some people go to mountains. I'll tell you who it is, right. Some people go to mountains, some people go to places where they want to find peace. Others attend spiritual retreats. They go on a spiritual. They sit there just asking God to minister to them. Just take away all the burden they are going through or having right. Some people go for mindfulness. It's an art of emptying yourself. The world offers that and people go there.
Speaker 1:Not just that, there are other times when certain people make destructive choices as well in order to obtain peace. Getting addicted to drugs, consuming a lot of alcohol, getting addicted to drugs, consuming a lot of alcohol, watching pornography All these things they try. And people try and get peace for that little time, for the little time. Some have mastered this skill quite well.
Speaker 1:Escapism it's called escapism Right. We overindulge ourselves in entertainment. You binge watch everything that's there on every other platform because you don't want to focus on the situation of the trouble that you're facing at that time. People overwork, extra hours at work. You don't want to get back home because you have to come back to reality. You have to face what the struggles are in your life, so you don't want to do that. Rather, you would spend your time at the office, and some people avoid mingling or mixing with humans altogether. They just go all by themselves, stay somewhere alone. Most of the time you hear this phrase, people face a difficulty. They say I have to get out from this place, I have to relocate from this place, I have to go somewhere. Because you don't want to face the reality, you don't want people to know what you're going through.
Speaker 1:In this day and age, peace is increasingly difficult to find. Yet in the midst of life's instability, god offers something the world can never give you A peace that endures beyond the circumstances that you and I face every day. In Isaiah, chapter 54, verse 10, the Bible says God promises that even if mountains fall and hills are removed, his covenant of peace will remain. How many of you have seen mountains and hills? I hope you know the difference.
Speaker 1:I went to Manali and that person over here helped me to go there. I saw those mountains. I was in awe of the mountains. They were so beautiful. For a moment I felt, if at all, I want to retire in life. I want to build a shack on those mountains and live there forever. It was so serene, it was so beautiful to look at. My eyes couldn't contain those mountains.
Speaker 1:Now scriptures say even if mountains fall. Can you imagine if a mountain falls? You can't even think about it and it says. He's bringing us to a point where it says even if the largest of the things in your life, even if the greatest things that you hold on to they fall, what doesn't change is God's peace. It remains with you. Today we'll explore how we can experience that peace through God's unshakable love. We'll look at certain testimonies from the Bible as well as from the people that you must have heard about and how they have experienced God's peace in the life's most difficult moments. And finally, we'll look at some practical examples on how you and I can obtain this peace in our life. Number one God's peace when life becomes overwhelming. How many of you feel overwhelmed through the week? Not now.
Speaker 1:Now, isaiah paints a vivid picture. Even if mountains depart and hills are removed, god's peace will remain the mountains which represent stability in our life and durability. They cannot be changed. For example, if you have your dad, you've been so close to your dad and you've lived with him and you look up to him as a role model. Even if your dad passes away, you have your spouse that you've been living with for quite some time. You love them dearly and even if that person passes away, you have a friend who you walk with closely, you shared all your secrets with, and they have encouraged you to live life for the good, even if they move away from you. That's the kind of symbolism he's picturing here. Even if the world that we know passes away, even if life seems to fall apart, god's promise is that his covenant of peace stands firm. His peace remains with you.
Speaker 1:Now there's a man called Horatio Spafford. You might have heard his name, but if I tell you the song he wrote, you will remember. Horatio Spafford is a man who wrote the hymn it is well with my soul Now, before he could write the. There's a background to his testimony. Horatio was a wealthy man who had all the money in his life and he lived in Chicago at that time. So he went on to invest all this money in buying real estate. So he bought a lot of property At that time. Probably it was booming, so he bought that property and he had great plans for his future, for his family, so he bought this land. But unfortunately, as time passed, one fine day there was a huge fire in Chicago. It's called Chicago Fires. You can go up and look on the internet, you would find it Chicago Fires. It destroyed all the properties, including Horatio's.
Speaker 1:So then he moved on and he wanted to do something else, other business. So he got into another business. He had four daughters with his wife and they both lived. And one day after a couple of years, after the fires, the family wanted to take a vacation and they wanted to go to England right, and they were traveling. Unfortunately, huresh couldn't be with them because he was doing his business and due to obligations with his business, he stayed back, his wife and four children. They went on this voyage, a ship journey from the US to England. As they were traveling, another ship collided with this ship and almost 200 and odd people died that day, out of which four of Horesh's daughters died. He received a telegram a little later from his wife saying all but I am survived. Sorry, all have died, but I have survived. That's the letter he received. So after a while he took a voyage. He also took a ship journey and as he was passing through those waters, through the place that his daughters died, he began this song birthed out of his heart, and he began to write.
Speaker 1:It is well with my soul. Imagine a person going through such a turmoil and words like this come out of their mouth it is well with my soul. Can you say that it is well with my soul? You get fired from your office. Can you say it is well with my soul? The lone people come knocking on your door. Can you say it is well with my soul?
Speaker 1:People walk away from you in your relationships. It is well with my soul? When do you get to say that? When you put your faith, we sang the song Christ is my firm foundation. When you put your faith in Christ Jesus, he brings that, he births that. Those words in your life and you begin to say it is still well with my soul.
Speaker 1:This is the kind of peace that God offers each one of us. It's not tied to any absence of trouble. God's peace doesn't guarantee that you will be void of trouble. You would be void of difficulties. No, even in the midst of those difficulties, even when challenges come, you can say it is well with my soul. It's about trusting that his love and care will remain with you, no matter what. What mountains are shaking you today? What hills are being removed from your life? What are the strongholds that you have been holding on to for such a long time that God is removing or they're moving away from you. What are you facing today? You still can have peace in the midst of them because God's promise stands firm.
Speaker 1:Number two God's peace in testing times. Isaiah says God's steadfast love shall not depart from you. His peace flows from his unchanging covenant love. His peace flows from his unchanging covenant love. The Old Testament that, if you read, if you take the Bible and open it to the Old Testament, the entire Old Testament is filled with his covenant promises. God's love is so beautiful that, despite people's disobedience, despite people's distance from him, his love was always steadfast. His love was always there. God's love is not based on your actions or the world around us. It is anchored in his eternal nature. That is who God is. That is who God is. God is peace, god is love and through him we can have that peace.
Speaker 1:There's a beautiful story. If you read in Daniel, chapter 3, verses 16 to 18, there are three names that you would find Shadrach, meshach and Abednego. You must have heard this story if you've been part of a Sunday school or kids church growing up Shedrak, meshak and Abednego. Now, these people are not born in that country. These people are not part of that country. They're not legal citizens either. They have been brought as part of a slave project. Their land, which they lived in, was conquered by an enemy nation and this king got all the nobles as slaves, and part of that slave contingent was Shadrach, meshach and Abednego. There came a time they lived in that land for quite some time and the people around the king wanted to oppress all these slaves much further than they've been oppressed. So they came up with an idea. They came up with an idea saying the only way that we can oppress them is these people always serve their God, no matter what. Now can we bring in a rule that can change the whole scenario? I hope you can relate to that. We all can relate to it.
Speaker 1:In today's world. Laws are being made, constitution is being altered Not entirely, but there are efforts to make that happen. To do what? To point at people who are worshipping God and saying we have to change these people, we have to oppress these people. We have to oppress these people so they will no longer make us suffer, they will no longer trouble us with coming to us and saying worship our God, worship our God.
Speaker 1:So they came up with this idea that, king, if you can put up a statue in the center of this town, we'll ask every single person who's been part of this town to come and bow down before this idol, to come and bow down before this statue that you are putting up. And then, in those days, if the king had a ring and the only way that you can put weight on a piece of paper if there's something written on it, is having the signatory ring stamped onto that paper so they came up to the king and said why don't you put your stamp on this saying if anybody who decries, who doesn't obey your orders of worshipping the statue, of bowing down before the statue, will put them in fire, which means will kill them? It's not natural fire. It's not no natural fire that you would see, like, not the fire that you would see at a stove, not the fire that you would see outside at a barbecue pit. This fire was so powerful. At the later part of this chapter you would read that those people who came to drop them into the fire were burned to death. Such was the fire, so even the death that they have thought about for these people of the slaves, the slaves who came to serve this king, when they wanted to kill them, even those people. When they thought about killing these people, they came up with an idea that the moment we bring them to the spit, they have to die. And in that time, instead of fearing or expressing anxiety, what would happen to our lives? Oh, if I stay a little longer in this world, I can preach the gospel. So let me find a way to come out of this. Maybe one time I'll bow down to the statue and the king will be pleased. He will not touch me anymore. Such thoughts never stuck their mind.
Speaker 1:Listen to what they say. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us. The God we serve is able to deliver us. Most of us come up with this phrase the God I serve will deliver me from the trouble. The God I serve will heal me. The God I serve will protect me. The God I serve will wrap his arms around me and bring me out of this situation. I'm in. But listen to what they say after that. But even if the God we serve does not come to rescue us, even if he does not, we want you to know, your majesty, that we will not serve your gods.
Speaker 1:Such was the passion they had toward God and such was the peace they had in God. When you have peace of God sitting upon your hearts and minds, regardless of what circumstances dictate your lifestyle, how they try to alter your course, your peace will help you to stick to your principles, to your values, to godly characteristics. They don't deviate you from your path In the midst of a life-threatening situation. Their peace came from their trust in God's unchanging love and power. And God delivered them in an extraordinary way, walking with them in fire. There's a beautiful song. There's another in the fire. You can go back and listen to it. There's another in the fire. Three were thrown into the fire. There was a fourth person when they came to watch. Who is this person? Who is this person? We didn't throw that person into the fire. There are only three that we threw. God walked with the four, the three people who were thrown into fire, keeping them without a touch of smoke or fire on their lives.
Speaker 1:When you are facing your own fiery furnace, whatever, that would be a challenge in your marriage. You've been struggling in your marriage for so long and you're vexed. You've been gracefully holding onto it for so long. Maybe your spouse is not listening. Maybe your spouse is cheating on you. Maybe your spouse is addicted to something and you've been at the receiving end and you're at this thin line. If something happens, I'm going to break off from this marriage and leave. No, that might be your fiery furnace. If you trust in God, his peace rests upon your heart to hold on to it with hope.
Speaker 1:There's a beautiful movie that we watched the other day. The sisters at Hope, you See East, watched it. It's called the War Room and in that movie this old lady prays to God and says God, give me one person that I can invest my time and my life in, so that I can encourage them in their marriage. I want to restore one marriage at least, and her project was after she restores that marriage, she goes to God and says God, I thank you for giving me this person. Now I'll move on to the next person. Please give me another one.
Speaker 1:But her own life story says when she prayed for her marriage, nothing changed. Her husband passed away. Her marriage did not recover. But look at her faith, look at her peace. Despite the struggle she went through, she held on to her life and said God, I trust in you, I believe in your promises. Your peace is what will help me to move on and help others in their troubles. God delivered these people in an extraordinary way, walking with them in fire. Whether he delivers you or he makes you walk through the fire, when you go through it, remember one thing His peace will sustain you all throughout. His peace will hold you together. Through that fire You'll be untouched.
Speaker 1:There's a man you might have heard of. His name is I don't know how you pronounce it, but I'll try. His name is Nick Wichik. Pronounce it, but I'll try. His name is Nick Wachick. This person was born with a medical condition. Even the doctors couldn't explain as to how he came into this world. He was born without arms and legs. If you go on to the Google or the internet, the YouTube, and type his name, you would see so many videos of him encouraging people Talking about Christ or how Christ has saved his life, how God can restore everybody. He's one of the greatest motivational speakers of this generation.
Speaker 1:He was born in 1982 in Australia, melbourne, without arms and legs. Three sonograms failed to reveal the complications that he had, and yet the Wujic family was destined to cope with both the challenge and the blessings of raising a son who refused to allow physical condition to limit his lifestyle, condition to limit his lifestyle. The early days of his life were very difficult, growing up without arms and legs as a kid imagine his life Going to school, studying at his school. What would kids of his age call him In today's world? If your nose is not sharp enough, people will comment on your nose. If you're too fat, people will comment on your nose. If you're too fat, people will comment on that. If you're too thin, people will comment on that. If you dress shabbily, people will comment on that.
Speaker 1:This man who had no arms and no legs, had to go to school, had to attend to his education. He had to live with his friends around and throughout his childhood he not only dealt with typical challenges of school and adolescence, but he also struggled with depression and loneliness. He had depression and loneliness because he didn't have hands or the arms. He didn't have legs. So who would play with him? Who would sit with him and talk with him? Maybe out of empathy? Few might sit, but how long?
Speaker 1:Nick constantly wondered why he was different than all the other kids. He questioned the purpose of life or if he had a purpose at all. How many of you struggle with your purpose today? You have two hands. You have two feet. You have a beautiful face, a good body. Do you know your purpose? Do you have a purpose purpose, do you have a purpose? He found peace when he gave his life to Jesus Christ, who gave him a purpose beyond his circumstances. He cannot hold a mic as I hold today, but he holds it with the little hands that he has over here. With both these hands, he holds a mic like this and he gives motivational speeches where so many lives have been changed. He goes on to proclaim the gospel.
Speaker 1:Through his story, nick testifies that he found peace in Christ Jesus. The victory is not when I stand up. The victory is when I know I cannot do this on my own and I lean on to God. Who do you lean on to? Where do you put your firm feet on? His peace doesn't come from physical healing. Like Nick, you can lean on God's unchanging love and peace, knowing that he has a purpose for you. Please note that every single one of us created here that if you're breathing today, we are created and we are set in this place for a purpose. Ask God, talk to people, know your purpose and walk in that purpose, because a man without limbs, without hands and feet, is able to influence the world. For Jesus Christ, what can you do? God's peace through storms. Isaiah speaks of a covenant of peace that will not be removed. This peace finds its ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ. The peace Jesus offers is not a temporary or shallow peace, but a deep and lasting reconciliation between God and humanity.
Speaker 1:When God created the human race, the first person created Adam and Eve. When he created them, there was a beautiful connection between humans and God. Every single evening, god would come down to walk with them in the garden not this garden, but garden of Eden. He would walk with them every evening to have a conversation with them. But due to one single disobedience in their life, there was a separation between them and God. There was no longer this beautiful relationship that they could have. So man tried his own best to come closer to God through acts that he did, through sacrificing animals, through people even went as far as sacrificing their own children, trying to please God, trying to get back to him. But there was no escape from their sin addictions we struggle with. We try our best.
Speaker 1:If I come every Sunday and sit in this audience, maybe God will change me. If I come to this prayer meeting, maybe God will change me. If I come and be part of a volunteer team, maybe God will change me. No, it won't change. Your addictions don't go away like that. Until and unless you surrender your life to Jesus Christ, addictions do not go away. You can be part of a church for 10 years, 20 years, 30 years. Your life will never change if you never give your life to Christ. Jesus and Christ has come as a sacrifice, once for all, to offer himself on that cross. The only way that a man can be saved is through the blood, a blood of a precious lamb, and Christ was that lamb. He came down, he died for you and for me so that you and I can have a life full of peace. Peace even in this world which is chaotic. Peace even in the most difficult circumstances of our life. Peace even when there is no peace at home. That is a peace that Christ offers. So he came down and he was with us.
Speaker 1:In Mark, chapter 4, verse 35 to 41, you would read Jesus calms the storm. One day Jesus was walking up to his disciples and they began to journey in a boat. They all got onto the boat and they went into the waters. It was evening, it was boisterous, there was a lot of wind and all of that chaos in the waters. Where was Jesus? Jesus was sleeping.
Speaker 1:There's a beautiful parallel between this story and the story of Jonah. If you read the story of Jonah, jonah was also sleeping in the ship's belly. If you read the story of Jonah, jonah was also sleeping in the ship's belly. The captain of the ship had to come down to find out where he was and he comes and knocks on his door and says hey, man, get up, there's a storm out there. We're all going to sink in some time. So they all come up and, to cut the story short short, jonah is up there and they're all deciding who sinned against God that this hurricane or this storm came upon us? Who made, who made this fault? Who committed this wrong that God is so displeased with us? There's a storm that is coming to hit our boat. Jonah comes forward and says it is I. Because of me we're all sinking. So throw me into the water.
Speaker 1:But in this chapter, in Mark, chapter 4, when the disciples are so afraid, they're so anxious. What would happen now? We're going to sink into this water, the life that we lived with Jesus, all this, while we walked with him, we saw the miracles. We even saw him deliver people from demonic spirits, and our life has come to an end. If we sink into this water, there's no future for us. So they rushed to Jesus and they wake him up. Jesus, wake up please. There's a storm out there that's hitting our boat. Can you please come and save us? What were Jesus' words? He said peace, be still. And the whole water calmed down. Storm calm down. The difference between Jonah and Jesus was Jonah accepted and said throw me into the water. Jesus came and calmed the storm. There are storms in your life. Run to Jesus, he can calm it.
Speaker 1:The first thing that we always do is fight or flight. We never run to Jesus If something is wrong in our family, if there's an argument that is happening. We have two options. I will fight this out now. I'm not any less. We earn equally. So let me not give up. Let me fight.
Speaker 1:What you don't understand is you're not fighting a person. You're not fighting a person. You're fighting an enemy that is unseen in your life. You cannot see that enemy. That enemy is always there trying to rob your peace. That enemy is always there trying to drop all that you have in life, the joys of your life. The enemy is coming to rob. But how does he rob you? He robs you through the persons that you love. He brings in that conflict, subtle conflict.
Speaker 1:Sometimes when we counsel people, the couples, especially. When we counsel couples, we get to hear some stories of how they end up at this wit's end that they no longer can see each other. And where did it start? Simple things in life. Maybe the wife did not hand over a glass of water, so this man got so upset because of his ego that he began to shout at her. Maybe the man did not put his slippers into the shoe rack, so she was so vexed. She saw him time after time telling him please don't leave your footwear on the floor, and he did not listen to her. So now she's frustrated, she shouts at him. Parents, take that frustration on kids, all these things the enemy is trying to come into your life and put them in you so that he can rob the peace that you have.
Speaker 1:The disciples were focused on the storm. But Jesus knew that true peace comes not from the absence of storms but from trusting in the one who controls the storms. This day I would encourage you don't look at the storm and think the storm will go away. The storm will remain there. But if you look to God, if you look to Jesus, even if there's storm, there's peace in your heart. There's going to be peace in your heart.
Speaker 1:There was one of the difficult times in my life. I'm not going to go into the story, but I would say I had a heartbreak. I didn't know how to handle it. It was a season that I was not right with God. I had sin in my life. I had to correct myself. I had a lot of friends actually around me, a lot of friends, so many friends that every single I used to be a bachelor here. I used to have friends come home and they would stay with me, hang out with me every single day, out of the blue. One day God said you have to correct your life.
Speaker 1:I was involved in a ministry and God said you have to leave it. People, when I told people, they were like they were not listening to me. They were saying that's not God. How can you leave ministry? If God gave you ministry, why would you leave ministry? But God convicted in my heart. Sin was present in my life. I had to leave all of it. So I left. I left, I went. I took another room. I went there. One of my friends came and he stayed with me Six months. I stayed in that room with that friend and all the other friends.
Speaker 1:I would say God separated our ways. I'm not saying they're bad or I'm bad. There was a season in my life God had to separate me from rest of them because he was purging me from within. He was changing me from within. There was absolute peace, even when the whole world around me left me. That's the peace Christ offers. The storms will not go away. The storms will be there. You may not always get the miracle you want. You've been praying for Maybe you've been praying and asking God, god, for the last 10 years I've been asking this one thing, but this is not happening in my life. What should I do? Maybe it will not happen in your life. Maybe it will happen in your life. I'm not saying it will or it will not. All I'm saying is whether it happens or whether it does not. God's peace will rest upon your heart. He will give you the strength to walk through that storm. Whether you're dealing with illness, whether you're dealing with loss or hardship, his peace will carry you through.
Speaker 1:There are quickly, few action steps that I would go through on how we can obtain this peace that God has offered us. Without Christ, there is no peace. That's first and foremost. If you're not a child of God, if you do not have Christ in your heart, there's no way. That's first and foremost. If you're not a child of God, if you do not have Christ in your heart, there's no way that you can have this peace. You can have peace the world offers, but it's only for a moment. But with Christ, this peace remains with you forever, with you forever.
Speaker 1:Number one surrender your worries to God. Philippians, chapter 4, verse 6 to 7, says present your requests to God through prayer and in exchange, his peace will guard our hearts and minds. Start each day when you wake up in the morning, go to God and say God, these are my worries, these are the things that I'm anxious about, these are the things I'm finding challenging to move on in life. I don't know how to handle them, but I know you can offer me peace and I will trust in you. Instead of holding on to that anxiety all the time, bring it to him in prayer, trusting that he will take care of you.
Speaker 1:Number two meditate on God's promises. What are the promises God has made to you? As you have read scripture time after time, every single time you open your Bible, there is a verse that comes and strikes your heart. Note it down, go back in prayer, tell God this is a promise you made to me. I want to hold on to it Instead of focusing on your problems. Hold on to the promise. Memorize and meditate the scripture so that when you go out into the world, when you go out into the world, when you walk through those challenging times, these scriptures will come and hit your mind and say rest, don't be moved.
Speaker 1:Number three practice gratitude. Gratitude actually shifts your focus from what is wrong to what is right. If you have gratitude in your heart, what is wrong to what is right. If you have gratitude in your heart, what is gratitude? Being thankful to the people in your life, being thankful to God, being thankful for everything that is happening in your life, for the good things that you enjoy, for the clothes that you wear, for the air that you breathe, for the water that you drink, for the food that you eat, that you're able to digest the health that God has given you, for even the difficult people in your life that you're walking with every single day. Be thankful to God. The moment you're thankful, everything changes. Your mind, shifts its focus. It's no longer trying that flight or fight mode, it will try the peace mode. Number four rest in God's sovereignty.
Speaker 1:True peace comes from trusting that God is in control, even when we don't understand what's happening. Sometimes we are clueless. Why is this happening in my life? Surrender it to God, because God can see what you cannot see. Romans, chapter 8, verse 28, says and we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those are called according to his purpose. If you love God, every little thing that happens in your life, it is going to work for your good. Every little thing, it is only those who love God. For those who love God, even as I close and the worship team comes up, I encourage you to hold on to this promise. Isaiah, chapter 54, verse 10 God's covenant of peace is not tied to your circumstances, but it is rooted in his unchanging love. That is who God is. Whether you're facing mountains that seem insurmountable or storms that are out of control, god's peace is available to you today. If you haven't yet experienced this peace, it begins with Jesus. Jesus is the answer to the peace that you are seeking.