SPEAKER_00: Listen to the words of the gospel writer John.
SPEAKER_00: In this world you will have trouble, but take heart, I have overcome the world.
SPEAKER_00: John 16, 33.
SPEAKER_00: We live in a world full of instability, political unrest, uncertainty, and fear.
SPEAKER_00: Yet Jesus promised us peace that cannot be shaken.
SPEAKER_00: His kingdom is steady, even when everything else shifts.
SPEAKER_00: Before we ask anything of the Lord today, let's start with praise and gratitude.
SPEAKER_00: Thank God for the first ten things that have come to your mind.
SPEAKER_00: Praise God for the first five things about him that come to your mind.
SPEAKER_00: Over the next two minutes, tell the Lord the things trying to steal your peace, then invite Jesus to bring his overcoming peace in the middle of those situations.
SPEAKER_00: Picture him taking it from you, placing his hand steady on your heart.
SPEAKER_00: Let the Holy Spirit guide your imagination as you visualize the Prince of Peace entering the space and situation that has been disrupting your peace.
SPEAKER_00: Ask on their behalf that God will guard their heart and mind with this perfect peace.
SPEAKER_00: We rest today in your victory and declare that no storm can shake the peace you have given us.
SPEAKER_00: Thank you for your words of comfort.
SPEAKER_00: That even though in this world we will have trouble, we can take heart because you have overcome the world.
SPEAKER_00: Breathe in and say, take heart.
SPEAKER_00: Breathe out and say, He has overcome.
SPEAKER_00: Amen.