Finding Peace - Week 5

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Notes:

There’s a constant barrage of conflict that’s unavoidable and it damages our soul…

There’s a constant barrage of conflict that’s unavoidable and it damages our soul…a damaged soul naturally leads to a defensive response of hostility and cynicism.

How do we find healing for our souls so we can have peace with the world?

Our current definition of peace is impossible to experience in the real world.

Peace: Freedom from Disturbance or a State of Tranquility
In a world that is broken, and where everyone is flawed, Conflict and Chaos become unavoidable

How do we find healing for our souls so we can have peace with the world?

- Isolation mode
- Medicate mode
- Fight mode

…and as they were sitting around the table eating, Jesus said, “I solemnly declare that one of you will betray me, one of you who is here eating with me.”
- Mark 14:18

Jesus said to them, “All of you will run away and leave me…”
- Mark 14:27

They went to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and Jesus said, “Sit here while I go and pray.”
- Mark 14:32

But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
- Luke 5:16

Jesus’s response to conflict from a broken world was to regularly pray!

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Philippians 4:6-7

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
- Philippians 4: 6-7

Prayer:
CONNECTS us to Prince of peace
SUPPLIES hope to our soul
PROTECTS our heart from poison

The damage of conflict is unavoidable. Prayer transforms our response to damage from hostility to hope.

TABS:
Thank
Ask
Breathe
Surrender