{"id":1612,"date":"2012-12-15T01:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-15T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2012-12-07T15:37:15","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T20:37:15","slug":"pearls-of-wisdom-12-15-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/15\/pearls-of-wisdom-12-15-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearls of Wisdom 12-15-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

LET NOT YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED, PART 2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday we talked about the great God of the universe dwelling in us with His power.\u00a0 Yes, He is in us as His children, whether we feel like it or not.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s continue looking at John 14<\/strong>.\u00a0 In the very first verse and verse 27 he tells us not to be troubled.\u00a0 The reason He told us that we are not to be troubled is that He has given us His peace.\u00a0 Do not let your hearts be troubled, distressed or agitated.\u00a0 Trust in God.\u00a0 Rely on God.\u00a0 Believe in God.\u00a0 Adhere (stuck to Him like super glue) to God.<\/p>\n

Jesus has left us His peace, HIS OWN PEACE.\u00a0 He has given to us, bequeathed to us, HIS PEACE.<\/p>\n

Do not let your hearts be troubled.\u00a0 Neither be afraid.<\/p>\n

Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed.<\/p>\n

Do not permit yourselves to be fearful, intimidated, cowardly and unsettled.<\/p>\n

IN HIM, we have perfect peace and confidence (John 16:33<\/strong>).\u00a0 In Him we have life (John 1:4<\/strong>).\u00a0 He came that we may have and enjoy life, have it in abundance, to the full, until it overflows (John 10:10<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

IN THE WORLD we have tribulation, trials, distress, frustration.\u00a0 In Him we have perfect peace and confidence.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 He has overcome the world and deprived it of its power to harm us.<\/p>\n

Who are we in and Who is in us?\u00a0 Jesus is in us.\u00a0 What do we have in Him?\u00a0 We have perfect peace and confidence, His peace, which He has personally bequeathed to us.\u00a0 He has given us His very own peace.<\/p>\n

If we have the concepts of the world in us, we have much distress and frustration as the trials and tribulations of the world come.\u00a0 If we have the Truth of Jesus personally being in us with His Peace, then we have no stress or distress.<\/p>\n

In Jesus, as we are living in this world which is filled with tribulation, tests, trials, distress and frustration, we can have the Peace of Jesus, His own personal peace.\u00a0 Peace:\u00a0 Shalom, wholeness, with nothing missing or broken in our lives.\u00a0 When trouble strikes, we turn to Him and He is the One Who will overcome for us as we adhere to Him.<\/p>\n

He Who is in us (in Whom is perfect peace and confidence) has overcome the world.\u00a0 He has deprived it of its power to harm us and has conquered it for us.<\/p>\n

1 John 5:18 Amplified Bible<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2026Christ\u2019s divine presence within us preserves us against the evil and the wicked one does not lay hold, get a grip on us or touch us.<\/p>\n

Every day we have a choice.\u00a0 Do we believe the world is overcoming us or are we allowing Jesus Who is in us to overcome the world for us?\u00a0 It is our choice.\u00a0 We choose by what we believe.\u00a0 When the trouble is raging all around us, who do we believe?\u00a0 That will determine our peace or our frustration.\u00a0 Jesus gave us a promise and a command.\u00a0 The promise —- I am in you and I have given you my personal peace.\u00a0 The command —- Stop allowing yourselves to be fearful, disturbed, unsettled, and frustrated.<\/p>\n

What is your choice?\u00a0 It\u2019s a decision we all make.\u00a0 Just while I was typing, I had to make that decision.\u00a0 I choose to believe the Peace is operating in my life.\u00a0 I choose to believe that what Jesus told me is true and is working for me. \u00a0How about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LET NOT YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED, PART 2 Yesterday we talked about the great God of the universe dwelling in us with His power.\u00a0 Yes, He is in us as His children, whether we feel like it or not. Let\u2019s continue looking at John 14.\u00a0 In the very first verse and verse 27 he tells […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1613,"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions\/1613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kspministries.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}