Where can we go for peace

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: Where can we go for peace?

The Bible talks about two kinds of peace related to God. These two avenues are the beginning of lasting peace for your life.

A. Spiritual peace is peace with God

"Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom. 5:1).
That's the foundation, the bottom line. We've got to have peace with God before we can have any other kind of peace.

A man visited his doctor for an examination. The physician asked, "Now, what seems to be the trouble?"
The patient answered: "Doc, I've got troubles everywhere I look. I've got troubles in my business; troubles at home; troubles everywhere - and I'm just plain run down!"
When the examination was finished, the physician said to the patient, "You're not run-down. Just the opposite - you're wound up!"
The man responded, "Well, Doc, give me something to slow me down then."
"What do you want?" asked the doctor.
"Give me a tranquilizer or something."
"Very well," responded the doctor as he sat down and began writing a prescription.

The man took the prescription and stuck it in his pocket without looking at it. He rushed off to the neighborhood drugstore to get the prescription filled. The pharmacist looked at the prescription and said to the man, "I'm sorry, but I can't fill the prescription!"
"What do you mean, you can't fill the prescription!" retorted the man. "This is a drugstore, isn't it? You are a pharmacist, aren't you? That's a doctor's prescription, so why can't you fill it?"

The pharmacist answered, "I'm sorry, sir, but we don't stock this in our store. If you want this prescription filled, go home and get your Bible."
The man looked at the prescription for the first time and read: "Take three doses of Romans 5:1 every day." He went home and looked up the verse in his Bible. It read: "Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom. 5:1).

Immediately, the man called the doctor and asked, "What do you mean by this prescription?" The physician answered. "Your trouble is spiritual, not physical. What you need is peace. I can't give it to you; the pharmacist can't give it to you; only God can give you peace."

The fact remains that before you can experience personal peace you must receive the Prince of Peace in your life. How can you do this? Simple. Admit to God that you are a sinner and your sins separate you from God.

Believe that Jesus Christ is God's Son and accept God's gift of forgiveness from sin. Confess your faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

LET US PRAY
FATHER LET YOUR TRUE PLACE DOMINATE MY LIFE IN JESUS NAME.

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