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Perfect peace!

If you ask most people if they desire peace in their lives, they will tell you yes, they would definitely appreciate more peace in their lives. The Prophet Isaiah gave us the way to ensure perfect peace in our lives (Isaiah 26:3). For all those who take time to prioritize inviting God’s Presence into their lives, God will keep them in “perfect peace.” God’s Presence is our perfect atmosphere. In the same way that we need air to live, we also need God’s Presence in order to be in perfect peace. It’s not realistic to ask God to remove all of the problems, issues, challenges and problematic people from our lives. What we need is His peace in the midst of our daily challenges. The Lord Jesus slept in a boat that was in the midst of a storm. The disciples who were with Jesus in the boat  thought they they were going to die because of the storm, yet Jesus was sleeping in the very same storm. What was the difference? The difference was that Jesus is the Living Word, and He had promised them that they would get to the other side. They had “The Word” with them.  They were in the midst of the presence of the Lord Jesus. While they were with Him, nothing would happen to them. However,  they were focusing on their problems instead of the fact that Jesus was present with them. Had they focused on Jesus (The Word; His promises), they would have been in perfect peace. Determine today to shift your focus from your problems to daily cultivating an atmosphere around you where His Presence can dwell. It is then that you will be kept in perfect peace!

Isaiah 26:3 “You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.”

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Get back on the “faith” track!

Have you entered into this new year with joy, peace and faith? It might be a great time to review your walk and ministry.

Have you had an opportunity to identify whether or not you’ve been operating by faith or by sight?

Are you ministering with frustration?  This might just indicate that you’ve lost your peace at the moment.  All you need to do is to get back on the “faith” track.

Have you lost your vitality and energy?  You need to spend some quiet time with the Holy Spirit and ask Him to fill you to overflowing.

Eph 5:17-19

17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord NKJV

Isa 40:31

31 But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.  NKJV

Oh, and one more thing. Don’t forget to ask for daily wisdom.

James 1:5-7

If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him. Only it must be in faith that he asks with no wavering (no hesitating, no doubting). For the one who wavers (hesitates, doubts) is like the billowing surge out at sea that is blown hither and thither and tossed by the wind. For truly, let not such a person imagine that he will receive anything [he asks for] from the Lord (AMP).

Stay in God’s presence this year. That’s where your strength, joy, peace, power and wisdom are! Go get em!