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  1. hello hello friend thank you so much for

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  13. phenomenal message in store just for you

  14. I hope you're encouraged here we are

  15. Christmas none of us are living a

  16. conflict free fre life that is not

  17. possible I know we all try to avoid the

  18. conflict we try to back up on the chaos

  19. we try to stiff arm all that stuff but

  20. it's it's just not possible life brings

  21. the unexpected life brings the undesired

  22. you have chaos in your life how many of

  23. you have a person in your

  24. life you have chaos in your life just

  25. just how you all are married do not look

  26. at your spouse look this way look this

  27. way how you have a job you you got a job

  28. okay there you go anybody got kids

  29. anybody live in America okay I mean

  30. you've got chaos anybody have a mirror

  31. anybody have a mirror you have chaos in

  32. your life I'm just telling you like like

  33. there's there's challenges I I I I

  34. create my own challenges

  35. sometimes and I create a bunch of mess

  36. in my life I stir things up and I found

  37. out a long time ago I need Jesus

  38. y'all to turn my

  39. chaosmos into

  40. Christmas Luke 2: 11 is a verse that is

  41. really highlighted at this time of the

  42. year and if you're looking for some some

  43. message notes it's on our app you can

  44. pull those

  45. up but Luke 2: 11 you've got you've got

  46. this big announcement being made by the

  47. by the angel that speaks and is very

  48. pertinent to where we are today and here

  49. here's what here's what the the Bible

  50. says in fact read it with me out loud

  51. use your outside voice here we go use

  52. your Christmas Sunday voice ready here

  53. we go one two three For unto you is Born

  54. This Day in the city of David a savior

  55. who is Christ the lord I I need to make

  56. an announcement that might shock some of

  57. you Christ is not Jesus his last

  58. name some of y'all are highly

  59. disappointed right now I just messed up

  60. all of Christmas for you now if if if if

  61. we were going to look at Jesus's last

  62. name how Jesus was referred to in his

  63. day he would be called Yeshua bar

  64. Joseph bar means son of Joseph Yeshua

  65. Jesus Son of Joseph that would have been

  66. how he was referred to in in in in in

  67. Jesus day as he was growing up but but

  68. we have we have him called

  69. Christ For unto you was born this day in

  70. the city of David a savior who is Christ

  71. the Lord Christ in this language is

  72. Christos and it comes from that it it

  73. it's it's a new testament term in the

  74. Greek that comes from an Old Testament

  75. language and title called

  76. mashiach and mesia means

  77. Messiah literally Christ

  78. Christos is referring to Messiah and the

  79. reason that one was the Messiah is

  80. because they were watch this the

  81. anointed

  82. one which is literally what Christ means

  83. the anointed

  84. one Jesus the anointed one For unto you

  85. is bornn this day in the city of David a

  86. savior who is the anointed

  87. one of the Lord that's who Jesus was

  88. Jesus the anointed one anointing what

  89. does that word mean growing up in church

  90. all my life man we heard the anointing

  91. preach we we threw that word around like

  92. we all understood what it

  93. meant we just kind of used it just

  94. almost just just real quickly but but if

  95. we're just going to kind of give some

  96. perspective to it it's it's something

  97. that is or someone that is set apart and

  98. consecrated by God endowed with a

  99. special power ability or purpose in fact

  100. we see people through the Bible that

  101. were considered anointed uh kings were

  102. anointed prophets were anointed uh

  103. people held anointings in the Bible and

  104. but all of those anointings were shadows

  105. and pictures and pointing to Jesus who

  106. would be the anointed one

  107. he wasn't just another anointed one he

  108. was the anointed one he would be the one

  109. who would change everything so why does

  110. the title of

  111. Christ matter we we drop this in

  112. christmus why does that matter why why

  113. highlight that because

  114. Christ not his last name his title it

  115. points to the the purpose Mission and

  116. power that he came with for you and

  117. me we talked last week how Jesus was he

  118. was born into a chaotic situation he

  119. came into chaos it's almost like chaos

  120. was set up waiting on him because he

  121. knew your life was full of chaos he came

  122. in chaos go listen to the podcast from

  123. last week I'm not going to repeat all

  124. that but but I I want to bring a

  125. perspective up for you uh about this

  126. title of who he is to show us the

  127. picture as to what he did why he came

  128. Luke 19:10 tells us this for the son of

    Luke 19:10

  129. man came to seek and to

  130. save that which was lost now now

  131. Scholars will go back and forth on on

  132. whether this word that should be there

  133. or not and who is that referring to but

  134. I will tell you this there's a lot of

  135. scholarship that points and shows us

  136. that he didn't say for those he didn't

  137. just come to seek and save those who

  138. were lost but that wh which was lost

  139. which is a bigger perspective than just

  140. those so what would what would Jesus be

  141. coming to seek and to save if he's

  142. seeking that instead of those explain

  143. that to me well I would have to take you

  144. back because Jesus came because Adam and

  145. Eve screwed this thing up in the garden

  146. right and have you know if you'd have

  147. been here you and I probably would have

  148. screwed things up also right I mean

  149. there we go so I can't be too to mad at

  150. them because they're that's my mom and

  151. dad so uh there you have it it's in the

  152. family but I'm just saying Adam and Eve

  153. blew it in the garden God had set up

  154. Paradise for them and he said look y'all

  155. have it out wear it out it's going to be

  156. amazing just leave this alone and of

  157. course it's the one thing you're not

  158. supposed to do you might notice that

  159. when someone tells you not to do

  160. something that's the thing you want to

  161. do that's why your kids are so screwed

  162. up just like you they're just like you

  163. they're just like you that little

  164. rebellious nature you can eat anything

  165. here just don't touch

  166. that if you hadn't have said anything I

  167. wouldn't worried about it you put the

  168. you put the sign up wet paint don't

  169. [Applause]

  170. touch just got to get my finger dirty

  171. like what what is it about that you put

  172. a speed limit

  173. up no

  174. no Adam and

  175. Eve Adam and Eve when they Sinn they

  176. lost three things in the garden

  177. they lost their intimacy with

  178. God they lost their

  179. identity in who he made them to be and

  180. they lost their

  181. influence their

  182. power when they sinned and went sideways

  183. in the garden they lost all three their

  184. intimacy with God which is on Full

  185. display today because today we worship

  186. everything but God

  187. and everyone but

  188. God their

  189. identity they ran and hid they lost

  190. their confidence they lost their

  191. security they lost their strength they

  192. lost their identity now we see in our

  193. culture people don't know who they are

  194. so they got three and four social media

  195. profiles because they just want to be

  196. another person another version of who

  197. they are they're they're trying to

  198. self-identify and and reclaim the people

  199. are all over the place today they're

  200. lost do I matter do I have a purpose

  201. purpose there's no

  202. identity and their

  203. influence because they lost spiritual

  204. influence they exert abuse on other

  205. people and they damage and they hurt

  206. trying to climb a ladder that doesn't

  207. even exist literally we are dealing with

  208. issues today that happened in the

  209. garden and Jesus says I came to seek and

  210. to save all that I came to bring all

  211. that back under under the banner of God

  212. that you don't have to live tore up in

  213. your intimacy you can know God you can

  214. know who you are you're identity where

  215. you're not seeking people to see if

  216. you're okay I'm already good I hope you

  217. like me but if you don't I'm good and

  218. I'm just going to give and you can just

  219. walk like these kids up here like it or

  220. not I'm want to dance my dance like like

  221. it's it's good to have that kind of

  222. confidence on the inside and then to

  223. know that You' got influence that

  224. through Christ his power is in me his

  225. authority is in me and I can live my

  226. life strong that's exactly what Jesus

  227. came yes he came to restore people back

  228. to God but when we come back to God we

  229. discover identity we regain our

  230. influence and life gets better when we

  231. do it his way sir he had to come because

  232. chaos was

  233. everywhere Jesus was born into our chaos

  234. to restore unity and to restore order

  235. between God and man but now watch this

  236. here this is different here he didn't

  237. just just come to restore relationship

  238. he came to bring us back into

  239. alignment anybody ever had your car out

  240. of

  241. alignment you driving down the road and

  242. your car is pulling towards the ditch

  243. all by itself or it's pulling towards

  244. oncoming traffic like you got to fight

  245. the wheel right God says your your life

  246. naturally swerves towards ditches you

  247. are attracted to headon collisions in

  248. life and I want to I want to fix the

  249. alignment of your life that it's going

  250. to take some of the struggle out of your

  251. life so that you can enjoy this ride

  252. Jesus's

  253. mission was to restore man's peace with

  254. God but watch this but in order to do

  255. that oh some of y'all aren't going to

  256. like this oh yeah you got to come back

  257. next week all right it'll be better next

  258. week I promise

  259. you but in order to restore that and to

  260. fulfill that mission he had to create

  261. conflict

  262. well where's the peace we're going to

  263. talk about

  264. that Matthew chap 10:34 a verse nobody

  265. should read during

  266. Christmas some of y'all will get that

  267. later that's okay here here's here's

  268. what it says read it don't think I came

  269. to bring peace to the earth I came to

  270. bring trouble not peace thanks for

  271. coming have a great day let your

  272. shopping be merry amen

  273. I didn't come to bring peace but now

  274. wait a minute peace on Earth Good Will

  275. towards all men but Jesus said yeah yeah

  276. I I get that but I didn't come to bring

  277. peace I came to bring

  278. trouble it's good trouble but it's

  279. trouble this is what he did I'm I'm

  280. going to

  281. confront your

  282. chaos I'm going to confront your chaos

  283. so you can actually

  284. experience real peace I I need I need to

  285. present something that's a solution to

  286. the issues the things that you think

  287. you've got your hands on that are really

  288. helping your life are wrecking your life

  289. you're protecting and holding on to

  290. stuff that's gutting your joy that's you

  291. you you're leaking life everywhere and

  292. you think you're together and you think

  293. everybody else is the problem and you

  294. can't figure out why is it not working I

  295. should be further down the road than

  296. this so Jesus shows up and he says I'm

  297. going to I'm going to show you who I am

  298. I'm going to confront some things in

  299. your life so he tells us these things

  300. like I am the door why because you need

  301. to leave this season and get to a new

  302. season in your life he he says things

  303. like I'm the light of the world why

  304. because you living in darkness right now

  305. I know you think you partying living

  306. your best life you can't even see right

  307. now he says I am the bread of life why

  308. cuz you're starving to death and when

  309. you're starving you'll eat anything and

  310. just because it's available doesn't mean

  311. it's good for you you better be careful

  312. who you hang with you better be careful

  313. what you put your hands on oh when

  314. you're seeking something that you don't

  315. have you'll go for stuff that you never

  316. should he said I am the Good Shepherd

  317. because you've been lost and all alone

  318. and people are leading you astray but

  319. I'm your God I am the Lamb of God why

  320. you need someone to heal the

  321. relationship between heaven and you and

  322. put life back together Jesus came Rel

  323. revealing I'm all of these things

  324. because you need all of these things in

  325. your life and every one of them was

  326. confronting

  327. chaos confronting

  328. disorder confronting stuff that just

  329. wasn't aligning can anybody in the room

  330. with me admit that we

  331. present a side of us that isn't the

  332. reality of who we are like we present

  333. better than we actually are now if the

  334. person beside you did not raise their

  335. hand they really have issues because

  336. they can't even admit that they're like

  337. that they're human like the rest of

  338. us Jesus came starting some good trouble

  339. watch this watch this watch this watch

  340. this the

  341. church Free Life Chapel we

  342. fail if we only give

  343. comfort and we don't help people build

  344. peace

  345. how many know sometimes your kids need

  346. to be comforted they fell down hit their

  347. foot you know oh my oh come here come

  348. here come here come here and then

  349. sometimes they do

  350. things and you don't need any comforting

  351. right now you need some correction we

  352. need to read and and and and there is

  353. proper parenting will cause discomfort

  354. when done right because I love you we

  355. going to we're going to correct

  356. something course correction here we go

  357. that's what we do the church fails If

  358. all we're doing is offering Comfort back

  359. years ago I I I was doing something

  360. ridiculous stupid and I broke my

  361. rist I don't recommend it for anybody I

  362. it it it wasn't fun uh I broke my wrist

  363. and uh and so I had to like I I I was I

  364. broke it in Tennessee I'm coming back to

  365. Florida and when I get back the next I

  366. broke it over the weekend I get back

  367. I've got it all wrapped up I went to the

  368. emergency room they looked at yeah it's

  369. broke and so I the the doctor said um

  370. yeah you have to come back in about a

  371. week and a half I need all that swelling

  372. to go down before we can do anything

  373. with it I said do anything with

  374. it like can't you just kind of put

  375. something on that thing and you kiss it

  376. and then then it let it he said no the

  377. way you broke it we're going to have to

  378. set that thing I said

  379. splain he said it's out of place we got

  380. to put it back in

  381. place but I need the swelling to go down

  382. before we can get it set and then we'll

  383. wrap it up and kiss it and give you a

  384. lollipop and send you

  385. home I still don't remember the lollipop

  386. I still don't remember the lollipop to

  387. this day all I know is when I was in

  388. that office and I'm sitting there on

  389. that table and he has me put my elbow on

  390. the table I'm sitting on the table

  391. beside a wall the wall right here Cindy

  392. is sitting right there wall is beside me

  393. elbow here he grabs my hand with one

  394. grabs my hand with his hand and he

  395. reaches down and he puts his other hand

  396. right here and I'm looking at him like

  397. Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus he said he said

  398. pastor on the count of three we're going

  399. to go we're going to get this thing back

  400. in place and I oh what does he one two

  401. he

  402. lied cuz when he got to two my feet were

  403. climbing up that wall Jesus I mean I'm

  404. oh you don't

  405. understand and after it got done I

  406. should have known there was something

  407. wrong when he had my hand and he he

  408. takes this position

  409. [Applause]

  410. here he got done he said hold it right

  411. there like hold oh my what hold what he

  412. we got to get x-rays now thankfully it

  413. took on the first he said it's in place

  414. let's let's cast it up and then and yeah

  415. that

  416. part he didn't he didn't just make me

  417. feel good about my busted

  418. situation he said you're broken I I'll

  419. give you some morphine and a

  420. lollipop as long as as long as you're

  421. comforted that's all that matters ladies

  422. and gentlemen that's not all that

  423. matters cuz it's possible for someone to

  424. comfort you when they should correct

  425. you right true love true kindness is

  426. clarity about my

  427. situation love me enough to give me a

  428. truth that will show me how to get out

  429. of this pain in my life don't make me

  430. try to feel good about it show me the

  431. way out of it this is why the Bible

  432. Jesus said I didn't come to bring

  433. comfort and all that p no no no I came

  434. to cause trouble what kind of trouble

  435. trouble on purpose it is a truth in love

  436. that's going to confront your situation

  437. and and cause you bring you to a point

  438. of challenge like what will I do now

  439. that I realize there's another way a

  440. better way a higher way to live my life

  441. you see it's really tough because most

  442. people confuse comfort with peace and

  443. the two are not the same Comfort is

  444. circumstantial peace is when I am fixed

  445. in my heart and my mind Comfort is

  446. feeling driven but peace is truth driven

  447. comfort uses avoidance and excuses peace

  448. uses seeks alignment and wholeness

  449. Comfort it seeks support and celebration

  450. peace seeks truth and

  451. change Jesus says I'm coming to bring

  452. some peace but you may not like it while

  453. I'm getting the broken situation

  454. set it's going to cause more pain than

  455. what you want initially but you'll be

  456. able to use it long long term after I

  457. get done putting it together you see

  458. peace is not the absence of conflict but

  459. the presence of

  460. Hope peace doesn't mean everything is

  461. good in my

  462. life I can have a peace and be toore up

  463. from the floor up with situations in my

  464. world as long as the situation that's

  465. tore up is outside of me and not inside

  466. of me I'll be just fine I can have a

  467. storm on the outside

  468. all the sound guys just gasp right

  469. there I can have the storm on the

  470. outside but as long as I can just Stand

  471. My Ground and let it snow and let it

  472. rain and let the storm hit all around me

  473. but know that my feet are on a good

  474. foundation that everything in here is

  475. going to be all right that's what

  476. allowed the Apostle Paul to be locked up

  477. in prison and keep singing his songs

  478. that's what what allowed Daniel to be in

  479. a lion's den but know that God is good

  480. and keep trusting him that's what

  481. allowed Shadrach Meshach and Abednego to

  482. walk through a fiery furnace knowing in

  483. here everything is going to be all right

  484. I have a hope I have a peace I have

  485. something that violates that's bigger

  486. here than all the situations out here

  487. and you and I need to live our lives

  488. with that hope that peace Romans 15:13

    Romans 15:13

  489. check this out here's what it says May

  490. the god of Hope fill you with all joy

  491. and peace as you trust in him so that

  492. you may overflow with hope by the power

  493. of the Holy Spirit he's the god of hope

  494. so it's our job to get your hopes up yes

  495. it is it's our job to get your eyes off

  496. the circumstance and back on God and

  497. when that happens all of a sudden joy

  498. and peace rushes in why because it shows

  499. you that just because things are rough

  500. now doesn't mean it's over it's not the

  501. final verdict in your life get your eyes

  502. down the road and I serve a God who is

  503. greater I serve a God who is Kinder I

  504. serve a God who is all powerful all

  505. knowing and knows my life and he's able

  506. to do exceeding abundantly above so it

  507. might be bad right now but just keep

  508. watching because God's about to bust a

  509. move in my life and everything is going

  510. to be all right

  511. this is the

  512. peace Jesus brought get the things

  513. aligned inside with God come into order

  514. with him and the moment you do you can

  515. only do that when you submit to his life

  516. when you surrender to his way and now

  517. his word becomes your focus his word

  518. becomes the thing you're fixed on and

  519. once his word the unmovable unshakable

  520. reality of God hits your life and God's

  521. word word becomes more truthful than

  522. what you feel in your circumstances you

  523. can stand your ground I don't like what

  524. they said and I don't like what's going

  525. on but God is good and I'm going to wipe

  526. tears and Stand My Ground because any

  527. moment now God's bringing me through

  528. that ladies and gentlemen is the peace

  529. Jesus came to give us that in the midst

  530. of chaos you can stand your ground and

  531. know I'm coming through everything is

  532. going to be fine

  533. those people are some strong

  534. people so how do you make it through a

  535. chaotic

  536. world you make it through chaos with a

  537. hope that produces

  538. peace in God you see Jesus has the power

  539. to change

  540. everything that's why his title is

  541. Christos the anointed

  542. one a power and authority and ability

  543. that supersedes anything you've ever

  544. seen or known that's why Isaiah 9:6

    Isaiah 9:6

  545. calls him the Prince of Peace Prince is

  546. a is a is a title of authority like he

  547. ain't just a peaceful guy he's the ruler

  548. The Authority the Prince of Peace I own

  549. this like my house I'm I'm the one who

  550. disseminates he's the Prince of Peace

  551. and because of that we see what he does

  552. why Jesus was coming in fact Isaiah 61

  553. tells us when the Messiah when Christos

  554. comes here's what his power will do

  555. Isaiah 61 says this he will rebuild the

  556. ruins of Our Lives he will trade his

  557. Beauty for our ashes he will trade his

  558. joy for our grief he will trade his

  559. celebration for our despair as Isaiah 53

  560. comes along speaking of the Messiah of

  561. Christos the anointed one and his

  562. anointing he will be wounded for chaos

  563. of our Rebellion he will be bruised for

  564. the chaos of your sin and failure he

  565. will pay the penalty for the chaotic

  566. lives we've chosen to live he will be

  567. beaten for our sickness and for our

  568. disease and if the chaos was wasn't

  569. crazy enough Christmas steps in Jesus

  570. steps in the anoint Ed one steps in and

  571. 2 Corinthians 4 Paul puts it this way

  572. because the Messiah because Christos

  573. came we get troubled but we're never

  574. crushed we get frustrated but we never

  575. quit we get persecuted but we're never

  576. alone we get knocked down but never

  577. knocked out ladies and gentlemen peace

  578. rules and Reigns in our hearts because

  579. Jesus the Christ the anointed one showed

  580. up and confronted us and brought us into

  581. alignment and we get to live with this

  582. today would you turn to someone tell

  583. them I'm still here I'm still here I'm

  584. still

  585. here turn back and tell them I don't tap

  586. out don't tap out don't tap out whatever

  587. you do whatever you do peace will hold

  588. you watch watch watch peace is one of

  589. the fruit of the spirit how do you know

  590. you're doing well when you've got a

  591. peace that doesn't make sense the Bible

  592. calls it a peace that passes all

  593. understanding I should have lost my mind

  594. up in here up but you're still here

  595. right now and you're still smiling right

  596. now and you're still and people don't

  597. understand how what are you drinking

  598. what you smoking you got your 420 down

  599. like what in the world is happening no

  600. no no no I I'm looking to one who is

  601. greater this is temporary he is eternal

  602. that's circumstantial my eyes and my

  603. heart are fixed on him let life come let

  604. the wind blow my God is holding

  605. me this is what the Prince of Peace he

  606. came to violate your situation he came

  607. to turn it around that's why he doesn't

  608. come and just rescue you out of it he

  609. allows you to get in it so you and he

  610. together can bring peace in the midst of

  611. a storm so when the wind blows stand up

  612. and talk back to it I'm not living this

  613. way it's got to change to match the

  614. promise that I have from my God the

  615. anointed one and his anointing is alive

  616. in my life and my best days are on the

  617. way

  618. oh when you know this you understand no

  619. more chaosmos only Christmas in my life

  620. that's how I'm living for the rest of my

  621. life life is

  622. chaos but

  623. Jesus is our peace yes

  624. sir you need peace at 15 years old

  625. today yes

  626. sir yes

  627. sir all the people in My

  628. Generation don't have a clue what it is

  629. to be 15 years old

  630. today it's a different

  631. world if you're

  632. single you better get some peace in your

  633. heart you will reach for stuff that you

  634. will regret for the rest of your

  635. life I know she looked good but it

  636. wasn't all

  637. that if you're married never mind never

  638. mind never mind let's just

  639. let me let me finish with

  640. this your life needs peace in three

  641. areas real quickly this is why Jesus

  642. came you need spiritual

  643. peace you need to restore your heart

  644. back to God the the the the separation

  645. of you and God that's what's causing the

  646. chaos the darkness the mess Jesus came

  647. to restore us back to God Romans chap 5

  648. verse1 says this read it with me we have

  649. peace with God because of what Jesus

  650. Christ Our Lord has done for us

  651. this is why he came to seek and to save

  652. that yeah this is a part of that Oneness

  653. with God Peace So number one spiritual

  654. peace number two Jesus came to restore

  655. emotional

  656. peace oh he's concerned about your

  657. emotions he concerned about how you

  658. think what you feel in life and when it

  659. sucks that's not okay for him when you

  660. feel alone and broken and no one

  661. understands that's not all right

  662. right he rushes to you he's there

  663. everyone walks out he steps

  664. in he's most wonderful at stepping into

  665. situations that nobody wants to be a

  666. part of he's not afraid of your mess

  667. Colossians chapter 3 verse 15 says this

    Colossians 3:15

  668. Let the Peace of Christ be in control in

  669. your

  670. heart the voices from your past have got

  671. to get quiet yeah the reputation that

  672. you're trying to outlive and run from

  673. Let It

  674. Go but watch this when we live in

  675. violation to God's word and God's will

  676. you know what happens we have conflict

  677. in

  678. here the worst conflict you'll ever have

  679. is not outside but

  680. inside you can leave them but you can't

  681. leave

  682. you and when you lay down in bed at

  683. night the thoughts that you

  684. think and the desires of your heart and

  685. the decisions you're

  686. making are they

  687. aligned with God his plan his word his

  688. will or am I opposing God

  689. himself and wonder why life isn't

  690. working am I pushing back am I stiff

  691. arming God

  692. and then wonder why he's not close to

  693. me you see emotional healing emotional

  694. restoration emotional peace with self

  695. happens whenever we sett in and say yes

  696. to him and when we say yes to him and

  697. just surrender anxiety leaves guilt

  698. leaves fear leaves anger begins to leave

  699. narcissism it's all about me all about

  700. me me me me I I I look at me look at all

  701. of that stuff it just

  702. dissipates in other words in order to

  703. have emotional peace we've got to live

  704. all the Bible just not our favorite

  705. parts of

  706. it it's not just what's highlighted it's

  707. the other parts too you see we highlight

  708. what brings us

  709. comfort and we skip over what gives us

  710. peace to find

  711. Comfort but Jesus says no the other

  712. parts are important too cuz this will

  713. align your life for peace so you can

  714. experience my comfort yes Comfort is

  715. important you and I need comfort of

  716. course we do yes we do but God help us

  717. if we ever get Comfort when we truly

  718. need

  719. peace the third

  720. area spiritual peace emotional peace and

  721. relational peace yeah the Bible actually

  722. tells us in Hebrews 12:14 this is a

    Hebrews 12:14

  723. tough one swallow hard and read it out

  724. loud work at living in peace with with

  725. everyone who did your mind just run to

  726. Who did your mind just run to like them

  727. who who was that who was that like you

  728. don't even understand no Jesus does

  729. Jesus does but notice the first word

  730. work work work work

  731. work you going have to work this thing

  732. it ain't going to be easy somebody got

  733. to work on this that's why Matthew Jesus

  734. was preaching he said blessed are the

  735. peacemakers you got to make it it ain't

  736. just showing up

  737. no one's going to just Amazon you a

  738. surprise gift of Peace it don't work

  739. that way somebody's got to be the adult

  740. in the room someone's got to show up and

  741. say I've got enough peace for me and you

  742. too I'm working on this we're going to

  743. restore this I'm more adult than this

  744. I'm bigger than I used to be I'm

  745. emotionally at ease I've got Oneness

  746. with God that means I got enough that I

  747. can give you to and understand this when

  748. you realize how much chaos you deal with

  749. in your life and you realize that others

  750. are dealing with the same chaos you

  751. are it kind of reminds us we all need

  752. Jesus I you know in my estimation people

  753. at DMV need a little bit more

  754. just chaos is a part of

  755. life Jesus is

  756. too chaos doesn't have to run it Jesus

  757. will Jesus is going to bring corre

  758. Direction in the middle of comfort so

  759. that you can live with

  760. peace stop

  761. excusing and pushing back on things you

  762. don't

  763. like stop seeking Comfort instead of

  764. growth let's move our life forward

  765. that's why Jesus came he came to turn

  766. our chaos into Christmas would you

  767. please stand to your feet

  768. when I was in

  769. college I had a

  770. Toyota it was a little hatchback it was

  771. the

  772. ugliest gold/ yellow like I don't even

  773. know what color you would call it puke I

  774. it it was the it was the it was the it

  775. was the ugliest colored Toyota ver

  776. hatchback hatchback nothing sexy about a

  777. hatchback while you're in college no I

  778. mean it was just it was just bad and but

  779. you know what I had Wheels I had wheels

  780. so thank you very much and I was giving

  781. people rides so thank you only problem

  782. was one day the starter went

  783. out and back in those days we had these

  784. things

  785. called

  786. manual they had this things called

  787. clutches y'all don't even know what that

  788. is today you just turn the key and just

  789. go no no no back in the day it took a

  790. college degree to learn how to drive a

  791. car you had to push the clutch

  792. in put it in first gear simultaneously

  793. see that right there that threw half

  794. y'all off

  795. simultaneously push the gas pedal while

  796. you're letting off the clutch and you

  797. got to do it well if not you'll get

  798. whiplashed you'll be going to the

  799. chiropractor like y y'all know what I'm

  800. talking about y'all been

  801. there started when I I had to I had to

  802. use my I had to pop the clutch to get my

  803. car going

  804. and so I was always parking on

  805. Hills I'm looking for a hill I might

  806. have to walk three blocks but that's

  807. where the hill

  808. is and I popped that clutch for probably

  809. six months seven months I was popping

  810. clutches Come Rain Come Shine pop that

  811. clutch thank you Lord thank you I

  812. thought I thought I was getting by with

  813. it when I learned to pop the

  814. clutch until it got really old really

  815. quick and I realized I was tearing my

  816. car up yes you see eventually we all

  817. reach places that we stop putting

  818. Band-Aids on tore up

  819. situations and it's time to stop popping

  820. the clutch on your

  821. marriage it's time it's time to stop

  822. always just looking for a hill to just

  823. to get things going because whenever you

  824. get the right pieces in play Life works

  825. exactly how it's supposed

  826. to God will bring some rest back to your

  827. life but first you and I have to be

  828. confronted with I I have to admit the

  829. chaos before I can even make room for

  830. God in my life I need peace cuz I ain't

  831. got it and I'm saying yes to him not we

  832. we don't live perfect I just live in

  833. Pursuit and let him keep working this

  834. out I want us to pray today let's do

  835. this father we admit that we need you

  836. today we admit the chaos is real in our

  837. life it's crazy things get tore up and

  838. we're

  839. just we're we're we're living just

  840. popping clutches in our life and this is

  841. not the way it was supposed to be it's

  842. supposed to be smoother stronger better

  843. more reliable getting through

  844. situations today God we've got turmoil

  845. all around us but it's the turmoil

  846. that's in us it's the chaos in us that

  847. you came to deal with you are the Prince

  848. of Peace you are the one that heals it

  849. all you give us a hope that let us see

  850. beyond where we are to turn our eyes

  851. back on you that we're not looking at

  852. circumstances but we're facing you today

  853. God I pray that you would get the

  854. attention of all of my friends in this

  855. room all my brothers at pkci right now

  856. who are in a difficult scenario in their

  857. head their heart their life God would

  858. you give them a peace right there where

  859. they are remind them you love them and

  860. you're with them and it's not over and

  861. the same peace on the outside is the

  862. same peace on the inside that it's

  863. possible to have more peace at pyi than

  864. it is on the nicest island in the world

  865. because as long as you are ruling and

  866. reigning in our heart we're going to be

  867. fine all is good God today I pray the

  868. chaos out of people's lives and I pray

  869. you would not just Comfort us but you

  870. would bring a peace that would confront

  871. us and today help us to realize that we

  872. must turn it all over to you that we can

  873. experience the hope the peace the joy

  874. that only you can give thank you for

  875. telling us the truth thank you for not

  876. leaving us in and a lie thank you for

  877. leading us forward and not walking

  878. around us thank you for your conviction

  879. thank you for the challenge thank you

  880. for the sacrifice and the love we look

  881. to you we call on you we need you

  882. today would you take about 20 seconds 30

  883. seconds in this room and just declare to

  884. him God I need you in my life today I'm

  885. surrendering my life to you I'm giving

  886. it all I want you to step in and remove

  887. the chaos I want your peace to rule and

  888. reign in my

  889. heart let that peace pass all

  890. understanding doesn't make sense why I'm

  891. calm in this but because of you because

  892. of your hope I know all is going to be

  893. okay be with my friends and affirm that

  894. I pray today especially in this

  895. Christmas season thank you Jesus Christ

  896. for coming to this earth in Jesus name

  897. amen amen amen if you receive that today

  898. would you put your hands together

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