Blessed Are the Peacemakers
Blessed Are the Peacemakers
August 7, 2022
Matthew 5:9 (NLT) — 9 God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God.
Jeremiah 6:14 (NLT) — 14 They offer superficial treatments for my people’s mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace.
Matthew 5:9 (NLT) — 9 God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God.
“We are never more like God than when we take the wholeness and completeness, the “shalom of God” we have, into a world that desperately needs it.”
1. We experience ____________________________.
- Experience peace with our _________.
Romans 5:1–2 (NLT) — 1 Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. 2 Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.
- Experience peace within ______________.
Philippians 4:6–7 (NLT) — 6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
“When a problem causes you to lose your peace,
don’t hurry to resolve the problem in hopes of regaining peace,
but first regain peace and then
see what can be done about the problem.”
- Experience peace with our ________________.
John 16:33 (NLT) — 33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
2. We extend ___________ through our lives.
Three things I want you to see:
- Stay focused on the ___________________.
John 10:10 (ESV) The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
- See others through _______________.
Genesis 1:27 (NLT) — 27 So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.
- Spread peace by ___________________.
“Be the peace you wish to see in the world.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
James 3:18 (NLT) And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.
3. We evidence _____________ to our world.
Matthew 5:9 (NLT) — 9 God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God.
John 17:22-23 (MSG) “The same glory you gave me, I gave them, so they’ll be as unified and together as we are— I in them and you in me. Then they’ll be mature in this oneness, and give the godless world evidence, that you’ve sent me and loved them, in the same way you’ve loved me.”
“We are never more like God than when we take the wholeness
and completeness we have into a world that desperately needs it