Southcoast | How to Find Peace and Rest in God.
From 2 Chronicles 14 & 15
📖 2 Chronicles 14:1 ESV Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land had rest for ten years.
📖 John 14:27 ESV Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Peace Means the of , But God’s Peace Is the of .
The Way We Experience God’s Peace:
1. Peace is .
📖 2 Chronicles 14:2 ESV And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God.
📖 John 1:12-13 ESV But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
Starts When I .
📖 Galatians 5:22 NLT But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
📖 2 Chronicles 3-5 ESV He took away the foreign altars and the high places and broke down the pillars and cut down the Asherim 4 and commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and to keep the law and the commandment. 5 He also took out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under him.
📖 Acts 3:19-20 NLT Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away. 20 Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah.
📖 Philippians 4:6-7 ESV do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
📖 Philippians 4:9 ESV What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
📖 Acts 2:38 ESV “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
📖 2 Chronicles 14:5b-7 ESV And the kingdom had rest under him. 6 He built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest. He had no war in those years, for the Lord gave him peace. 7 And he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought the Lord our God. We have sought him, and he has given us peace on every side.” So they built and prospered.
The Way We Experience God’s Peace:
2. Peace is .
📖 2 Chronicles 14:10-13 ESV And Asa went out to meet him, and they drew up their lines of battle in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 11 And Asa cried to the Lord his God, “O Lord, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.”
📖 2 Chronicles 14:12-13 ESV 12 So the Lord defeated the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled. 13 Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar, and the Ethiopians fell until none remained alive, for they were broken before the Lord and his army. The men of Judah carried away very much spoil.
📖 John 16:33 ESV I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
📖 Psalm 4:8 NLT In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe.
The Way We Experience God’s Peace:
3. Covenant of Peace Is .
📖 2 Chronicles 15:1-2 ESV The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded, 2 and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
📖 2 Chronicles 15:8 ESV As soon as Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord.
📖 2 Chronicles 15:16 ESV Even Maacah, his mother, King Asa removed from being queen mother because she had made a detestable image for Asherah. Asa cut down her image, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
Radical Requires Radical .
📖 2 Chronicles 15:12 ESV And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul,
📖 2 Chronicles 15:15 ESV And all Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.
Sermon in a sentence:
We Experience God’s Immeasurable Rest by His , on it in the Face of Challenges, and Faithfully His Covenant with Us.
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