4-4-10 Easter – Peace

4-4-10 Easter – Peace 

Movie clip: Lord of the Rings 2 - at beginning of the movie – Gandolf fighting the dragon

Are you ever fearful? Are you ever afraid? Do you worry much? Do you ever have anxiety? Do you ever have conflict with your spouse or your children or your parents, or your boss, or your friends? Do you ever fear not being good enough or not making enough? Do you fear losing your job, your spouse, or your kids?

We sometimes live on fear more than anything else. We get so used to fear that we’re not even aware, because it is so normal for us to fear. We often only recognize our fears when they exceed the normal.

My question to you this morning is “Would you like it if you could live your life without fear? Would you like it if you truly, in your life had nothing to fear? Would you want to trade your life for a new life if, in the new life you only had peace despite all the conflict and chaos and uncertainty that was going on around you? What would you say if I told you that you were created to live that way? In God’s plan for your life, you and I were created to live that way.

Now, I have to be honest with you, I’m not sure if you or I can completely, 100 percent experience that on this side of eternity, but I do know this, you and I can a whole lot of peace, great mountains of peace on this side of eternity even in the midst of all the conflict, chaos and uncertainty and it was made possible by Jesus at Easter. That’s where we’re going today.

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