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2. The Peace Chronicles Part VII: Keys to Personal Peace in a Material World Pastor Joe Pursch Chinese Grace Bible Church Sunday, August 5, 2012

3. The Peace Chronicles Part VII: Keys to Personal Peace in a Material World Pastor Joe Pursch Chinese Grace Bible Church Sunday, August 5, 2012

4. 08.05.2012 4 Matthew 6:25-34 (ESV) 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

5. 08.05.2012 5 Matthew 6:25-34 (ESV) 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

6. 08.05.2012 6 Matthew 6:25-34 (ESV) 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

7. 08.05.2012 7 Matthew 6:25-34 (ESV) 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

8. 08.05.2012 8 Matthew 6:25-34 (ESV) 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

9. 08.05.2012 9 Matthew 6:25-34 (ESV) 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

10. 08.05.2012 10 Matthew 6:25-34 (ESV) 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

11. 08.05.2012 11 Matthew 6:25-34 (ESV) 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

12. 08.05.2012 12 Matthew 6:25-34 (ESV) 34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

13. 08.05.2012 13 I.The First Key: Stop Being So __________ About Your Material Needs… And Start Being More ________ Of How Valuable You Are To God Anxious Aware

14. 08.05.2012 14 Matthew 6:25-30 (ESV) 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

15. 08.05.2012 15 Matthew 6:25-30 (ESV) 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

16. 08.05.2012 16 Matthew 6:25-30 (ESV) 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

17. 08.05.2012 17 Matthew 6:25-30 (ESV) 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

18. 08.05.2012 18 Matthew 6:25-30 (ESV) 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

19. 08.05.2012 19 Matthew 13:22-23 (ESV) 22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

20. 08.05.2012 20 Matthew 13:22-23 (ESV) 23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”

21. 08.05.2012 21 Matthew 7:9-11 (ESV) 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?

22. 08.05.2012 22 Matthew 7:9-11 (ESV) 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

23. 08.05.2012 23 II.The Second Key: Stop ___________ So Much About Your Material Lifestyle… And Start _________ To Know And Serve God More (And Watch Him Meet Your Needs!) Obsessing Seeking

24. 08.05.2012 24 Matthew 6:31-33 (ESV) 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’

25. 08.05.2012 25 Matthew 6:31-33 (ESV) 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

26. 08.05.2012 26 Matthew 6:31-33 (ESV) 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

27. 08.05.2012 27 Romans 10:8-13 (ESV) 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);

28. 08.05.2012 28 Romans 10:8-13 (ESV) 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

29. 08.05.2012 29 Romans 10:8-13 (ESV) 10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 11 For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”

30. 08.05.2012 30 Romans 10:8-13 (ESV) 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.

31. 08.05.2012 31 Romans 10:8-13 (ESV) 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

32. 08.05.2012 32 Matthew 22:36-39 (ESV) 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

33. 08.05.2012 33 Matthew 22:36-39 (ESV) 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

34. 08.05.2012 34 Psalm 34:8-10 (ESV) 8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

35. 08.05.2012 35 Psalm 34:8-10 (ESV) 9 Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack!

36. 08.05.2012 36 Psalm 34:8-10 (ESV) 10 The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

37. 08.05.2012 37 Psalm 37:3-4 (ESV) 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.

38. 08.05.2012 38 Psalm 37:3-4 (ESV) 4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

39. 08.05.2012 39 Psalm 37:18-19 (ESV) 18 The Lord knows the days of the blameless, and their heritage will remain forever;

40. 08.05.2012 40 Psalm 37:18-19 (ESV) 19 they are not put to shame in evil times; in the days of famine they have abundance.

41. 08.05.2012 41 Psalm 37:23-27 (ESV) 23 The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way;

42. 08.05.2012 42 Psalm 37:23-27 (ESV) 24 though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.

43. 08.05.2012 43 Psalm 37:23-27 (ESV) 25 I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.

44. 08.05.2012 44 Psalm 37:23-27 (ESV) 26 He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing.

45. 08.05.2012 45 Psalm 37:23-27 (ESV) 27 Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever.

46. 08.05.2012 46 III.The Third Key: Stop ___________ So Much About How You’ll Handle Your Material Future… And Start _________ More For What You Need To Accomplish His Will Today Worrying Trusting

47. 08.05.2012 47 Matthew 6:34 (ESV) 34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

48. 08.05.2012 48 Luke 11:3 (ESV) 3 Give us each day our daily bread,

49. 08.05.2012 49 Psalm 39:4-7 (ESV) 4 “O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!

50. 08.05.2012 50 Psalm 39:4-7 (ESV) 5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

51. 08.05.2012 51 Psalm 39:4-7 (ESV) 6 Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

52. 08.05.2012 52 Psalm 39:4-7 (ESV) 7 “And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in you.