PEACE WITH YOURSELF

​PEACE WITH MYSELF
 One of the great struggles in Life is finding Peace with who you are.
Overcoming past mistakes and disappointments can be tough at times.
The Apostle Paul knew how difficult it was to get Past the Past, and he offers us some really good advice.

1Co 15:9  For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
1Co 15:10  But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

• Paul says, I now have peace with who I am. 
• He is instructing us to come to a place where Christ is finally enough. 
• Finding Peace is essential to seeing God in all aspects of your life.

1. There Must Be A Turning Point:

       (He Was A Saved Man)
Everything begins with your personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

• It’s not just saying a prayer, getting Baptized, and joining a Church.
• It is understanding that we are all sinners in need of a Savior, and that Savior is Jesus Christ.
• It’s not just going through the motions of religion, it is living life like you belong to God.
  
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​        2. He Was Content;

• God often Instructs Us To
• Be content but never become satisfied.
• Contentment means that the highs and lows of life do not effect your self worth or your overall view of life.
• Becoming satisfied often means that growth and change has stopped.
• The Apostle Paul was always content about where he was in Christ, but never satisfied that he had done enough until he had finished his course.

      3. Stop Looking Back:
    (A New Man)
Php 3:13  Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do,forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Php 3:14  I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.


Stop looking at where you’ve been, and look at what you are becoming.
Notice that Paul’s “One Thing” had two parts.
First he had forget some things, then he had to reach for some things.

• What things do you need to just forget?
• When will you start reaching for those things that are in your future?
• Also notice that you have to “Reach” for the things ahead. It may be time to get out of your comfort zone, because what God has for you isn’t where you are right now.

Be Blessed Pastor Eddie