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Peace: Our Weapon and Shield

Peace: Our Weapon and Shield

by Pastor Roy Esposito

Ephesians 6:12 – Wrestling in the heavenly places
Ephesians 1:3 – Blessed in the heavenly places

Peace – Not extreme indifference and detachment from the world but the fruit of confidence in God’s love for us – personally.

1 John 4:4 – “Greater is HE who is in me…”

“True spiritual authority over fear will only arise in the areas of our being where God’s peace has replaced our inner conflict and oppression.” – PR

Philippians 4:8-9,11-13(NKJV) – “—to be content in whatever state we’re in.”

Content -(GRK – Autarkes) – sufficient in oneself; undisturbed – NOT necessarily HAPPY.

Peace (Strongs) – To set at ONE again

“Where you are not at Peace – you’re at WAR!” – PR

John 14:27 (Passion) & (Ampified)

“We will never fully know Christ’s victory until we stop reacting humanly to our circumstances and look it straight  in the eye without fear or intimidation.” – PR

Mark 4:35-41 – Jesus expressed His perfect peace over the storm and it stilled.

Isaiah 26:3 (Passion)

Imagination – (Hebrew – Yetser) – to form and frame-up

Isaiah 26:3(Amp) – commit to – lean on – hope in

2 Timothy 1:12 – “He is able to keep that which I commit to Him – ”

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (NKJV) & (Passion)

  1. Truth
  2. Righteousness
  3. Faith
  4. Salvation
  5. The WORD spoken
  6. Communion through prayer
  7. Alert and  Watchful (present, focused, undistracted)

Galatians 5:22 – Peace is a fruit and an attribute of the Spirit

“Whenever we walk in peace, we walk in the power of a Peacemaker.”

Matthew 5:9 – “Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called Sons of God.”

Philippians 1:28(Amp) – Peace: a clears sign – a proof – and a seal of our deliverance

Psalms 37:7-9, 11

Meek – not weak but a gentleness of spirit that connotes remarkable strength. – Jack Hayford

Ephesians 2:19 (Passion)

Revelation 4:6 – The crystal sea, like glass, before the Throne – no waves – no ripples

Throne – the symbol of authority – Peace surrounds His authority!

John 3:1-8 (Amplified)

Heb 4:11  —  The real struggle: entering the rest of God.

“Rest precedes rule. Peace precedes power!” – Frances Frangapanni

Philippeans 4:4-9 (Passion)

Romans 16:20