Power of peace

     Peace is sought by everybody. Everybody thinks their peace lies in 'somewhere'. Nobody has seen peace with their eyes, but expect peace to be 'visible' to them.
     Peace has been a concept of conquest among many people and nations. Even the Indian political leader who led the nation to independence, Mahatma Gandhi, had pursued peace. The theme behind his efforts against the British rule had been peace. The very vision behind the efforts had been peace; the very method handled was peace. Non-violence had been the method, to be with the terms used by himself.
     If peace has so much value, it cannot be separated from mankind, to produce anything of a high value. We need not seek peace. Peace is within the self. One thing we need to know more about is the giver of peace.
     The 'person' behind the offering of peace is Jesus. The Bible calls Him, the Prince of Peace. Yes, Jesus came to bring peace into the hearts ravaged by worldliness. What had been sought from material things, was given through a Person, Jesus.
     The Bible speaks about 'true peace'. What is true peace? The peace which is derived out of nothing and which is not given to material thing is true peace. If you find peace in music, noise would take away your peace. If you take pills to produce peace, the pills would kill you. Don't be offended at these statements. These are real. When you have found the true peace, you can make out easily, the falsehood in the peace offered by the world. I mean, every material thing in the world, is called worldly, by the Bible.
     The Bible contains truths, which are effective in producing peace in your lives. Mind you, how you receive benefit from a medicine is how you take it. You do not leave off your medicine for 5 days after taking it for a week. You know you have to take it regularly.
 
     Let me show a piece of the Scripture on peace.

John 8:32 AKJV
     And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.


What does this verse indicate?

1. You have to seek for truth.
2. You shall be set free upon knowing the truth.

     When you find the truth, the truth will set you free. If you have found that medicines gave you relief from tension, then you have found something that is true, but true in the worldly way. It would be true, if you had the right prescription, right tablet, right diet, right this, right that and so on.

     The Bible clearly says that Jesus came to teach the truth for the needs of every man. The point which is confusing to many is that, in this world nobody is true. It is useless to depend on people for truth. Everybody in the flesh (physical body) are prone to go away from truth. I do not say in a manner to condemn the flesh. I do not condemn anybody. You can ask yourself, "Am I truthful? Did I ever go wrong anywhere?"

     We are all prone to faults. We keep ourselves on a process of correcting on a daily basis, to keep ourselves free from faults.

     Then that means, truth cannot be given by a physical thing. It is to be given by a superior thing. God is the author of peace. God gave Jesus to mankind, so that he can depend upon His teachings for spreading peace. If you have found peace by reading this article, please share your comments. It can help to improve to help many people.


Updated on January 18, 2011

Psalm 37:11 NIV
But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.


We have to consider the following facts hidden in this statement.


1. You have to acknowledge that somebody has to work and produce fruits from the land. God does not say that they would inherit the fruits of labour, those who earn for themselves. Do not be quick to misunderstand the great truth which the Bible is revealing it. The rich will have their possession for long, only to give away to those who inherit. You have to do the following.
2. Expect peace. When you seek this higher spiritual gift of God, you are sure to receive something which is called the fruit of labour of men. What you need is to 'keep your meekness'. The year 2011-2020, man-kind is going to see bloodshed. Those who are depending on entertainment for pleasure and politicians to do good for their families, will have to be stupefied. Those who are supposed to do what they should do will get dumbfounded because God is going to move powerfully. You will never know what you will get, if only you keep your peace.

4 STAGES OF PRAYER

 

     Every person goes through 4 stages in his prayer life. The 4 stages are actually marking 4 different spiritual levels in his life.

STAGE #1 Baby prayer

    A baby cries after it's parents for nourishment and does make known of it's needs to them. Often it cries also for other needs such as changing diapers, for change of place, etc.

STAGE #2 Child prayer

    A child doesn't cry for his needs but rather 'begs' for his requirement. We have seen children trying to cry out their souls for a balloon, toy, etc.

STAGE #3 Adolescent prayer

    An adolescent person asks in more or less requests for something wit hesitation from his parents. He probably would have in his mind whether whatever he asks will be given or not. For example, a youth may question in his mind, of receiving the requested amount of money.


STAGE #4 Adult prayer

    An adult speaks out to his father's servants in a manner of expressing demands concerning what he can receive from his parents. A person who knows what his parents owe him doesn't seek them to provide for it.

The SIT, STAND and SPEAK Rule

Psalms 1:1

     Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.

Let us see the terms used in this Scripture.

counsel - advice

ungodly - those who are alien to God

sinners - who care about the things of the world

scornful - those who despise (treat as low) the things of God

What not to do?
It is not good to follow the advice of the ungodly.
It is not good to stand in a place full of sinners.
It is not good to sit in a place who disrespect God.

What then to do?
It is good to follow the advice of the godly.
It is good to stand in a place full of the righteous.
It is good to sit in a place who respect God.

This verse speaks about a SIT, STAND and SPEAK rule.
SIT not in place who disrespect God.
STAND not in a place full of sinners.
SPEAK not to know from unbelievers.

The above truth are taken from the book called Psalms in the Bible. The chapter from which this verse is taken is the first. This book is a collection of chapters which are in the format of worship and praise to God, but convey meaning to the reader.

3 Things that God wants you to do PART 2

Acts 3:19 AKJV
    Repent you therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.

What does the above verse teach us to do?

1. Repent
2. Enjoy the refreshment you get from God

Why should I repent?

You may ask why should you repent. You may ask what is repentance.
Well, I have something to tell you concerning this. If you have heard a Christian preacher or a Bible Teacher speak about this matter, and if you have got offended, you got it wrong. Repentance is submission.  Repentance is acceptance. Repentance is deliverance.

Now what is submission?

Submission is an act of giving our control to a higher authority. Basically, what do you do when your pressures increase above your head level? You pray. Yes, everyone prays! When you are in a pressure-state which is not controllable, you tend to seek someone who is invisible, yet more powerful and omniscient. We invariably seek the supernatural. It has almost become like a human instinct. The truth as well as the secret behind is the nature of the human self. Read my article concerning spirit, soul and body on earlier posts, you will find some detail concerning this.

What is acceptance?

When you cannot handle something, you tend to accept someone's effort or support. That's acceptance. When you are no longer depending only on your resources, you start depending on someone's resources. We tend to accept others' resources, if ours' don't fill the situation.

What is deliverance?

When you submit and accept, you expect you to be delivered. The same way when you submit and accept God, you get delivered. This is the way of receiving refreshment from God: submit..., accept..., get delivered; by acting thus, receive refreshment.

You may ask,"Well I never saw God, nor angels nor miracles... how can I deal with this?"
The very statement which you make by saying this, is a secret. God is full of secrets. If you like secrets, God is the place where you will find a lot. A man who is able to learn 'secrets' from God can move powerfully on this earth. Well, if you don't know anything about God, don't try finding or experimenting about these - secrets of somebody are fit to be shared by the person, in this case it is God.

Well. what's so secret about God being hidden from our eyes?

I think it needs time [or in our communicative language, patience] to understand this 'secret'. But for any reason, don't just think that God doesn't exist. The Bible says, "Seek, and you shall find"

To proceed further, it may be well if you have a Bible. Or for some people for the time being, I myself will give the scriptures. Read the scriptures and believe me, you can [through them] start unlocking secrets by yourself. Yes! The first most important secret is that you must read the Bible. Read it, and you will know it.

Matthew 7:7
    Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you:

Now that we have started with the Bible, we shall soon see what is Bible, what are these chapters and numbers. Please follow through... and let me know if you have something to share.

So, according to Acts 3:19, (look above) when you repent, you shall be converted for the purpose of your sins may be blotted out (deleted), when the times of refreshing comes from the presence of the Lord.

Let me explain in an amplified manner: When you repent [by submitting yourself to God], you shall be converted for the purpose of your sins may be blotted out [because sins are a barrier to attachment with God] and thus you shall enjoy the times of refreshing from God.
Sins are a barrier to communication with God. God is not sinful and He dislikes sins. He doesn't dislike you! Many people think God dislikes them for their sins. This is foolishness! This is absolute foolishness. You are a creation of God. You do not know God as yet, but because of that you should not believe God doesn't like you. Sin is a big topic and we do not go into it in detail now, make yourself free and relax... God loves you!

This message may not appeal immediately to everyone. Take time and read this!

Be careful to observe the instructions.

1. Repent
2. Allow God to convert you so that your sins may be blotted out.
3. Upon following the above 2 steps, receive your time of refreshment.

THE REFRESHMENT YOU RECEIVE FROM GOD IS A BLESSING!

YOU DO NOT GET BLESSINGS ANYWHERE ELSE, EXCEPT THROUGH GOD.

Prayer:
Pray along with me, if you want your time of refreshing from God.
"God, I come into your presence after reading this message. I have understood this message, and henceforth I come into Your presence. Please teach me the words in this message. You love me, and you want me to receive my time of refreshing. I want to receive refreshment, God. I want to receive it from your Hands. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen." 

Do not think something marvelous may happen immediately. Keep your patience and wait. You, according to the statement made in the prayer, must understand the message. Keep this message. Take a print-out of it and keep it at your study table. Spend 10 minutes with it each day.

Introduction to Spirit, soul and body

The world is after material things - they are all which satisfy the needs of the physical body. Anything that appeals to and satisfies the physical body is known as 'carnal thing'. A carnal thing is of the flesh and to the flesh.
It is true that one needs the things of the flesh. Everybody needs food to eat, water to drink, clothes to wear, shelter to stay in, etc., but they are all only feeding your physical self. They aren't reaching the inner 'you'. What is this 'you' inside?
There are 3 parts of a human: body, soul and spirit. Now, for your convenience sake, I arranged in a way so that your mind can understand. But actually, with respect to importance to functionality within a human being, the spirit lies first, soul next and body last.
People tend to confuse with these terms when they hear someone speak about these. They don't believe they have a spirit, because they cannot see it through their eyes.
The truth is that you cannot 'see' a spirit.

SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY DIAGRAM

The diagram which you see above is a pictorial representation of your being. It is represented in the form of circles, for better understanding.

The spirit is the (your) inner being, soul - the middle and body - the outer.

SPIRIT The spirit is the life giving substance which is not made of material substance. I give here no definition, but in a way in which you can understand. It is a substance which is not made up of atoms, molecules and matter. (This is why scientists do not come to a conclusion with respect to the existence of spirit). If it cannot be made up of atoms, molecules and matter, it cannot be perceived through senses. You cannot see a spirit. You cannot hold on to a spirit. You cannot lock up a spirit in a suitcase or a box. Even if you do, your lock system cannot hold it long enough to satisfy you.

SOUL This is a subject where science comes in handy with respect to understanding it more clearly. This subject, which I am trying to put forth is not against science. It is a science in itself, which could not be tackled by other sciences. The soul is that which the spirit uses to communicate with the flesh.

BODY This is where science works so well, that there are many branches evolved out by studying the human body. This part is made up of atoms, molecules and matter. You can 'see' a body, 'feel' it and carry it. It is physical and hence subject to physical force and modifiable by external agents like wind, rain, sunshine, etc. We can learn lot about body from doctors. The study of doctors, medicinal practitioners and others is valid, but limited to this realm, where a physical object modifies the body. If you are interested in this topic, you may comment. If you want to know more about this subject, please contact me.