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      Peace for Humanity

      Andy Wood | December 11, 2022

      How can we have peace in the midst of chaos? So often we see our problems through the filter of our chaotic world — we let our environment determine our peace. What if, instead of letting our environment determine our peace, we were able to bring peace to our environment? This week, Pastor Andy Wood looks at how we can be a peacemaker in the world around us and bring peace with us wherever we go.

      Message Action Plan

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      Message Action Plan

      Scriptures Used:         Matthew 5:9 (NIV); James 3:17-18 (NLT); James 4:1-2 (NLT);

      Key Points:

      Peace for humanity begins with peace-making humans

      To Become a Peacemaker I Will:

      1. Develop a love for peace

      Three types of people:

      • Peace: fakers (Jeremiah 6:13-14)
      • Peace: takers (Proverbs 22:10)
      • Peace: makers (2 Corinthians 5:16-18)

      2. Deal with my contribution to the world's problems

      • It's hard to be a part of the solution without owning my contribution to the problem

      3. Discern the source over the symptom

      • Every problem has a symptom a source and a solution

      ACTION PLAN:  List out the desires you have that contribute to your negative emotions and actions towards others. What are you lacking?  Who are you depending on to be the fulfillment of those needs? Write out on one side of a line who you depend on to fulfill certain desires, and on the other, what it would look like if you depended on God for those things.

      Solutions That Backfire:

      • External solutions for internal problems.
      • Shallow solutions for deep problems.
      • Temporal solutions for eternal problems.

      4. Do the hard work of reconciliation

      The Work of Reconciliation:

      • Soften the soil by listening.
      • Sow seeds with acts of kindness.
      • Pull weeds by addressing problems.
      • Experience a harvest through endurance.

      ACTION PLAN:  Who in your family can you continue this work of reconciliation with?  Who in your Church family?  Who at work?  Use your self-awareness to re-visit older wounds and begin working toward the next best step for those relationships.   

      Action Steps
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      Listen to "Doable Discipleship ", "The Well ", and "Found " podcasts from our Saddleback Growth team at Saddleback.com/learn.

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      More from this series

      The Missing Peace
      December 4 - December 24, 2022
      • The Gift of Peace
        December 24, 2022
      • Peace for Your Family
        December 18, 2022
      • Peace for Humanity
        December 11, 2022
      • Peace for Your Head
        December 4, 2022
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