MGD: Guard Your Peace

0:00Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, blesses holy name. Shalom, precious one, God richly bless you for tuning in to Radio ACI today for our morning glory devotion. Privilege to be facilitated today's devotion are pasta and Mrs. Bruce Smith from Hover's Chapel International Kumase. Let us kindly share a word of prayer. Father, thank you that the entrance of your word brings light and understanding onto the sample. We receive you understanding today as we harken to your word this morning in Jesus name. Amen.

1:00Let us kindly take our confession from Joshua chapter 1 verse 8. This book of the law shall not depart out of my mouth, but I shall meditate in the day and night that I may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then I will make my way prosperous and then I will have good success. Amen. Today's message is entitled, God your peace. God your peace, ascript written by Mrs. Mary Efa and our scripture reading will be taken from Mark chapter 4 verses 36 to 39. Mark chapter 4 verses 36 to 39, reading from the new living translation. Let us hear the word of the Lord. So they took Jesus in the booth and started out, leaving the crowds behind although other booths followed. Bassoon, a fierce storm came up.

2:01High waves were breaking into the booth and it began to fail with water. Jesus was sleeping at the back of the booth with his head on the cushion. The disciples woke him up shouting, Teeja, don't you care that we are going to drown? When Jesus woke up he rebuilt the wind and said to the waves. Silence, be still. Suddenly the wind stopped and there was a great calm. Made the Lord add his blessing to the reading and hearing of his word. Thanks be to God. God your peace. God your peace. Sometimes when the going gets tough and we seem not to find solutions to our problems and answers to our questions, when a certain pattern repeats itself, we are likely to give fear a seat in our hearts. Our faith may be shaken to the core

3:08and our peace completely sharted. Unfortunately when peace is lost nothing gets better except frustrations. Jesus was right there in the booth with the disciples before the storm began but it chose fear over faith and right there their peace got shrunk. Jesus came in, rebuilt the storm and brought calmness into the booth again. Beloved, whenever you lose your peace, focus in gets blurred, progressing gets retarded and the aspects of life comes to a halt. Peace is that gift of God that fuels your heart and mind with soundness, joy, calmness and assurance in the midst of chaos. It keeps you moving even when you are not sure of the outcome. It does not matter the battles with our daily, there is appointment we

4:11keep receiving. We will always have the positive energy to keep hoping and believe in the ultimate part of God that brings rest in every area of our life once our peace is in motion. In moments of turbulence fear gets heightened but let not go off your peace. How do we guard our peace? By constant fellowship with the Lord in prayer and with the word. You will have daily assures us that you are not alone, hence no need to be afraid. You must also be selective with what you listen to, what you watch, places you visit and the people in your circle. Amen. At this time for us to take our memory verse and our memory verse will be taken from 2nd Timothy chapter 1 verse 7, 2nd Timothy chapter 1 verse 7, reading from the amplified version.

5:14For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, of cowardice, of craving and cringing and foreign fear, but he has given us a spirit of power and of love and of calm and well balanced mind and discipline and self-control. Amen. Let us share a word of prayer. Lord, thank you for your peace, which surpasses all understanding. We look up to you daily and we believe our expectations will never be aborted. Continue to help us to stay peaceful in every situation. Thank you for your message and Jesus' name. Amen. God bless you, precious one, for staying glued to this session. Keep your dial right here for more spirit-filled content. Stay blessed and see you again tomorrow.