“The reality is that there will never be peace in the world until there’s peace within nations. And there will never be peace in our nation until there’s peace in our communities. There won’t be peace in our communities until there’s peace in our families. And there won’t be peace in our families until there’s peace in our individual lives. That won’t happen until the Prince of Peace reigns in our hearts. Jesus came at Christmas to bring to us three kinds of peace: Peace with God. The Peace of God. Peace with Others.” —Rick Warren, Purpose Driven Christmas

Peace with God

Even when we were God’s enemies, He made peace with us, because His Son died for us. Yet something even greater than friendship is ours. Now that we are at peace with God, we will be saved by His Son’s life.
Romans 5:10

Peace of God

³ You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! ⁴ Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
Isaiah 26:3,4

Peace with Others

“Being offended is inevitable. Living offended is a choice.” —Pastor, Craig Groeschel

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
Matthew 5:9

¹⁴ Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse… ¹⁶ Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. ¹⁷ Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. ¹⁸ If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. ¹⁹ Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.
Romans 12:14,16-19

…I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
Romans 12:1

• Because of God’s mercy be a continual

to those who are a continual

Reveal Answer

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• Because of God’s mercy stop trying to win

and start building

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The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Jeremiah 17:9

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• Because of God’s mercy

and leave the vengeance to God.

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you.”

Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs.
Proverbs 19:11

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” —Author, Lewis B. Smedes

If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Romans 12:18