FULL OF JOY & PEACE
Simply Peace – Part 2
Paul Westbrook
December 12 & 13, 2020
Romans 15:1-13
We need to…
1. Bless
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“We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. 2 Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up.”
Romans 15:1-2 (NIV)
“For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: ‘The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.’”
Romans 15:3 (NIV)
“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.”
Romans 15:4 (NIV)
2. Accept
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“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had, 6 so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Romans 15:5-6 (NIV)
“Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.”
Romans 15:7 (NIV)
Romans 15:8-12; Genesis 12:3
3. Tap
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“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13 (NIV)
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you TRUST in him,…”
Romans 15:13a (NIV)
Jesus – “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33 (NIV)