WHEN PEACE FEELS IMPOSSIBLE: LESSONS FROM THE HEART, MIND, AND SPIRIT
When Peace Feels Impossible. I knew of someone who had just died recently, over a year after he discovered his beloved wife cheated on him.
When Peace Feels Impossible. I knew of someone who had just died recently, over a year after he discovered his beloved wife cheated on him.
Why are we all living in constant suspicion and fear? The answer is that we don’t have an inner authority for troubled times. We don’t have Christ’s peace.
Why is it that so many bright people trust in Christ for their eternal future? The biblical answer is that they received Christ’s Spirit after believing in Him. The apostle said, “And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago.
Abraham’s faith is a powerful example of the superiority of trusting in God over relying on human wisdom alone.
But since the birth of Christianity, the true followers of our Lord have experienced this Christian doctrine of Spirit-caused calmness of the soul. They wrote songs and hymns hundreds of years ago with the same lyrical subject of joy in the Lord, and churches have used them in their services until now.