Pathway to Peace | Pastor Grant Ethridge | Liberty Live Church

I want you to know that peace is not the absence of problems. It's the presence of God. He is the God of peace. Jesus is the prince of peace. So how do you experience this peace that passes all understanding? You can't even explain it when you're going through pressures and trials and tribulations and hardships and cancer. Well, in the midst of all those things, you can be cool as a cucumber if you have the peace of God. [00:49:46] (31 seconds)  #PeaceInTrials

You listen. Inconsistent thinking and inconsistent living will never bring you peace. The Greek word here is a soldier who is standing in the heat of the battle. He doesn't run, he doesn't retreat, he doesn't buckle under the pressure, and he doesn't quit. If you heard that, say amen. Amen. No. He is just standing firm, holding his ground in the midst of the battle. Everybody's going through a battle today. You've been through a battle this week. [00:51:52] (32 seconds)  #StandFirmSoldier

Let me tell you, peace comes when the purpose is greater than the preferences. Peace comes when the purpose, the calls, the gospel is greater than our pettiness. You know, I think about here, we were born to serve the Lord. That's what Ephesians two says. For by grace are you saved through faith, that not of yourselves is the gift of God. It's not of works lest any man should boast. But we are what? His workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works. We were born to serve the Lord. [01:03:41] (37 seconds)  #PurposeOverPreferences

this will revolutionize your life. This will be worth coming to church for today if you'll get this down. You don't have to be thankful to give thanks. Just like what I said about rejoicing. You don't have to be thankful to give thanks. You give thanks in everything because this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. And I'm telling you, when you do that, God begins to change everything. [01:13:30] (27 seconds)  #GiveThanksInEverything

I'm just saying as a man thinks in his heart, so is he. And if you think wrong, you're gonna do wrong. If you think right, you're gonna do right. The battle you must win is the battle within. And I'm saying to you that a person at war with themselves will be at war with everyone else around them. Everybody say the Lord is my shepherd. The Lord is my shepherd. I'm worried to death how I'm gonna make my car payment. [01:22:49] (27 seconds)  #BattleWithin

The lord is my shepherd. I'm worried about my kids. Let me tell you. That didn't even go together. No. When the lord is your shepherd, worry has to flee. And you're not gonna stumble into this peace. There's a pathway. You gotta practice it. So who is it? As we come to the altar in a moment, who is it you need to make peace with? Unresolved conflict. You say, well, I've tried. Well, the Bible says as much as life with you. You can't control them. You gotta control you. [01:23:23] (27 seconds)  #MakePeaceWithOthers

But the bible doesn't say that we are are to promote our own opinion. The bible says find the mind of Christ. That's why he says stand firm in the lord. That's why he said be of the same mind in the lord. Let that mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. People say, well, I got a right to my opinion. Where'd you find that in the Bible? No. You got a you got a right to submit to the lordship of Jesus Christ and to pray and ask him what the will of God is and whatever the mind of Christ is. [00:58:25] (29 seconds)  #SeekTheMindOfChrist

When pride is present, peace is not. Write that down. When pride is present, peace is not. Now I went to church nine months before I was born. And let me tell you what I know about every church, no matter what denomination it is. Maybe they had a fight, they're the middle of a fight, are they choosing upsides, getting ready to have a fight. Let me just tell you. They're not fighting over doctrine here. They're fighting over preferences. [00:59:59] (28 seconds)  #PrideBlocksPeace