The   Lord   IS   Peace     [   Jehovah - Shalom   ]

                          the Lord gives us a wonderful gift - a spirit of peace


           Jesus came and stood in the midst
          and said to them, "Peace be with you."
          John 20:19   NKJV

        God's Promise:
            "Great peace have those who love your law" Psalm 119:165

        I. Goal

        • to embrace the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding

        II. Instruction

        • The Lord gives us a wonderful gift: a spirit of peace
        • a peace before the storm
        • a peace beyond logic = .... the peace of God, which
        • surpasses all understanding ...." Phil 4:7

        • He gave it to David after He showed him Goliath
        • He gave it to Paul after He showed him the gospel
        • He gave it to Jesus after He showed Him the cross

        • He gave it to Gideon, who after built an altar and
          called it Jehovah - Shalom [   The Lord is Peace   ] - Judges 6:24


        • Assignment:   if you didn't yet
          What is God to You? Give Him your own name!

        • Assignment:   Spiritual Exercises - Answers to Questions

          • Identify the two names or images that are most powerfully at work
            in shaping your understanding of God.

          • What do these names reveal or conceal about the presence of
            God in the world?

          • Evaluate why they are so significant for you.

          • Should you nurture other names of images of God?

          • Identify some specific areas where you see God at work in the world.

          • How could you participate in what God is doing?

          • Experiment for a day with limiting the number of times you draw
            people into a conversation about your life.

          • Try instead to ask as many people as possible about their lives
            and the challenges they face.

          • In what ways does that kind of disciplined attention to the
            needs of others move your own conversation beyond a
            preoccupation with I-questions?   Schmidt chapter 1

        • Also consider these questions:

          • Review the above by recalling major principles and ideas

          • Examine the above through critical thinking and questioning

          • Apply the principles to your life

          • Compare the principles with biblical examples and instruction

          • Think more deeply and in different ways about the above

            [ = this may be viewed as "extra" study for the serious student ]

        VI. My Prayer:


        Going Deeper / Sources

          • Crabb, Larry. The PAPA Prayer. The Prayer You've Never Prayed.
                Integrity, 2006.   BV 210.3 C73 2006   ISBN 1-59145-424-7

          • Lucado, Max.The Great House of God. A Home for Our Heart.
                Word, 1997.   BV 230 .L73 1997   226.9   ISBN 0-8499-1295-4

          • Lichtenwalter, Larry. David, a Heart Like His. Vol. 1. Review, 2003.
                BS 580.D3 L53 2003   221.4   ISBN 0-8280-1720-4

          • Schmidt, Frederick. What God Wants for Your Life. Finding Answers
                to the Deepest Questions.             Harper, 2005. BV 4501.3 .S35 2005
                248.4   ISBN 0-06-059821-2

          • Sumral, Lester. The Names of God. God's Character Revealed
                Through His Names.             Whitaker House, 1993.   ISBN 0-88368-224-9



          Wolfhard Touchard, M.L.S.   Retired Reference & Database Librarian
          Andrews University - October 2015