Growing A Heart That Seeks For God                     grp209
God Loves Those People Who Are Peacemakers
Ice-Breaker: Tell us about the most peaceful place you go to when you want rest from stress.

Matthew 5: 9God blesses those people who make peace. They will be called his children! (CEV)

Luke 12: 51Do you think that I came to bring peace to earth? No indeed! I came to make people choose sides. (CEV)

John 14: 27I give you peace, the kind of peace that only I can give. It isn't like the peace that this world can give. So don't be worried or afraid. (CEV)

John 16: 33I have told you this, so that you might have peace in your hearts because of me. While you are in the world, you will have to suffer. But cheer up! I have defeated the world. (CEV)

Romans 5: 5By faith we have been made acceptable to God. And now, because of our Lord Jesus Christ, we live at peace with God....
    10Even 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. (CEV)

Romans 14: 17God's kingdom isn't about eating and drinking. It is about pleasing God, about living in peace, and about true happiness. All this comes from the Holy Spirit....
    19We should try to live at peace and help each other have a strong faith. (CEV)
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2 Corinthians 5: 18God has done it all! He sent Christ to make peace between himself and us, and he has given us the work of making peace between himself and others. 19What we mean is that God was in Christ, offering peace and forgiveness to the people of this world. And he has given us the work of sharing his message about peace. (CEV)

Philippians 4: 7Then, because you belong to Christ Jesus, God will bless you with peace that no one can completely understand. And this peace will control the way you think and feel. (CEV)

Colossians 3: 15Each one of you is part of the body of Christ, and you were chosen to live together in peace. So let the peace that comes from Christ control your thoughts. And be grateful. (CEV)

1. Why do people in the same family sometimes take sides and fight with each other?
2. When our thoughts are controlled by selfish desires rather than peace, what happens?
3. How does God actually bless people when they spend their lives striving to make peace?
4. What are the main obstacles that keep people who love this world from finding peace?
5. Describe how both the death and the life of Christ save us and give us eternal peace.
Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
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