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And in despair I bowed my head“There is no peace on earth,” I said,“For hate is strong and mocks the

songOf Peace on earth, Goodwill to Men.”

Then from each black, accursed mouth

The cannon thundered in the South,And with the sound the carols

drownedOf peace on earth, good will to men.

North America = “absence of war”Piro = “the well-arranged soul”Zacapoaxtla = “completeness”Gbeapo = “my heart sits down”Baouli = “a song in my body”

“Peace” around the World:

The Hebrew Word for Peace:

“Shalom”

“For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And

he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

~ Isaiah 9:6 (NLT)

“Prince of Peace”=

“Sar-Shalom”

In What Ways does Jesus Bring Me Peace?

1. Jesus brings peace between Me and God

“…we were God's enemies…”

~ Romans 5:10 (NIV)

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“He sacrificed himself once and for all, summing up all the other sacrifices in this sacrifice of himself, the final solution of

sin.”

~ Hebrews 9:26 (MSG)

In What Ways does Jesus Bring Me Peace?

1. Jesus brings peace between Me and God

2. Jesus brings peace within Myself.

“Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far

more valuable to him than they are?”

~ Matthew 6:26 (NLT)

“And the very hairs on your head are all numbered.”

~ Matthew 10:30 (NLT)

“…For you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy

nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others

the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his

wonderful light.“Once you had no identity as a

people; now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.”

~ 1 Peter 2:9-10 (NLT)

In that day the wolf and the lamb will live together; the leopard will lie down with the

baby goat.The calf and the yearling will be safe with the

lion, and a little child will lead them all.The cow will graze near the bear. The cub and the calf will lie down together. The lion will eat

hay like a cow.The baby will play safely near the hole of a

cobra. Yes, a little child will put its hand in a nest of deadly snakes without harm.

Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, for as the waters fill the sea, so the

earth will be filled with people who know the Lord.

~ Isaiah 11:6-9 (NLT)

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep;

“God is not dead, nor doth he sleep;The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,

With Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men.”