4. Peace with one another
Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!

6. Peace with one another
Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!
James 3:18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

7. Peace with one another
Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!
James 3:18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
James 3:18 (MSG) You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.

8. Peace with one another
Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!
James 3:18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
James 3:13a Who is wise and understanding among you? 

9. The wise person of peace
James 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.

10. The wise person of peace
James 3:13 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.
James 1:  Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

11. Worldly wisdom
James 3:  But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.

12. Worldly wisdom
James 3:  But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
James 4:1-2a 1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? 2a You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel.

13. Wisdom from above
James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. 

14. Wisdom from above
James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. 
James 1:  Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

15. Peace with one another
James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. 

16. Peace with one another
Hebrews 12:  For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. 12 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. 14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble… 

17. Systematic Forgiveness

18. Systematic Forgiveness
Person who hurt me
How they hurt me
What it cost me
“Lord, I choose to forgive…”

20. Peace with one another
Matthew 5:  So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 

21. Peace with one another Scary Steps to Peace with One Another:
Matthew 5:  So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 
Scary Steps to Peace with One Another:

22. Peace with one another Scary Steps to Peace with One Another:
Matthew 5:  So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 
Scary Steps to Peace with One Another:
Remember—Heed the Spirit’s prompting.

23. Peace with one another Scary Steps to Peace with One Another:
Matthew 5:  So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 
Scary Steps to Peace with One Another:
Remember—Heed the Spirit’s prompting.
Leave and go—Be urgent. Things aren’t right!

24. Peace with one another Scary Steps to Peace with One Another:
Matthew 5:  So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 
Scary Steps to Peace with One Another:
Remember—Heed the Spirit’s prompting.
Leave and go—Be urgent. Things aren’t right!
Be Reconciled—As far as it depends on you.

25. Peace with one another Scary Steps to Peace with One Another:
Matthew 5:  So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 
Scary Steps to Peace with One Another:
Remember—Heed the Spirit’s prompting.
Leave and go—Be urgent. Things aren’t right!
Be Reconciled—As far as it depends on you.
Come and Offer—Enjoy relational depth with God.

26. Peace with one another
Ephesians 2:  But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 

27. Peace with one another
James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. 

28. Fruit of the Spirit
James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. 
Galatians 5:  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

29. The blessed person
James 3:17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. 
Matthew 5:  “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. 7 “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. 8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

30. Peace with one another
Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!
James 3:18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

31. Peace with one another
Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!
James 3:18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
James 3:18 (MSG) You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.

32. Scary steps to peace:
Ask for wisdom. Pray!

33. Scary steps to peace:
Ask for wisdom. Pray!
Have peace with God.

34. Scary steps to peace: Ask for wisdom. Pray! Have peace with God.
Isaiah 26:3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

35. Scary steps to peace: Ask for wisdom. Pray! Have peace with God.
Isaiah 26:12 O Lord, you will ordain peace for us, for you have indeed done for us all our works.

36. Scary steps to peace: Ask for wisdom. Pray! Have peace with God.
Philippians 4:  …do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

37. Scary steps to peace: Ask for wisdom. Pray! Have peace with God.
Strive for peace with one another.

39. Benediction (Good words)
Isaiah 32:  For the palace is forsaken, the populous city deserted; the hill and the watchtower will become dens forever, a joy of wild donkeys, a pasture of flocks; 15 until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest. 16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.

40. Benediction (Good words)
Isaiah 32:  And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever. 18 My people will abide in a peaceful habitation, in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. 19 And it will hail when the forest falls down, and the city will be utterly laid low. 20 Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.