The peace of God. We were instructed by Jesus never to let our hearts be troubled and never to be afraid.

Jesus is saying to us that since He in us is perfect peace, we simply must not ever, under any circumstances, allow ourselves to fall into a state of agitation or unrest; nor under any conditions are we permitted to fall into a state of fear.

This lesson looks at how we can walk in the Spirit, and because the Spirit is perfect peace, we can rest in God’s sovereignty.

Read lesson: 1210A

The peace of God. It is a tri-faceted miracle of the nature of God. It allows you to have peace with God by surrendering to God and accepting His terms for eternal peace.

It allows you to have peace with man by surrendering your rights and letting God be responsible for the outcome.

It allows you to live in a world beset by trials, pain, and hostility with an inner rest that defies description. It allows you to live above the tensions of life by living life under the control of the One Who is the Prince of Peace.

Read lesson: 1209B

How do you react to life’s intrusions? Do you respond with joy or do you wait until you feel joyful.

Occasionally, you will feel joyful, and because you feel joyful, you will rejoice. But more often than not, the times you need most to express joy will be times when you feel anything but joyful.

It is those times when the Scripture clearly instructs you to rejoice – to express joy by praise to God, and by a quiet, consistent response before men.

Read lesson: 1209A

What is meant by the ways of God, is “the incredibly different means He uses to accomplish His purposes, so only He can receive the Glory.” The “ways of God” are cause for great joy. Meditating on how decidedly different His ways are will comfort you, encourage you, and fill your heart with gladness and rejoicing.

As you begin expressing your joy through praise and go singing into battle, your heart will be transformed and the fruit of the Spirit will become evident.

Read lesson: 1208B

Sometimes we forget what life was like before Christ came into our lives.

We forget how gracious He has been in the past.

We forget what it’s like to be content with virtually nothing, once we have lived with virtually everything. But as we forget, we lose our joy.

We lose the joy of what He’s done.

We need to keep reminders of the works God has done in our lives and the joy that those works have brought.

Read lesson: 1208A

How would you like to be filled with the joy of the Lord – constantly, consistently, enthusiastically – even in the storms of life?

One way is to meditate day and night on the nature of God – Who He is.

The joy of the Lord is God’s nature revealed in the Christian in the all things of life. It is seeing God in man’s circumstances and thus rejoicing even when those circumstances give no cause for happiness.

We need to take the Word of God and see what it says about the Worth of God until we see through our circumstances a chance for God to be God.

Read lesson: 1207B

Are joy and happiness synonymous? The world would think so, but Scripture says differently.

Joy is a heart attitude that reflects excitement and pleasure over things eternal.

If we know what joy is, then how do we appropriate it? Or if it is already resident within us, how do we release it?

Begin to meditate day and night on the Worth, the Words, the Works, and the Ways of your God.

Read lesson: 1207A

To seek to define love is either the most impossible task known to man, or it is the simplest, depending on your perspective.

Apart from Calvary, love cannot be defined. However, as we look at Calvary, God has defined love for us.

Love is the essence of Who God is and the foundation for all God does. It can best be defined by a Cross. You say, “But I can’t love like that.” True. But God in you cannot love any other way.

Read lesson: 1206B

The need of the hour in a nutshell is transformation.

The objective of this lesson will be to look intently through the lens of the Scriptures at the nine-fold fruit of the Spirit that God tells us is a perfect reflection of His life as it flows through the believer.

As we begin meditating on the fruit of the Spirit, our lives will be transformed with the power of God into His likeness.

Read lesson: 1206A

Meditation is the most overlooked source of spiritual power in the Christian world. It is not an option, but a command by God.

Just how do you do it?

Is there a pattern to follow?

Learn from this lesson how to meditate on a portion of Scripture until it becomes a part of you.

This is God’s plan for transformation.

Read lesson: 1205B