"Let Peace Replace Inner Turmoil" -Jesus came to make peace between the Jew and the gentile. He also came and shed His blood so that all nations could have peace with God. Not everyone who is born again lives in peace. If you do not have peace as a child of God, you should ask the Lord to reveal what is preventing His peace from protecting your heart and mind. As Christians, we cannot set our affections on the things of this world and live in the peace of God or have peace with God. True peace comes at a price, but the price is not as high as the price a person or a people will pay when they die in their sins.

"Discerning the Real from the False" -Are you a true disciple of Jesus? I didn't ask if you are a true Christian. Jesus didn't call us to be "Christians," He has called us to be true disciples. People can make a religion out of anything, including Christianity. We are living in dangerous times that require true disciples to walk in the truth. Otherwise, if we do not, we could fall prey to the deception from those who are not true disciples and be pulled away from the truth. Jesus plainly warned us in Matthew 24 that deception would be widespread in the time preceding His return.

"Discerning the Real from the False" -Are you a true disciple of Jesus? I didn't ask if you are a true Christian. Jesus didn't call us to be "Christians," He has called us to be true disciples. People can make a religion out of anything, including Christianity. We are living in dangerous times that require true disciples to walk in the truth. Otherwise, if we do not, we could fall prey to the deception from those who are not true disciples and be pulled away from the truth. Jesus plainly warned us in Matthew 24 that deception would be widespread in the time preceding His return.

"The Spotless Lamb of God" -As a man, Jesus had to live a sinless life. Jesus had to be holy so that He could pay the price for the redemption of fallen man. Since Jesus lived a sinless life before His Father, God was released to pour His wrath upon Jesus so that fallen man could receive salvation. If you are truly born again by the Spirit of God, you are destined for glory. You may have been born in sin, but that is not where God is taking you to. While we wait on Christ's return, we must fully utilize our time on earth, preparing ourselves for heaven. Religion cannot offer what Christ through His shed blood offers to sinful mankind. Jesus is the only Way, the Truth, and the Life.

"Seeing Beyond the Appearance" -Christians should not be overly concerned with being deceived. Why? Because Christians have the Holy Spirit living in us. Even though Christians have the Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of Truth living in us, we can still allow ourselves to be deceived. We have a responsibility to guard our hearts so that we are not deceived. Jesus warns us in Matthew 24 that great deception will occur in the days preceding His return to earth. Since we are indeed living in the last days, we must do our part to protect our hearts from deception.

"The Blind Man Saw the Truth" -It's possible to be blind and still be able to see the truth. Even though a person may not have sight, the eyes of their understanding can still see by faith. When Jesus walked among the Jews, He performed many notable miracles that could not be denied. Yet, the Jews that refused to place faith in Jesus were unmoved in their hearts to believe in Him despite the miracles. It wasn't the truths that Jesus spoke that sent Him to the cross, but it was the miracles that He performed. Notable miracles can be denied by the unbelieving, but the unbelieving can't convince others that do believe in them that they didn't happen. If you are born again, you are a living, breathing miracle of God. People may not believe in Jesus as you do, but they can't convince you that Jesus isn't God's Son because you are living proof that He is.

"Liberated by the Revelation of Truth" -Scripture teaches us that Satan is the author of confusion. At what point did Satan assume the role as the author of confusion? When Satan spoke through the serpent to tempt Eve to consider her desires over God's will, it opened the hearts of all humans up to confusion after the fall into sin. Satan doesn't have to get us to believe a lie to make us ineffective as Christians. All that he has to do is get us to have a little doubt in our hearts about God and the truth and we'll become weak in the faith. Humans do not realize just how much we can allow Satan to do his evil work in our lives. Yet, he gets our cooperation to withstand us.

"Faith Requires Spiritual Clarity" -It's not enough to just have faith. Faith has to work with other things so that it can bring us into a place where we know God and His ways. In Galatians, Paul wrote that faith works through love. In this message, you will learn that faith works best when enhanced with spiritual clarity. How can we know what we believe if we do not understand what we believe? The Lord is offering spiritual clarity to us in this word so that He can lead us through the seasons of the unknown and we will still trust Him.

"In the Home Stretch" -It has been said that it is darkest just before the dawn. A woman giving birth to her child will experience her worst pain just before the baby is delivered. If trouble and hardships are indications of how close we are to our deliverance, we must be in the home stretch. In baseball, your opponents stand guard at home plate to make certain that you do not make a run against them. Likewise, the enemy fights us even harder when we are on the brink of a huge breakthrough in our spiritual lives.

"A Life of Fulfillment" -Are you truly fulfilled in your life? You will know that you are fulfilled because you will be at peace in your heart. If you are not fulfilled, this word is exactly what you need. In this life, you can get what you desire and still not have what you need. Desire is the sign of an emptiness and there's only one way to fill it. You will want to partake of this bread of life from heaven.