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Today we are going to take a posture of peace by looking to the one we are now one with.

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Posture is a short audible fist bump to remind you God is with you in everything. Together we're

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going to be emboldened to take a daily posture of perfect peace. In John chapter 16 verse 33,

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Jesus said, I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world

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you will have trouble, but take heart, I have overcome the world. So in last week's episode

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we talked about the truth about you, really the truth about Jesus in you. Jesus died as you and

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you were raised as him so that you could share in the same union, the same deep, intimate,

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close relationship that Jesus has with Father God. When you believe in Jesus, you are put into

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Christ and Christ is put into you. And first John 4 17 says, as he is, so are you in this world.

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Which means if it's true about Jesus, it's now true about you. There is no more distance,

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there is no more separation between you and God. Second Corinthians 5 17 says, you have become a

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new creation. The old you is gone. It doesn't say the old you is starting to slowly fade away

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with time. No, it says it's gone and the new is here. That's the truth about you. And I shared

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from my own personal experience that as true as the truth is, when things are hard, it can be hard

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to believe what's true about you. Rough, tough circumstances, crazy world events, intrusive

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thoughts, overwhelming emotions, rejection, relational conflict, those things are trying

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to speak to us. They're trying to talk us out of the truth and into living in a lesser reality.

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And it's in those moments when all the negatives are just shouting loudly at me, I go back to what

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Jesus said here in John 16 33, that in him, I may have peace. In this world, there will be trouble,

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but he has overcome the world. As new creations, we are in Christ while we live in this world.

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That means our peace is now permanent because we are placed permanently in him. We are living

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in a victory that he won so we can't lose. Even in trouble, even in rough, tough, hard circumstances,

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we are living in his victory. The absence of trouble is not proof of this victory. It's his

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permanent presence in us, in every trouble. That's the proof. So what if today we put this

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truth into practice? Let's do it together. Instead of letting the circumstances that we're currently

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facing challenge our identity in Christ, challenge what we believe about who he is and who we are in

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him. Instead of that, let's let our identity in Christ challenge our circumstances. Here's how

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I'm doing that. Something I've been putting into practice recently, instead of allowing fear to

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keep me from walking in powerful, bold love, I'm letting his perfect love fill me and cast out all

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fear. I am not letting fear, any fear, fear that I may be carrying or that someone else may be

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carrying, I'm not letting that dictate not just how I treat people, but I'm not letting it dictate

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how I feel about people. I will not let fear inform any part of me, including my emotions.

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Because I realized Jesus did not just grin and bear it when he loved people. He wasn't feeling

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one way, but like then acting loving. Anyway, he is love. So every part of him is love. And if it's

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true about him, it's true about me. I am being, we are being transformed into his image and likeness.

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So I'm choosing that truth. And you know what? It's making life more peaceful. It's making

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scrolling through social media a lot more enjoyable. So that's what I'm currently

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practicing. I'm not letting fear dictate my love. What are you putting into?

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practice. Please share with me in the comments how you're putting this into

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practice. How are you letting your identity in Christ challenge your

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current circumstances? I would love to hear. You are not being made into the

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image and likeness of your circumstances, good, bad, or ugly circumstances. You are

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not being made into the image and likeness of world events, no matter how

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peaceful or chaotic the world events may be. So if you're looking to them for

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affirmation, security, provision, for direction, you're going to have an

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identity crisis. Instead, look to the one you are now one with.