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Today we are going to take a posture of peace by recognizing peace in our process.

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Posture is a short audible fist bump to remind you God is with you in everything.

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Together we're going to be emboldened to take a daily posture of perfect peace.

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2 Corinthians 3 verse 18 says, And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord,

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are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.

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For this comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

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Recently, I was having a conversation with my husband Bruce and we were talking about

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this feeling of being behind. Like there's so much to do, there's so much to be, there's so

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much to become. And I was like, I just wish I was further ahead in this area of my life or that area

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of my life. And I actually don't think I'm alone in that desire to be further along. You know,

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I think as people of the kingdom, you and I carry a prophetic sense of possibility all the time,

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because the possibilities are limitless in the kingdom of God. So we have this sense of future

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possibilities in our own development and walk with the Lord or future possibilities for the lives of

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others, future possibilities for our culture. And we just want to be there now. It's like we can

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see it, we can feel it, we can taste it, like why are we not there yet? And if we're not aware,

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we can actually be discouraged by that instead of encouraged by it, because we forget we are

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in process and we have peace with us in the process. Remember, peace is not a calming feeling,

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peace is a calming presence, the very presence of God in us. Some of you are in a healing process

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right now, maybe it's physical healing or emotional healing or mental healing, and you've had to slow

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down, you've had to rest a lot more, you've had to say no to some things in order to prioritize your

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healing, you've had to acknowledge a new normal, a new routine for this season, and I'm sure you

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just want to be through it, you want to be healed already, but peace, he is with you right now in

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the process. Some of you are in a transitional process right now, you've had to step out, step

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away, step into, and it's required a new level of courage and you've had to make some really hard

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decisions and I'm sure you just want to be through it already, but peace, he's not waiting at the

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finish line for you, he is with you right now in the process. Some of you are in a growing process

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right now, you're being stretched, you're being tested, and it's probably really uncomfortable,

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and you just want to probably be through it already, you want to have mastered the lesson

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and graduated already, but peace, he is with you right now in the growing process.

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We are all in a process and we have peace with us in the process, we are learning, we are growing,

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we are strengthening, we are healing, we are being transformed. Yes, the future possibilities are

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limitless and they're beautiful, however, the present is also treasure because peace is always

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present. So today, I want to encourage you, don't rush the process, don't feel behind, don't let

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discouragement dictate how you feel about the process that you're in. Instead, rest in this

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truth today, you are being transformed.