Discipline in Prayer Brings Peace by Farlan Williams December 12, 2018 ยท Centerpointe Apostolic Church (Murfreesboro, TN) Kind: teaching Scripture: Isaiah 26:3 Source: https://acts238.life/repository/sermons/farlan-williams--discipline-in-prayer-brings-peace Published by Acts 2:38 Life from the sermon transcript on that page. Free to copy and share with attribution. ------------------------------------------------------------ Good morning. My name is Farlan Williams, and welcome to day 11 of 21 Days a Breakthrough Prayer with the Pentecostals of Murfreesboro and LifeBridge Church. I'm so glad that you could join us today, having a little trouble with my computer, but I'm so glad you could join us today. I encourage you to go back and catch up on previous days if you haven't already. Each day someone new will walk through the day's devotional. Today's devotional is titled Discipline in Prayer Brings Peace, and the title along pretty much says it all. Oswald Chambers was an early 20th century Scottish Baptist and holiness movement evangelist and teacher, best known for the devotional My Utmost for His Highest. He said, the Battle of prayer is against two things: wandering thoughts, and a lack of intimacy with God's character as revealed in his word. Neither can be cured at once, but they can be cured with discipline. Isaiah 26 and 3 says, you will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed upon you, because he trusts in you. You know, discipline in prayer will change every aspect of your life, no doubt for the better. God said that he would keep in perfect peace whoever's mine, whoever keeps his mind on him. Perfect peace. Think about that: what would the world pay to have perfect peace? In today's world, there's so many things that's pulling for your time and attention, and only prayer will bring perfect peace. This is day 11 of seeking God together in these devotionals. Perhaps you've decided that the world will not dictate your peace, because your peace comes from God, and God alone. Are you convinced that your peace is his peace living inside you? Nothing that happens to you can ever take that peace. God Himself promised you that, if you keep your mind on him, he will personally keep you in perfect peace. You know, you didn't say that the waters of life would never rage, or then all hell wouldn't come against you. He said that he would keep in perfect peace whoever's mind is on him. We must be disciplined to pray, and keep out thoughts of them, and keep our thoughts upon God. Only then we will have perfect peace. During that hour, 21 days of prayer, perhaps you've decided yourself to pray and seek God for peace that only he can provide. The decisions you make daily to discipline yourself in prayer, along with reading of God's Word, are the greatest achievements that you do. I was thinking about peace, and there was an ode song that came to, to mine, and look back and found out it's about 125 years old, and I know you'd recognize the course, but you probably don't recognize the verse. But here's how one of the verses goes. It says, what a treasure I have in this wonderful piece, buried deep in the heart of my soul, so secure that no power can mine it away, while the years of internal tear, Oh. Peace, peace, wonderful peace, coming down from the Father above. Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray, in fathomless billows of love. Do you need peace in your life? Well, Jesus came bringing a promise of peace, wonderful peace. Prayer, in a relationship with God, is the key to having that peace. Let's pray. Lord, we are so thankful for time that we have to spin with you in prayer, knowing that as a result, you will bring perfect peace in our lives. We're thankful that we can come to you in prayer anytime, any day, anywhere, and in any situation. Help us, Lord, to keep our mind set upon you throughout this day. Go with us, lead, guide, and direct us, I pray, in Jesus name. Thank you for joining me for day 11, Discipline in Prayer Brings Peace. And please take some time today and read the devotional for yourself if you haven't already. Join us live again tomorrow at 7 a.m. with day 12, as we discuss Praying with an Open Bible. Have a wonderful day. God bless.