\'Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give");
document.writeln("to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be");
document.writeln("afraid.\'1
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document.writeln("In his book, Peace of Mind, Joshua Liebman writes of an experience he");
document.writeln("had when he was still a boy. \'I made a list of the supreme goods in life,\'");
document.writeln("Liebman said. \'I went to a wise mentor and I showed him the list expecting to");
document.writeln("be praised for my precocity. The list went something like this \'¦ health, love,");
document.writeln("talent, riches, beauty, and faith. As I shared the list with the old wise man,");
document.writeln("he reached for a stub of a pencil, and carefully scratched through all of the");
document.writeln("things that I had listed. He said, \'Young man, you may have all of these\'¦ but");
document.writeln("they will all turn out to be enemies instead of friends unless you have the one");
document.writeln("thing you missed.\' Then he wrote on the paper, \'The gift of an untroubled mind.\'2
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document.writeln("From what I read and hear, it appears that so many people in our modern society");
document.writeln("carry the weight of depression, heartbreak, worry, anxiety, fear, and impaired");
document.writeln("relationships. Many have just about every material benefit and human comfort");
document.writeln("wanted, however many don\'t have peace of mind.
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document.writeln("There are two kinds of peace we all need in order to fully live. First, and");
document.writeln("most important of all, is spiritual peace or peace with God knowing that our");
document.writeln("sins are forgiven, our guilt is gone, and we have God\'s promise of a home in");
document.writeln("heaven for all eternity. This gift from God is absolutely free and comes from confessing");
document.writeln("our sins and accepting Jesus as our Savior.
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document.writeln("The other kind of peace we could call emotional or relational peace. This comes");
document.writeln("from resolving conflict within our relationships, forgiving any and all who");
document.writeln("have ever hurt us, and working through negative emotions that are stealing our");
document.writeln("peace. The Bible instructs us to get rid of (not bury or deny) all feelings of");
document.writeln("hatred and all negative emotions.3
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document.writeln("Let\'s do our part to live in peace. Whether it be finding spiritual peace by");
document.writeln("renewing our relationship with the Lord, or doing our part in mending broken");
document.writeln("relationships and finding peace with others.
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document.writeln("Suggested prayer: Dear God, please help me see and resolve anything in my life");
document.writeln("that is causing me to have a troubled mind. Please fill me with your love and");
document.writeln("help me know and experience your eternal peace in the very center of my being. In");
document.writeln("Jesus\' name, amen.
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document.writeln("1. John 14:27 (NIV).
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document.writeln("2. Cited in Receive the Gift of an Untroubled Mind by Robert H.");
document.writeln("Schuller.
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document.writeln("3. 1 Peter 2:1-3 and James 5:16.
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document.writeln("Today\'s Encounter was written by: Crystal B.
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