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Preserving
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Nehemiah 4

• 6So we rebuilt the wall to half its height,
  because the people were willing to work hard.

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Nehemiah 4

• 7But Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites,
  and the people from Ashdod were very angry when
  they heard that the repairs to Jerusalems walls
  were continuing and that the vulnerable places in
  the wall were being closed. 

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Nehemiah 4

•  8So they all made plans to come to hinder us in
  our work, to create confusion and to stir up
  trouble. 

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Nehemiah 4

• 9But we continually prayed to our God and
  appointed guards to watch for their attacks day
  and night.

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How IMPORTANT is it to
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UNITY

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Shackletons Incredible Voyage
27 men lost for over 1 year in the worlds
most extreme climate!
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Their unity meant their survival!
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A Man with a Mission
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Division Death
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The villain became the hero!
after the altar call!
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How IMPORTANT is it to
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UNITY

PEACE?
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Its a COMMAND of Scripture!
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Ephesians 43

• Do all that you can to preserve the unity that
  comes from the Holy Spirit, and bind yourselves
  together with the cords of Gods peace.

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Mark 950

• Live in peace with each other."

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How IMPORTANT is it to
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UNITY

PEACE?
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Its a COMMAND of Scripture!
Remember...
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Its one of the most important things in Gods
Kingdom!
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Isaiah 96 (of Christ)

• He will be called
• The Prince of Peace!

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Rom 1417-19

• In the kingdom of God, some things just arent
  important. The really important things are
  living right with God, and spreading the peace
  and joy that come from the Holy Spirit.

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Rom 1417-19

• Anyone who serves Christ by living this way is
  pleasing to God and to those around them. So let
  us do our very best to be peace-makers, and to
  encourage one another.

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Matthew Henry

• Peacemakers are those who strive to prevent
  contention and who use their influence to
  reconcile opposing parties and to prevent
  hostilities.

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Matthew Henry

• Everyone may do this, and no one is more like
  God than he who does!

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Its a COMMAND of Scripture!
Remember...
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Its one of the most important things in Gods
Kingdom!
Remember...
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Its an evidence (fruit) of the Holy Spirit
that glorifies God!
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John 158

• This is to My Father's glory, that you bear much
  fruit...

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Mat 716-20

• "You can identify a persons true character by
  the way they act, just as you can identify a tree
  by its fruit. You don't pick grapes from thorn
  bushes, or figs from thistles.

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Mat 716-20

• A healthy tree produces good fruit, and an
  unhealthy tree produces bad fruit. A good tree
  can't produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can't
  produce good fruit.

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Mat 716-20

• So every tree that does not produce good fruit
  is chopped down and thrown into the fire.

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Mat 716-20

• Yes, the way to identify a tree or a person is
  by the kind of fruit that is produced.

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Romans 86

• If we are carnally minded our thoughts and
  actions always produce death, but if we yield our
  minds to the Holy Spirit, our thoughts and
  actions will always produce life and peace.

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Gal 519-25

• "When you follow the desires of your sinful
  nature, your lives will produce these evil
  results sexual immorality, impure thoughts,
  eagerness for lustful pleasure

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Gal 519-25 (Evil Results)

• idolatry, participation in demonic activities,
  hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of
  anger, selfish ambition, divisions, the feeling
  that everyone is wrong except those in your own
  little group

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Gal 519-25 (Evil Results)

• envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other
  kinds of sin. Let me tell you again, as I have
  before, that anyone living that sort of life will
  not inherit the Kingdom of God.

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Gal 519-25

• But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, He
  will produce this kind of fruit in us love, joy,
  peace

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Gal 519-25

• The Holy Spirit produces in us patience,
  kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and
  self-control. These things never conflict with
  Gods law.

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Gal 519-25

• So then, if we are living now by the Holy
  Spirits power, let us follow the Holy Spirit's
  leading in every part of our lives.

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Phil 111

• Jesus Christ will fill your lives with the
  fruit that pleases God, and your lives will then
  bring Him glory and praise!

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How IMPORTANT is it to
Preserve
UNITY

PEACE?
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Its a COMMAND of Scripture!
Remember...
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Its one of the most important things in Gods
Kingdom!
Remember...
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Its an evidence (fruit) of the Holy Spirit
that glorifies God!
Remember...
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God has promised to bless us for it!
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Psalm 133

• The command of the Lord to bless our unity!
   

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Matt. 59

• Blessed are the peacemakers. They will be known
  as the children of God.  

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Matt. 59 (Amp)

• Enjoying enviable happiness and spiritual
  prosperity with the joy and satisfaction of Gods
  favor are the makers and maintainers of peace!

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Matthew Henry

• Peacemakers are those who strive to prevent
  contention and who use their influence to
  reconcile opposing parties and to prevent
  hostilities.

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Num. 624-26

• "May the LORD bless you and keep you May the
  LORD smile upon you and be gracious to you May
  the LORD show you His favor, and give you His
  peace!"

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How IMPORTANT is it to
Preserve
UNITY

PEACE?
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Its a COMMAND of Scripture!
Remember...
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Its one of the most important things in Gods
Kingdom!
Remember...
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Its an evidence (fruit) of the Holy Spirit
that glorifies God!
Remember...
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God has promised to bless us for it!
Remember...
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How can we
Preserve
UNITY

PEACE?
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We have to make it a top priority!
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Ephesians 43

• Do all that you can
• to preserve the unity that comes from the Holy
  Spirit, and bind yourselves together with the
  cords of Gods peace.

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Eph. 43

• Make every effort to keep the unity of the
  Spirit through the bond of peace.

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Ps. 3412-14 / 1Pet. 310-11

• "Whoever would love life and see good days must
  keep his tongue from speaking evil, and avoid
  evil by doing good instead He must seek peace
  and pursue it earnestly!

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Heb 1214

• Follow peace with all men! KJV
• Be pursuing peace with everyone! Rotherham
• Seek eagerly for peace with everyone!
  Berkeley
• Aim for peace with all men! Moffat
• Let it be your ambition to live at peace with
  everybody! Phillips

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Romans 1218

• As far as your responsibility goes, be at peace
  with all men.

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Romans 1218

• With all that is in your power, be at peace with
  everyone!

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How can we
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UNITY

PEACE?
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We have to make it a top priority!
Remember...
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Trust God a little more!
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Phil 46-7

• "Don't worry about anything instead, pray about
  everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him
  for all He has done.

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Phil 46-7

• If you do this, you will experience God's peace,
  which is far more wonderful than the human mind
  can understand. His peace will guard your hearts
  and minds as you live in Christ Jesus."

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How can we
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UNITY

PEACE?
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We have to make it a top priority!
Remember...
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Trust God a little more!
Remember...
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Stay CLOSE to Jesus!!!
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Col 312-15

• Let the peace that Christ gives control your
  thinking, because you were all called together in
  one body to have peace.

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2Cor. 1311

• ... live in peace, and the God of love and
  peace will be with you.

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The PEACEMAKERS Prayer

• Lord, make me AN INSTRUMENT of Your peace!Where
  there is hatred, let me sow loveWhere there is
  injury, pardon

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The PEACEMAKERS Prayer

• Where there is doubt, let me sow faithWhere
  there is despair, hopeWhere there is darkness,
  lightWhere there is sadness, joy!

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The PEACEMAKERS Prayer

• Oh, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much
  seek to be consoled as to console othersTo be
  understood as to understandto be loved, as to
  love!

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The PEACEMAKERS Prayer

• Help me always to remember that it is in giving
  that we truly receive and in pardoning that we
  find pardonAnd in dying to our own selfish ways
  that we find your Divine Life!

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Matthew Henry

• The tendency of the gospel is to promote peace,
  and to induce men to lay aside all cause of
  contention and bitter strife.

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Titus 39-11

• An earnest warning

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Mark 950

• Live in peace with each other."

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Preserving
UNITY

PEACE