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Developed by Mike Hill Director of the Dove Center |
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Where we spend eternity and the peace that we have inside ourselves
depends primarily on a single decision that you make here in this world: the decision
of whether of not we will accept the path that God has laid out for us to take. If we obey the pre-determined logic of our computer systems then we usually get the results that we want. If we provide our automobiles with the proper fuel, maintenance and care according to the rules of the manual we usually get worry free performance. If we construct a building in accordance with the engineering rules that the engineer lays down, then usually the building will withstand a certain degree of wind without collapsing. If we take the time to maintain our relationships with loved ones according to the commonly known rules of courtesy, preference and honor, we usually get the result of happy relationships. The pattern we see here is that everything in life usually has a definite right and a definite wrong way in which something must be done. Also, we notice that someone who has studied or manufactured a given "thing" has established the rules for what makes the "thing" work at it's very best. Also, these "someone's" usually write down an instruction manual for the best way, and sometimes only way, to make the 'thing" operate. The choice then becomes whether the person reading the instruction manual will heed the instructions found therein. Now there are several things that become curious at this point. Usually no one reading these instruction manuals for "things" ever seriously doubts (1.) that there was a knowledgeable writer, (2.) that there was a very good reason for what the writer wrote or (3.) that they will get the results that they want if they follow the instructions. In fact we very ardently expect that the written instructions must be correct. Now notice that we are expecting this "perfect knowledge" about the "thing" in question from a "someone" who is merely human like ourselves. Further, if we're honest, we will admit that most of the problems that we encounter with our "things" have to do with either our lazy unwillingness to read all the instructions or our unwillingness to follow that which we do read. Either way, most of the malfunctions of our "things" have to do with our "problems" not the "thing's." problems. When this happens, we have to take the "thing" to the repair shop for a technician or specialist to fix it in accordance to "someone's" pre-determined specifications. We, like these "things", have to go to God for repairs caused from our own or someone else's "sins" (pride, selfishness, self-absorption). When we realize that our life isn't "running right" it's time to go to God for repairs. |
There are really four spiritual laws that rule our path to peace with God!
| Law 1 | God Loves you and offers a wonderful plan for your life |
| Law 2 | Man is sinful and separated from God in the natural state. |
| Law 3 | Jesus Christ is God's only provision for man's sin. Through Him you can know and experience God's love and plan for your life. |
| Law 4 |
We must individually receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Then
we can know and experience God's love and plan for our lives |
Why is it then, that so many people are trying to find some way to PEACE with
GOD besides His way.
If you're reading this then you're probably searching
for something to fill an unexplainable void in your life. You know that you're not
at peace with life and you're feel that if you can just find God then maybe this
void will go away...well, you're right.
The Holy Bible contains instructions
on how to find Peace with God. But don't wait until you "get good enough"...you
will never get "Good Enough" and further more you don't need to get good
enough. God will accept you just as you are! All you have to do is accept, by faith,
that When Jesus died on the cross, he died for your sin. If you will accept Jesus
as your personal Savior, God will totally forgive and forget all that you've don
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| 1 | Know there is a God | Hebrews 11:6 |
| 2 | Be willing to do whatever God says to get Peace | James 4:8 |
| 3 | Know that God is Absolute Truth and Love, therefore the Holy Bible is His Word | John 14:6 |
| 4 | Know that God sets the standards for "Right and Wrong" | Exodus 20:3-17 |
| 5 | Realize that God is perfect and nothing impure can stand in his presence | Lev 11:44-45 |
| 6 | Confess to God that you are a sinner--your are selfish and you want your own way | Romans 3:23 |
| 7 | Sincerely ask God to Forgive you for your sins and to be willing to turn from them | 1 John 1:9 |
| 8 | Sincerely ask Jesus Christ to enter your Heart and become your Savior and Lord | Rev 3:19-20 |
| 9 | Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you with His Power | Acts 1:8 |
| 10 | Start praying and reading the Bible everyday, Start with the Gospel of John | Psalms 119:97 |
| 11 | Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you the meaning of confusing Bible Text | John 14:16 |
| 12 | Ask God to lead you to a church where you can be nourished, spiritually | Hebrews 11:25 |
| 1a | (Heb 11:6) Without faith no one can please God. Anyone who comes to God must believe that he is real and that he rewards those who truly want to find him. (Return to 12 steps) |
| 2a | (James 4:8) Come near to God, and God will come near to you. You sinners, clean sin out of your lives. You who are trying to follow God and the world at the same time, make your thinking pure. (Return to 12 steps) |
| 3a | (John 14:6) Jesus answered, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me (Return to 12 steps) |
| 4a | (Exo 20:3-17) "You must not have any other gods except me. {4} "You must not make for yourselves an idol that looks like anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the water below the land. {5} You must not worship or serve any idol, because I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God. If you hate me, I will punish your children, and even your grandchildren and great-grandchildren. {6} But I show kindness to thousands who love me and obey my commands. {7} "You must not use the name of the LORD your God thoughtlessly; the LORD will punish anyone who misuses his name. {8} "Remember to keep the Sabbath holy. {9} Work and get everything done during six days each week, {10} but the seventh day is a day of rest to honor the LORD your God. On that day no one may do any work: not you, your son or daughter, your male or female slaves, your animals, or the foreigners living in your cities. {11} The reason is that in six days the LORD made everything--the sky, the earth, the sea, and everything in them. On the seventh day he rested. So the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. {12} "Honor your father and your mother so that you will live a long time in the land that the LORD your God is going to give you. {13} "You must not murder anyone. {14} "You must not be guilty of adultery. {15} "You must not steal. {16} "You must not tell lies about your neighbor. {17} "You must not want to take your neighbor's house. You must not want his wife or his male or female slaves, or his ox or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." (Return to 12 steps) |
| 5a | (Lev 11:44-45) I am the LORD your God. Keep yourselves holy for me because I am holy. Don't make yourselves unclean with any of these crawling animals. {45} I am the LORD who brought you out of Egypt to be your God; you must be holy because I am holy. (Return to 12 steps) |
| 6a | (Rom 3:23) All have sinned and are not good enough for God's glory, (Return to 12 steps) |
| 7a | (1 John 1:9) But if we confess our sins, he will forgive our sins, because we can trust God to do what is right. He will cleanse us from all the wrongs we have done. (Return to 12 steps) |
| 8a | (Rev 3:19-20) "I correct and punish those whom I love. So be eager to do right, and change your hearts and lives. {20} Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you will eat with me. (Return to 12 steps) |
| 9a | (Acts 1:8) But when the Holy Spirit comes to you, you will receive power. You will be my witnesses--in Jerusalem, in all of Judea, in Samaria, and in every part of the world." (Return to 12 steps) |
| 10a | (Psa 119:97) How I love your teachings! I think about them all day long. (Return to 12 steps) |
| 11a | (John 14:16) I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper to be with you forever--(Return to 12 steps) |
| 12a | (Heb 11:25) He chose to suffer with God's people instead of enjoying sin for a short time.(Return to 12 steps) |
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