Oakwood Church

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.”
John 14:1

“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth… he dwells with you and will be in you.”
John 14:16-17

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things… Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you… Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”
John 14:26-27

How to experience resilient peace:

1. Study God’s Word to know God’s Will

“Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.”
John 14:24

“On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’”
Matthew 7:22-23

How to experience resilient peace:

1. Study God’s Word to know God’s Will

“Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.”
John 14:24

How to experience resilient peace:

1. Study God’s Word to know God’s Will

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.”
Romans 12:2

How to experience resilient peace:

2. Listen to God’s Spirit to keep in Step with God’s will

“These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name…”
John 14:25-26

How to experience resilient peace:

2. Listen to God’s Spirit to keep in Step with God’s will

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said.”
John 14:26

How to experience resilient peace:

2. Listen to God’s Spirit to keep in Step with God’s will

○ Be Filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18)

○ Walk with the Spirit (Galatians 5:16,25)

○ Grow in the Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23)

How to experience resilient peace:

2. Listen to God’s Spirit to keep in Step with God’s will

“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you. Not as the world gives do I give to you.”
John 14:27

How to experience resilient peace:

3. Trust in God’s Promises to endure Opposition to God’s will

“Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”
John 14:27

How to experience resilient peace:

3. Trust in God’s Promises to endure Opposition to God’s will

“You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father.”
John 14:28

How to experience resilient peace:

3. Trust in God’s Promises to endure Opposition to God’s will

“And now I have told you before it takes place so that when it does take place you may believe.”
John 14:29

How to experience resilient peace:

1. Study God’s Word to know God’s Will

2. Listen to God’s Spirit to keep in Step with God’s will

3. Trust in God’s Promises to endure Opposition to God’s will

The Spiritual Life Worksheet

1. How are you Trusting God right now?

2. How are you Worshiping Jesus right now?

3. How are you Walking with the Spirit right now?

4. How are you Working with God right now?

Our Commitments

1.We will trust Jesus completely

2. We will worship Jesus passionately

3. We will walk with Jesus faithfully

4. We will work with Jesus diligently

“I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.”
John 14:30-31