The war with Iran...

Another blood moon, third year in a row, on the same Jewish holiday...

Said blood moon happening on the 3rd day of the 3rd month, peaking at 3:33am...

All of these signs remind me of something: Jesus is coming soon!

God is making it obvious. The question is, are you paying attention?

Does your life show that you are expecting His soon return?

No more messing around. No more lukewarm. Go all in with the One who gave His life for your salvation.

Believe in Jesus Christ. Follow Jesus Christ. Get ready for His soon return.

The peace God gives makes no sense.

It is beyond understanding because in the midst of a challenging situation, you have peace.

The peace the world gives makes sense. It results from our circumstances being peaceful.

In our pursuit of peace, we often chase after the wrong one.

Our walk with the Lord includes many challenges. The further you go with Him, the greater the challenges become.

And so often, to find peace, we retreat back to where things were comfortable.

This brings a kind of peace, but it's not God's peace. How do we know? It's a peace we can understand.

God's peace is not something we get by retreating, but by choosing to rejoice in the midst of a trial, knowing that He has already made us more than conquerors.

If you want God's peace, it's available to you in Christ. You receive it by faith.

Thanks be to God, who always causes us to triumph in Christ.

We're not talking about hidden victory, but celebratory victory.

The people of God should be obnoxiously loud about all the good things God has done for them.

He saved me! He healed me! He prospered me! He turned my mistakes into something good!

If you have yet to see His victory in your life, go ahead and start celebrating ahead of time. That's how you put yourself in Christ.

You don't wait to take His victory as your own. You take it now, because He already gave it to you.

It's not your victory. It's His, and He's eager to share it with you.

Jesus wants unity in the church. He wants us to become one with Him.

It'll never happen until we first become humble and gentle with each other.

The only reason there are different denominations is because of pride that we mask as spiritual superiority.

Here's what it sounds like: "I have a revelation you don't have. And since we don't agree, we have to part ways."

Then the church is divided over end-time views, or speaking in tongues, or how to do baptism, or whatever else we prioritize over the Gospel.

It feels so right in the moment because we are so passionate about getting things right. But when you take time to see it from God's perspective, you find that He is not pleased when we separate over these things.

His desire is for us to approach every disagreement with humility and gentleness.

Humility means recognizing that both of us are just as capable of reaching the wrong conclusion.

Gentleness means we are patient and calm as we work through it, no matter how long it takes.

God is not threatened by our lack of understanding, and we shouldn't be either.

The Kingdom of God is not hard to understand.

It is not a mystery, but it is rare and therefore unusual.

Righteousness, peace, and joy. That's God's Kingdom.

It is far superior to anything earthly. These three things reign over every aspect of life, if we choose to let them.

The sparcity of God's Kingdom on the earth is not God's doing. He offers it in abundance.

So what's the problem? Why don't we see the abundance of righteousness, peace, and joy?

Because it can only be received by faith. You have to believe God has it and wants you to have it. Then, you take it as your own.

Or, you can sit around like most everyone else and wait for your circumstances to bring peace and joy. Just know, it'll never happen.

As long as we let circumstances rule and reign over our lives, the Kingdom of God cannot. It's one or the other. You choose.

Don't take advice from people who lack peace.

If they are agitated, anxious, distressed, confused, or fearful, disregard what they say, no matter how serious they are about it.

The Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

So, if we don't have peace, it's because we are consulting with the wrong kingdom.

Consulting God for answers will always result in peace. His Kingdom rescues you from agitation, confusion, and fear.

If you lack peace, disregard everything you are thinking. It is not aligned with God.

When peace is lacking, drop everything and go get it. Jesus already gave you peace. It's in His Kingdom, which is where you are in Christ.