{"id":15457,"date":"2003-11-14T21:08:00","date_gmt":"2003-11-15T03:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=15457"},"modified":"2021-01-09T18:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T00:13:33","slug":"true-peace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/moral-principles-for-young-people\/true-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"True Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 align=\"center\">True Peace<\/h1>\n<p>Author Unknown<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/peace.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"112\">There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried and submitted their work. The king looked at all the pictures. There were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them.<\/p>\n<p>One picture was of a calm lake, perfectly mirroring the peaceful, towering mountains all around it. Overhead was blue sky with fluffy, white clouds. It was the favorite of all who saw it. Truly, they thought, it was the perfect picture of peace.<\/p>\n<p>The other picture had mountains, too, but these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky from which rain fell and in which lightening played. Down the side of one mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. A less peaceful picture would be difficult to imagine. But when the king looked closely, he saw beside the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest in perfect peace.<\/p>\n<p>Which picture would you have selected? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause,\u201d explained the king, \u201cpeace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all these things and still be calm in your heart. This is the real meaning of peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I wish for you real peace.<\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\">For Further Study<\/h2>\n<h3>Verses to Consider<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Matthew 5:9-12<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 10:34-39<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 11:28-30<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 26:50-52<\/li>\n<li>Luke 1:76-79<\/li>\n<li>Luke 12:49-53<\/li>\n<li>John 14:27<\/li>\n<li>John 16:32-33<\/li>\n<li>Acts 9:31<\/li>\n<li>Romans 2:10<\/li>\n<li>Romans 5:1<\/li>\n<li>Romans 12:17-21<\/li>\n<li>II Corinthians 11:23-33<\/li>\n<li>II Corinthians 12:7-10<\/li>\n<li>II Corinthians 13:11<\/li>\n<li>Ephesians 2:14-18<\/li>\n<li>Philippians 4:7-13<\/li>\n<li>Colossians 3:15<\/li>\n<li>I Thessalonians 5:2-4<\/li>\n<li>II Thessalonians 3:16<\/li>\n<li>James 2:16<\/li>\n<li>James 3:18<\/li>\n<li>II Peter 3:14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Questions to Ponder<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>As Christians, can we expect a life free from trouble?<\/li>\n<li>How is it that Christ came to both bring peace and to bring a sword?<\/li>\n<li>Though Jesus was a peaceful man, yet he died a violent death. How could this happen?<\/li>\n<li>What must occur for peace to happen?<\/li>\n<li>How are the world\u2019s view of peace and the Christian\u2019s view of peace different?<\/li>\n<li>How can you gain true peace?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/moral-principles-for-young-people\/i-didnt-ask-to-be-born\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/moral-principles-for-young-people\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMoral Principles for Young People\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/moral-principles-for-young-people\/its-mine\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>True Peace Author Unknown There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried and submitted their work. The king looked at all the pictures. There were only two he really liked, and he had to choose between them. One picture was&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4934,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15457","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60585,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-book-of-daniel\/daniel-chapter-11\/","url_meta":{"origin":15457,"position":0},"title":"Daniel Chapter 11","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Daniel Chapter 11 Conflicts to Come Daniel 11:1-4 We are now in the year 536 B.C. 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