New Years Devotional | Shalom | Sunday Jan 2, 2022 | Pastor Evan

Pastor Evan kicks off the new year with a New Year’s Devotional and discussion. Our new sermon series for 2022 will be exploring themes of peace. The Bible mentions peace over 400 times and it is counted as a Fruit of the Spirit, and Jesus talks about it on the Sermon on the Mount. In times of peace we skip over the stories of God’s peace in the bible because we do not need it. However through most of history people have not been at peace, fear, famine, and war has often been a part of the human experience. Today, when life and our society closes in on us with fear, violence, and anger, we can feel peace evaporate. For this reason, we turn again to the Prince of Peace and rediscover the ways that God creates peace in us, and welcomes the Church to be the People of Peace in challenging times. We are temped to run  around with our hair on fire when we are not at peace, but there is another way.