12/10/2025
What is Peace?
Pastor Godfrey Ramafikeng teaching,
Peace is what God has given in us, through His Spirit. God uses His peace in us. When we are in His will, there is peace. When we are outside His will, there is a lack of calmness. If every believer is sensitive to this peace, many mistakes can be avoided.
Colossians 3:15 AMPC
"And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful."
Peace is the inner calm of one who walks in constant fellowship with Christ.
1 John 1:6-7 NKJV
"If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin."
This peace blooms inside a believer who maintains constant fellowship with God, showcasing that they are truly a child of God. There is sensitivity to spiritual things, and because of this, the peace remains unstained.
When a believer does wrong and continues despite their peace being disturbed, the disturbance becomes less noticeable because the believer is getting used to wrongdoing. Spiritual matters require vigilance-a believer must be conscious of their inner peace and joy, spotting what is not right.
Now this is the peace of God! It is manifested in a believer who has continual fellowship with Him.
The church of God is not meant to err at all, because it is ever in the light. Even if mistakes happen, they shouldn’t be too big or surprising, because it is not the manner of believers or the church to act wrongly. Your spirit becomes in harmony with God.
Colossians 3:15 NKJV
"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful."
This peace should be the determination. It should not be disturbed by anything, worry, anxiety, or fear. That’s why the Word instructs us to be anxious for nothing and to cast all our burdens onto Him. Our minds require continual renewal with the Word, lest our peace be disturbed.
1 Peter 4:7 NKJV
"But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers."
Philippians 4:6 AMPC
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God."
This peace stations and watches over us! It restrains us from wrongdoing.
How do we keep this peace?
Philippians 4:8 NKJV
"Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy-meditate on these things."
By keeping this verse and meditating on it, whatever one speaks or thinks magnifies. When a wrong thought comes, if we counteract it, it dies. We ought always to magnify good words and thoughts.
Isaiah 26:3-4 NKJV
"You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength."
Acts 20:23 NKJV
"Except that the Holy Spirit witnesses in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me."
Keep away from toxic relationships:
Romans 16:17 NKJV
1 Corinthians 5:11-13 NKJV
Walk in love, and walk in the Word:
1 Corinthians 15:33 NKJV
2 Thessalonians 3:14 NKJV