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BEST OF BEST: 07 of 31 "The Lord's Peace"

• Dr. Bobby J. Boles • Season 2 • Episode 7

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BEST OF BEST: 07 of 31 "The Lord’s Peace" 

 

“THE LORD'S PEACE”

BEST OF BEST SERIES (7th of 31)

Scriptures: Psalm 29:11  -  John 14:27  -  Philippians 4:7

 

EPISODE DESCRIPTION

This is episode is #7 of 31 in the Mighty Moment series "Best of the Best" and is entitled “The Lord’s Peace”. This episode looks at #20-22 from Dr. Bobby’s list of his favorite 101 Bible verses: Psalm 29:11, John 14:27 & Philippians 4:7.

 

EPISODE PROMO

In a world fraught with uncertainty, anxiety, and conflict, this episode “The Lord’s Peace” explores God’s offer of a profound gift to His children: divine peace. This peace isn't merely the absence of conflict but a transformative presence that strengthens, comforts, and guards our hearts. Through three powerful scriptures — Psalm 29:11, John 14:27, and Philippians 4:7.  Explore different dimensions of God's peace: how He bestows it as strength, how Christ offers it as legacy, and how it surpasses human understanding to protect our inner being. This episode reveals a gift designed to transform our daily experience regardless of external circumstances.

 

“BEST OF BEST” SERIES

The “Best of Best” series is a 31-day journey looking at the best of the best the Bible has to offer, Dr. Bobby’s favorite scripture passages that inspire, give hope and encourage a believer's heart. These are his personal favorite 88 passages, his top 101 verses of the Bible. Each episode in the series will examine 3 verses. These are scriptures that you will want to mark down and try and memorize. The total list of verses is not in any particular order, but the pairings of the three we'll look at in each episode will try to follow a theme. 

 

“TOPICAL” CATEGORY

This category of Mighty Moment podcasts groups episodes of Mighty Moment into series based on certain topics.  Some of the series in the “Topical” category are: “Best of the Best”,  “Foundational Beliefs” & “Key Bible Prophecies”.

 

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Welcome to Mighty Moment, where it only takes a moment to have a mighty encounter with God. Our speaker, dr Bobby J Bowles, is guiding us on a transformative exploration of the scriptures from Genesis to Revelation as he brings to life the incredible and fascinating stories of the Bible. We pray that you are encouraged and spiritually strengthened, so let's turn our hearts and minds to the Word as we prepare for today's journey of discovery. Here's Dr Bobby with today's Mighty Moment.

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The Lord's Peace. In this episode of Mighty Moment, we continue our month-long exploration of extraordinary scriptures from the Bible. This 31-day journey showcases 88 carefully curated biblical passages worthy of committing to memory and reflection. This is my comprehensive list of 101 favorite biblical verses. While these selections do not follow a strict ranking system, each episode presents three verses linked by a thematic element. However, every passage stands independently as a profound spiritual resource. For those interested in obtaining the complete Best of the Best Scripture compilation, please reach out directly to Mighty Moment for your personal copy. For those interested in obtaining the complete Best of the Best Scripture compilation, please reach out directly to Mighty Moment for your personal copy.

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Peace, a simple word with profound implications In Scripture. Peace is not just tranquility but a multifaceted gift from God that strengthens, sustains and secures His people. This episode explores three divine perspectives on peace Psalm 29.11, john 14.27, and Philippians 4.7. Peace as strength from the Father, peace as legacy from the Son, and peace as guardian of our hearts and minds. Through the Holy Spirit, we will illuminate how God's peace operates in our lives, providing not merely emotional calm, but divine presence that transforms our experience of life's challenges. Number 20 in our list of the top 101 Bible verses is Psalm 29.11, peace as Divine Strength. In the New King James Version we read the Lord gives strength to his people. The Lord will bless his people with peace and in the Message Version God makes his people strong. God gives his people peace. God gives His people peace.

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I in particularly like the word give in this verse. The verse is a promise that God is going to give to us strength and peace. That which we currently don't have and need, the Lord will grant to us. It is a blessing, a perk, a gift. As the people of the Lord, we have certain benefits and privileges that he bestows upon us, like American Express, but so much more. Membership has its privileges. I also think it's significant that the Lord Himself here is giving and granting the strength and the peace. Lord Himself here is giving and granting the strength and the peace. He is personally involved in ensuring that we are able to sustain and stand in the midst of trials and troubles and that we have a calm mind. I'm reminded of 2 Timothy 1.7,. For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Of fear but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

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In Psalm 29.11, the original Hebrew offers rich insight into God's gift of peace. The word translated as strength is az, which denotes not just physical power but inner resilience and spiritual fortitude. This suggests God imparts an internal capacity to endure and overcome. Consider Sarah, a young mother diagnosed with a serious illness while raising three small children. As treatments zapped her physical strength, she discovered an unexpected inner fortitude. She says I found strength I didn't know existed. There were days I couldn't stand physically, yet spiritually I felt upheld by invisible hands. Sarah described experiencing profound peace despite her circumstances. Not a denial of pain, but a deep assurance that transcended her situation. It wasn't that my problems disappeared, she explained, but that God's presence became more real than my problems.

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The bamboo plant beautifully illustrates the relationship between strength and peace, as it possesses a unique kind of power. Different than a strong and mighty oak, it is remarkably flexible. During violent storms, bamboo bends almost to the ground without breaking, then returns right upright when the tempest passes. Similarly, the peace God gives us isn't rigid stoicism but a flexible resilience that allows believers to bend without breaking under life's pressures. The next verse on our list number 21, is John 14, 27.

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Peace as Christ's legacy, reading in the New King James Version Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. And in the Message Version, I am leaving you well and whole. That's my parting gift to you Peace. I don't leave you the way you're used to being left, feeling abandoned, bereft. So don't be upset, don't be distraught.

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And in the Living Version of the Bible, and in the living version of the Bible, jesus uses profound language here to describe his gift of peace. The Greek word translated as peace is erene, which has roots in the concept of joining what has been separated. While it parallels the Hebrew word shalom, in this context it takes on additional significance as Christ's personal legacy. That peace which Christ demonstrated here on earth can be ours. Which Christ demonstrated here on earth can be ours. Even in the midst of incredible persecution and trial, even with Satan himself, jesus was at peace. He had enemies at every side, yet he remained calm, reassured and at peace. In the middle of a sea, with an incredible storm raging all around him, jesus was able to sleep while his disciples were freaking out. That's the kind of peace that I want in my storms.

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James Calvert, missionary to the cannibals of Fiji in the 1800s, demonstrated extraordinary peace in the face of apparent danger. As his ship approached the islands, the captain tried to dissuade him from disembarking, saying you will lose your life and the lives of those with you if you go among those savages. Calvert's response revealed Christ's peace at work. We died before we came here. This profound statement illustrated a person so secure in Christ's peace that even death had lost its power to threaten. Calvert and his companions had already settled the ultimate fear in their hearts, living from the place of resurrection certainty.

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Number 22 on our list of 101 top Bible verses is Philippians 4.7,. Peace as Divine Guardian, reading from the New King James Version. And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus and in the New International Version. And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. In the Message Version we read, before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness. Everything coming together for good will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life and in the Living Bible. If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will keep your thoughts and your hearts quiet and at rest as you trust in Christ Jesus. This indescribable peace is like the Grand Canyon. When you see the Grand Canyon for the first time, you are moved. It is incredible. It's an awesome experience, but it's very difficult to describe. You'll return home and show people your pictures, but it cannot capture the grandeur and the awe you felt when you were there. It really must be experienced. This peace that Jesus is offering you and me is difficult to describe, but once we experience it, once we experience it for ourselves and feel its incredible power to calm our heart and give us total peace, it changes us and it transforms us.

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Philippians 4.7 contains profound linguistic treasures that illuminate the protective nature of divine peace. Perhaps most significant is the verb will guard fru reise, a military term depicting armed soldiers protecting a city from enemy attack. This piece actively defends two vital aspects of our inner being our hearts and our minds Our hearts representing the emotional and spiritual center, and our minds indicating thoughts and intellectual processes. The protective action occurs in Christ Jesus, positioning believers within the secure sphere of Christ's authority. This rich vocabulary portrays peace not as passive serenity, but as an active divine sentinel mounting conscientious guards over believers' emotional, spiritual and mental well-being. This verse describes peace as divine protection guarding believers' emotional and mental well-being. This peace transcends human understanding.

Speaker 3:

In conclusion, these three passages reveal divine peace as a multifaceted gift operating in a distinct yet complementary way. From Psalm 29.11, we discover peace as strength, god's empowering presence that provides internal fortitude among external pressure. In John 14.27, we receive peace as legacy, christ's personal inheritance that operates differently from the world's temporary calm. And through Philippians 4.7, we experience peace as guardian, an active sentinel protecting our hearts and minds from destructive thought patterns. Together, these scriptures paint a comprehensive portrait of divine peace as strength that empowers, legacy that transforms and protection that secures. The thread binding these dimensions of peace is their common source. They all flow from a relationship with God rather than favorable circumstances. Whether as the Father's blessing, the Son's bequest or the Spirit's protective presence, peace emerges as one of God's most precious and practical gifts to believers. In a world increasingly characterized by anxiety, conflict and uncertainty, these scriptures invite us into a radically different experience—divine peace that strengthens, remains and guards, regardless of external conditions.

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Put these beautiful three scripture gems in your heart today by memorizing them, friends. In our next episode entitled Joy and Renewal, we will continue our look at the best of the best 88 Bible scripture passages by looking at numbers 23, 24, and 25 in my top 101 favorite Bible verses. We'll look at Psalm 30, verse 5, psalm 51, verse 10, and 2 Corinthians 5, 17. I hope you've enjoyed our time together and I pray you have a mighty moment with God today. Be blessed.

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