Sunday September 28 morning lesson with Wayne Cornwell. "The Path to Serenity" is the final lesson in the #relentlesspursuit of peace series. Listen in and join us next Sunday when we unveil October's theme!

2. The Path to
Serenity

3. Serene - marked by or suggestive
of utter calm and unruffled repose
or quietude.
~ Merriam-Webster Dictionary

4. “Each one has to find his peace
from within. And peace to be real
must be unaffected by outside
circumstances.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

5. John 14:27
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.

6. The Path to Serenity
• Repent and accept God’s
forgiveness

7. Luke 24:46,47
46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written,
and thus it was necessary for the Christ to
suffer and to rise from the dead the third
day, 47 and that repentance and remission
of sins should be preached in His name to
all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

8. Acts 3:19
Repent therefore and be converted,
that your sins may be blotted out,
so that times of refreshing may
come from the presence of the
Lord.

9. 1John 1:8,9
8 If we say that we have no sin, we
deceive ourselves, and the truth is
not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He
is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.

10. The Path to Serenity
• Repent and accept God’s
forgiveness
• Forgive others

11. “Inner peace can be reached only when
we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is
letting go of the past, and is therefore
the means for correcting our
misperceptions.”
― Gerald G. Jampolsky, Love Is Letting
Go of Fear

12. Matthew 6:14,15
14 “For if you forgive men their
trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you. 15 But if you do not
forgive men their trespasses, neither
will your Father forgive your
trespasses.

13. The parable of the
unforgiving servant
(Mat. 18:21-34)

14. Matthew 18:34,35
34 And his master was angry, and
delivered him to the torturers until
he should pay all that was due to
him.

15. Matthew 18:34,35
35 “So My heavenly Father also will
do to you if each of you, from his
heart, does not forgive his brother
his trespasses.”

16. The Path to Serenity
• Repent and accept God’s
forgiveness
• Forgive others
• Forgive yourself

17. 2Samuel 12:13
So David said to Nathan, “I have
sinned against the LORD.” And
Nathan said to David, “The LORD
also has put away your sin; you
shall not die.

18. Acts 10:15
And a voice spoke to him again the
second time, “What God has
cleansed you must not call
common.”

19. Luke 4:18
“The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
because He has anointed Me to preach
the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to
heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim
liberty to the captives and recovery of
sight to the blind, to set at liberty those
who are oppressed;

20. The Path to Serenity
• Repent and accept God’s
forgiveness
• Forgive others
• Forgive yourself
• Put your trust in God

21. Isaiah 26:3
You will keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on You,
because he trusts in You.

22. Psalm 119:165
Great peace have those who love
Your law, and nothing causes them
to stumble.

23. “Spirituality is not to be learned by flight
from the world, or by running away from
things, or by turning solitary and going
apart from the world. Rather, we must
learn an inner solitude wherever or with
whomsoever we may be. We must learn
to penetrate things and find God there.”
― Meister Eckhart

24. The Path to Serenity
• Repent and accept God’s
forgiveness
• Forgive others
• Forgive yourself
• Put your trust in God

25. #relen lesspursuit