Finding Peace Of Mind

ILL.- Have you ever watched a video tape of a ball game after the fact, knowing that your team had already won? You’re so excited and happy that you stay up until one in the morning to watch the game.

Your whole attitude is different. Your team might get behind 10 points, but you don’t care, you don’t get shook up, you don’t worry, BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW THE GAME ENDS!

So with the Christian when it comes to life. We don’t mind some of the things that happen in life, because we know what is going to happen in the end! WE KNOW THAT OUR ETERNAL DESTINY IS A SURE THING!

Brothers and sisters, I am not worried about the end of my life. I may worry how I get there, but I am not worried about where I will end up. AND IT’S BECAUSE OF WHO I KNOW. It’s not that I know me. It’s that I know Christ! He is trustworthy. He is faithful. He is my Savior!

I will never do enough good to merit salvation. Nor will my sin keep me out. Because I trust Christ. I am trying as best I can to walk with Christ.

WE HAVE A SURE DESTINY IN CHRIST! Are you sure? You can be sure.

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ILL.- A man named Lowell (Bud) Paxton made millions of dollars with his idea for the HOME SHOPPING NETWORK on TV. But his life was not at peace.

There was a troubled marriage and a multitude of frustrations in his life. Then Bud became a Christian and his whole value system changed. People now mattered more than things, eternity more than the present.

On Oct. 19, 1987, Bud Paxton was scheduled to address the International Convention of Stockbrokers in Washington, D.C., a gathering of 1,800 brokerage firms.

But when he entered the room at 1:30, only about 20 people were there. Earlier in the day, the stock market had started to plunge - a plunge that would go down 508 points. The people had panicked. Everybody left.

Paxton himself had over 100 million dollars in the stock market that day. His preacher asked him, "Aren’t you ruffled? How do you feel about it?"

Paxton said, "I’m just thankful that my trust isn’t in the things of this world." WHAT A GREAT ANSWER OF FAITH!

Do you want peace of mind? It can only come through trust in Christ, a continual trust in Christ. Do you have it? Do you want it? Trust and obey.