This is post #7 of the beatititudes 
taught by Jesus the Messiah: Once a year at a talent competition for women
that culminates all local, state and national
pageants, there is a wonderful thing that Miss
Universe hopefuls always ask for: "World Peace..." How can you get peace in ALL its forms?? - Peace in your family
- Peace in your relationships
- Peace at work
- Peace in the community
- Peace in the Nation
- Peace in the Earth
I have found those needs are VERY simple to achieve 
if you just apply this teaching from Jesus the Messiah: Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called sons of God. Matthew 5:9 How do you do it you may ask: - You have kids or relatives that rub you the wrong way.
- You have a person that is SUPPOSED to be your friend
that JUST SEEMS to NOT be your friend when it suits them. - A fellow worker is ALWAYS looking out for him/herself
instead of the TEAM. - A neighbor down the street has accused your son/daughter
of wrong doing, but you KNOW differently. - One Nation needs something and another nation has it,
but refuses to let the other buy it at a decent price or
have it on goodwill. - The Earth is in turmoil, waiting for the sons of God to be
revealed.
It seems impossible, yet there is guidance found in the
Word of God for EVERY one of those situations. - When relatives rub you the wrong way, do you stew about it and not do anything about it?
Or do you take this verse to heart:"If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,' forgive him." Luke 17:3-4 In accord with this verse, here is something more to ponder: "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church(family); and if he refuses to listen even to the church(family), treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. Matthew 18:15-17
THAT will preserve YOUR peace...... The same thing goes for the friend that SEEMS to be a friend, but ONLY when it suits him/her..... for the fellow employee that just will not play with the team...the SAME thing applies...... of course you need a STRONG management team that will NOT take crap from unruly team members....
In fact ALL the situations mentioned in the above bullet points
are treatable the SAME way....BUT the rulers (elders) in a
TEAM of employees, head of a family, head of a church
(or even rulers of nations) NEED to be people of upstanding
principle.... OR there cannot be ANY peace in any situation. Lets see the criteria for leaders in an organization according to the Word of God: - ".........an overseer(or ruler) is entrusted with serious work, he/she must be blameless-not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. Rather he/she must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy (set apart for Gods usefulness) and self-disciplined. Titus 1:6-8
Can you imagine what would happen if ANY ruler (or governing body)
were to take things in the above way, instead of looking for the
fastest way to make money, the easiest way out of situations, or the
way that MAKES them SEEM to LOOK THE BEST, trying to make others
like them a lot (as in playing politics) instead of sticking to upright
principles -- WOW!! But, what happens is turmoil and dissention keep
coming in to harm the friendship, family, community or nation when
the wrong things (or ways of ruling) are done.
When the right principles in life are followed REAL PEACE results. I am going to stop right here and give the archives for The Upside Down Kingdom
(A Bible Study on the beatitudes of Jesus the Messiah) because each one of them
tie into the rest of this post: How many wars could have been avioded, communities built up,
companies prospered, families blessed, relationships healed and ...
how many people will take up this teaching by the
GREATEST teacher of all time. I CHALLENGE YOU..... if you are a leader in ANYTHING.....
Take these principles of Jesus the Messiah to heart
by putting them into practice in your life.
Watch you life TURN around! If you WANT to become a leader...
take heed to these principles....
They will help avoid a LOT of pain! This very relevant post on life and how practicing these
principles in real estate can change your life for the
better is brought to you by: Alexander Harb -- Founder of "Christianity and Real Estate" 
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