March 31, 2023 … Assurance of Peace …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2023 - Day 90 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Third Day singing … Blessed Assurance … poignantly and powerfully singing of how we Christians have God’s assurance of His salvation no matter what we face in this life.  

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Highlight Passage: … Isaiah 26:3 [NLT] … 

3 You will keep in perfect peace ALL who trust in You, . ALL whose thoughts are fixed on You.…  

…Pa showed fellow Christians how difficult it was for even a mature Christian, like himself, to avoid the pull of our sinful nature.                         

Highlight Passage (Context): …  Isaiah 26:1-6 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …  

… God’s covenant promise of His eternal peace for those who trust in and faithfully follow Him.   

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God call, thru Solomon, to seek and trust and follow God’s ways, avoiding doing life our own way.        

Reference Passage: … Matthew 11:28-30 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus invites those who trust in Him to find His peace and His strength by trusting in Him.  

Reference Passage: … John 14:27 [NLT] … 

27 “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.. 

… Jesus assures His disciples in the upper room that they need not be troubled because He, … their Messiah, … would leave them (and us) HIS peace. 

Reference Passage: … Romans 5:1 [NLT] … 

1 Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us..   

… Paul assures fellow Christians that by believing in the Lord’s finished work on the cross we will find God’s peace.  

Reference Passage: … Philippians 4;6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul teaches fellow Christians how to find God’s peace, … by faithfully and with a heart of thanksgiving, bringing any and all of their (our) concerns to God’s throne of grace in prayer.     

                                                                                                               

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Karen Pimpo… AT THIS LINK …   … tells of Chinese physicians researching to find ways help ICU patients who found it difficult to sleep, … finding that some things, like sleep masks and headsets which helped to reduce light and noise, did helped; but many patients still found it difficult to sleep.      

And in this world, which is permeated with so much stress and the “noise” of information and conflict, it’s so difficult to find peace, isn’t it?   So, what can we Christians do to find God’s peace?  Well, really the only way is to trust that God’s invitation to find His peace is, as God’s word tells us (see Scriptures above), to trust - and believe - that our God will give us His strength when we faithfully follow His way thru His word.  

That’s why you find me here, starting each day, basking in God’s peace-producing promises from His word and praying that His truth will give me the strength to find His peace, just as His word promises.  …. And my fellow Christian readers, take it from an old peace-seeker, …  God’s word will give us His peace, just as He promises!  How about joining me in that search today by taking in the linked song and meditating on the Scriptures above?                                                      

My THANKFULNESS:... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your peace, Lord, as I thankfully bring my concerns to Your throne of grace in prayer, believing in the promises of Your word.      

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to bask in the strength of Your truth, Lord, to give us Your peace when we rest in Your promises.      …  Amen               . 

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