October 14, 2023… His Perfect Gift …
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Don Moen singing … Wonderful Peace … Poignantly singing of how we Christians can - AND WILL - find peace in our relationship with Christ.
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Highlight 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 promises to leave those who love Him His gift of peace.
<b><u>Highlight Passage (Context)</u>: … John 14:25-31 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … </b>
… God’s promise, thru Isaiah, to be our solid rock in Whom we can trust … ALWAYS.
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Reference Passage: … Isaiah 26:3 [NLT] …
<3 You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You.
… God, thru Isaiah, promises His perfect peace to those who focus our thoughts on The Lord and follow His will.
Reference Passage: … Matthew 5:9 [NLT] …
9 God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God.
… Jesus promises His faithful followers God’s peace.
<b><u>Reference Passage </u>: … John 16:33 [NLT] … </b>
33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
… Jesus promises that His faithful disciples will find peace in their troubled life because He - The LORD - has overcome the troubled world.
Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:1-3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to live lives worthy of their (our) calling as Christians and binding themselves (ourselves) together with the peace Christ gives them (us).
Reference Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… The Apostle Paul also encourages fellow Christians to find God’s peace by bringing our worries and anxieties to the Lord in prayer with a thankful heart.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Kirsten Holmberg … AT THIS LINK … tells of finding a "perfect gift" for her mother-in-law’s birthday, … an elegant necklace with a birthstone pendant (see photo of necklace).
But the ODB author used this “perfect gift” to illustrate a far greater gift imparted by our Savior to those who believe in Him and surrender to all God’s Spirit can - and will - bring to God’s chosen children, … i.e., God’s gift of peace. And those of us who know Christ as Lord will prayerfully realize that we can have God’s perfect gift of peace by surrendering our spirit to receive the peace of God by focusing on and following His way, … primarily through God’s word.
And I pray that all, who read with me here, have received God’s perfect gift of peace and are following our Lord, in obedience to God’s word (see Scriptures above), Life can - AND WILL - be so much more peaceful if we receive the gift of God’s peace rather than trying to go it on our own.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your peace
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to humble ourselves to receive the gift of Your peace thru Your Spirit, Lord. … Amen
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1 comment:
Amen!
Kjetil!,
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