Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of song and lyrics from Don Moen singing sing the only hymn … Wonderful Peace … poignantly singing of the reality the only way to find peace in our lives .. in the depth of an abiding relationship with Jesus.
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Highlight Verse[s]: 2nd Thessalonians 3:16 [NLT] … 16 Now may the Lord of peace himself give you his peace at all times and in every situation. The Lord be with you all.
… Paul showing fellow Christians that their peace could only come thru their relationship with Christ.
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Highlight Passage [context]: 2nd Thessalonians 3:16-18 [NLT] …USE THIS LINK …
… Paul wished nothing but God’s grace and peace upon fellow Christians who were being persecuted.
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Reference Passage : … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] …USE THIS LINK …
… Peace only really comes when we trust in God to show us the way in life.
UIKeyInputDownArrowReference 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’s prescription for peace is to focus and rely on Him.
Reference Passage : … John 16:33 [NLT] … 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 has overcome the stresses of the world. Hence, the only way to peace is to trust and follow Him.
Reference Passage : … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] …USE THIS LINK …
… If we’re looking for God’s peace … this is the key!!
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Keila Ochoa, used a personal story about about a friend who had found deep/abiding peace by trusting in Jesus. … The ODB author wrote: Grace is a very special lady. One word comes to mind when I think of her: peace. The quiet and restful expression on her face has seldom changed in the six months I have known her, even though her husband was diagnosed with a rare disease and then hospitalized. When I asked Grace the secret of her peace, she said, “It’s not a secret, it’s a person. It’s Jesus in me. There is no other way I can explain the quietness I feel in the midst of this storm.”
The secret of peace is our relationship to Jesus Christ. He is our peace. When Jesus is our Savior and Lord, and as we become more like Him, peace becomes real.
Would anybody out there, besides myself, like more peace in our lives … in the midst of all the chaos, stresses, and trials of life? … DUH!!! … Of course we do!!
Well, the ODB author today points to a lady, her friend “Grace,” who had discovered the key to living a more peaceful life; … and that key was her relationship with Christ. And if we take in the linked song and the Scriptures above, we find that anyone can have more peace … simply, but challengingly, by surrendering our lives to the One, … the ONLY ONE, … Who has overcome the trials and stresses of this life and that is our Lord, King Jesus.
So, lets all seek to take in God’s prescription for peace in our lives, by giving our all to a more abiding relationship with our Lord.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for offering and providing us with Your peace in the midst of the storms of life.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … I know You are my peace; … now all I’ve got to do is receive it … from YOU!! … Amen
Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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