March 10, 2022 … Revealing God’s Peace

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 69 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Gateway Worship singing … Give Me Your Peace …  poignantly singing of a Christian - like you and me - searching for God’s peace to calm the storms inside us.  

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Highlight Passage: … Philippians 4:6-7 [NLT] …   

6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all He has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.  

… God, thru Paul, gives Christians God’s prescription for anxieties.                   

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Highlight Passage [Context]: … Philippians 4:1-7 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul giving reassurance to fellow Christians (and us) that we can - and will - find God’s peace to quiet our hearts when we bring our worries and anxieties to the Lord with a heart of thankfulness.                                             

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Highlight Passage [Context]: … 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 peace to those who trust and fix their (our) thoughts on our Lord.  

Highlight Passage [Context]: … Jeremiah 17:7  [NLT] …   

7 “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. 

… God, thru Jeremiah, assures His faithful that He will bless those who trust in Him [see photo] 

Highlight Passage [Context]: … Matthew 11:28  [NLT] …   

28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

… Jesus prays God’s peace for those who trust and follow Him faithfully.   

Highlight Passage [Context] : … 1Peter 5:7  [NLT] …   

7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you.

… Peter exhorts fellow - persecuted - Christians to take all our cares/worries to the Lord because we know His promises that He cares for us.       

My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, John Blase, … AT THIS LINK …   reveals data from the Bible website, YouVersion.com ..  that in the midst of all the concerns for well-being in height of the pandemic in 2019,  Bible seekers sought out Philippians 4:6-7- see highlight passage with the highest search frequency of all verses in the Bible during those trying times.          

And if anyone here has any deep-seated fears or anxieties, that highlight passage, from Paul to fellow Christians, is really a prescription from God for peace.  And that passage, along with the others above, show us that God - even Jesus Himself in Matt 11:28 - promises HIS PEACE for anyone who faithfully trusts our Lord and seeks after His guiding direction (look up Proverbs 3:5-6 on your own - a good truth to have memorized and internalized!!).

I sure could use a lot of God’s peace today! … How about you?

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for providing me with Your ways to find Your peace today.    

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, …  to seek after and receive Your peace today, Lord, because we know that You want to give it to us.  You said so!!!  Amen 

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