Friday, December 30, 2022

December 30, 2022 … Seeking God’s Peace …

Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 364 


Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from Fernando Ortega, in duet with an anonymous female, singing  Grace and Peace poignantly singing of how we find God’s grace and peace in our relationship with Christ Jesus.     


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Highlight Passage: …Psalm 107:30 [NLT] …  

30 What a blessing was the stillness as He brought them safely into the harbor. 

… God sings of His grace leading His faithful out of the storm into His harbor of peace.                                                                             

Highlight Passage (Context): … Psalm 107:23-32 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s psalmist sings of God’s grace leading His faithful thru and out of the storms of life.        

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

You (LORD) will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, … all whose thoughts are fixed on You.  

  God, thru Isaiah, shows his suffering people how to find His peace.    


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

… Jesus invites any/all, would would believe in His Lordship, to yoke our weaknesses to the power of His empowering grace so that He can provide His beloved with His power and His peace. 


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

  Paul shows fellow Christians how they (we) can deal with the stresses and storms of life as we seek God’s peace.  


Reference Passage: … 2Thessalonians 1:2 [NLT] … 

<i>  May God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.  </i>

… The Apostle Paul’s prayer and wish for his fellow Christians (yes, all of us!) .  


Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:7 [NLT] … 

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

… God’s advice, thru Peter, to fellow Christians who were being persecuted, … for them (and us) to cast ALL their (our) worries to a loving and caring and grace-providing God.

                                                                             

My Devotional JournalToday's Our Daily Bread author, Adam Holz … AT THIS LINK   tells of a peaceful nap being interrupted by the chaos and noise of the ODB author’s son playing his guitar; … but then hearing the peaceful strains of his daughter playing Amazing Grace on the family piano, showing the author that God’s peace and grace are available even in the chaos of this world.  


Sometimes it’s difficult to find peace in the uncaring chaos of this world, isn’t it?  But if my readers have take the time to take in the linked song and mediated on the Scriptures above, God wants us to see that we can - AND WILL - find God’s peace by being willing to surrender our will and let a caring God, thru His Spirit, give us His empowering grace to find His peace. 


Personally that is my pursuit each morning as I come here, to my quiet place to hear from my God, primarily thru His word, as cast my cares and stresses aside and just be with  my Lord Who cares for me thru His truth.  Where … and how … do you find God’s peace amid the chaos of this world?    


My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for giving me Your peace, Lord, but shining Your light on my path thru Your word.     

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to seek after the peace You have for us, Lord, in the grace You provide for us thru Your word.      Amen


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1 comment:

Kjetil said...

Amen again!
Kjetil!-