Berry Patch Devotions in 2023- Day 87
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 we Christians can set aside our stresses by giving them over to God to seek His peace.
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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.
… Paul teaches fellow Christians how to deal with stresses in life thru prayer.
Highlight Passage (Context): … Philippians 4:4-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to use prayer as their (our) tool to replace the anxieties of life with His peace. . .
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Reference Passage: … Psalm 119:165 [NLT] …
165 Those who love Your instructions (i.e., Your word) have great peace and do not stumble. <
… God’s promise, thru King David’s song, of His peace for those who love and follow God’s word.
Reference Passage: … Isaiah 26:3 [NLT] …
3 You will keep in perfect peace ALL THOSE who trust in You, … ALL WHOSE thoughts are fixed on You!
… God, thru the Prophet Isaiah promises His peace to ALL THOSE who focus their thoughts on the LORD.
Reference Passage: … John 14:27, 16:33 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus promises His disciples His peace to replace their (our) fears and anxieties.
Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:15 [NLT] …
15 And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.
… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to let God’s peace rule in their (our) hearts with thankfulness.
Reference Passage: … James 3:18 [NLT] …
18 And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness
… James teaches fellow Christians the rewards of being peacemakers in God’s kingdom.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Katara Patton … AT THIS LINK … writes about being able to overcome the anxiety and stresses of moving to a new home by being engrossed in God’s word and praying for the completion of book which, at the time of the stressful move, called for the ODB author’s mind being focused on God’s word.
And if my readers have taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures above, that’s exactly the strategies our Lord, thru His Prophet, Isaiah, … thru King David’s Psalm, … thru Jesus to His disciples, and thru teachers like Paul and James, put forth to find God’s peace to deal with the anxieties and stresses of life.
it’s so easy to let anxiety and stress overwhelm us these days, isn’t it? So, I’m praying that we all implement the teaching from God’s word above, … to allow us to focus on and pray about letting God’s peace replace those fears and stresses with the peace of God.
My THANKFULNESS ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing me thru Your word how You have given me Your peace to deal with my stresses today.
My Prayer Today Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to focus our hope on You, Lord, to deal with the anxieties of this world. … Amen .
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1 comment:
Amen...thank you!-
Kjetil!-
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