Feb 9, 2025 … Christ Brings Peace

Feb 9, 2025 … Christ Brings Peace  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with music and lyrics with Danny Gokey singing … Peace …  calling on Christians to share in the peace Christ has created for all. 

 

Highlight Passage: … Ephesians 2:17-18 …[NLT] … 

17 He brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from Him, and peace to the Jews who were near. 18 Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.          

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to live in peace with one another, Gentiles and Jews, because of what Christ has done for  us. .     

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Ephesians 2:11-18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul calls on fellow Christians to live in the peace that The Messiah, Jesus, has created for us.  It is the good news of peace that Christ has created for us.                                   

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Reference Passage: … Psalm 4:8, 34:14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK ...  

… King David sings of searching for peace through his (and our) relationship with The Lord.               

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 26:3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Isaiah, gives His prescription for peace ,,, by keeping our thoughts on the Lord.   

Reference Passage: … John 16:33 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… shows His disquieted and fearful Disciples (and us) that they (we) need not worry and fret over the world because He has overcome the world. 

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

… Again, Paul, calls on fellow Christians to cast their (our) worries aside and seek the peace we have in Christ.

Reference Passage: … Colossians 3:15 NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Again Paul teaches that fellow Christians are called to live in peace thru Christ.

Reference Passage:… 2Thessalonians 3:16 NLT] … USE THIS  LINK… 

… Finally, The Apostle Paul’s prayer for fellow Christians to have the peace Christ gives them (us). 

                              

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - Mike Wittmer … AT THIS LINK      … related the story of Joan, a fellow member of his church, who was confused and dismayed by a social media post by a fellow church member which rejected her.  Joan wondered how, going to the same church, fellow church members would be so rejecting.  

It’s the way of the world these days, isn’t it?  And oh how we need to grasp the reality which Christ has provided for us, over 2000 years ago, through His work on the cross (see the linked song and the Reference Scriptures shared above).  Because if we can do what King David, Isaiah, Jesus, and The Apostle Paul declared in these words, we will find and capture the peace Jesus created for those who follow Him.  Personally, … that’s my gig for life; … how about you?                          

My Thanksgiving:… Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for giving me the peace You provided for me on the Cross, Lord.  

My Prayer Today:: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. … again today, … that all reading here will join me, … to thankfully seek and bathe in Your peace, Lord, … again today and then for all our tomorrows.   … Amen

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