Mar 2, 2025 … Resting In Christ  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with music and lyrics with Don Moen  singing … Peace, Peace, Wonderful Peace,  promising God’s peace to cover those who believe and follow the Lord. 

Resting in God's presence ... 

Highlight Passage: … Psalms 32:5 …[NLT] … 

5 Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.” And you forgave me!  All my guilt is gone.          

… King David sings of the peace and rest he received from God’s mercy and grace when he, David, was willing to confess and bring his sins to God.      

Highlight Passage (in context): … Psalms 32:1-7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… King David sings of the rest and peace He experienced when he confessed his sin before the Lord.                                                                         

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Reference Passage: … Exodus 33:14 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God promises to Moses that He, The Lord, would personally go with Moses and God’s people and give them rest and protection.

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

…  God, thru Isaiah, promises His peace on those whose thoughts are focused on Him and following God’s ways. 

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

… Jesus promises Christians to give them (us) His strength when they (we) yoke ourselves to His Spirit.

Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 12:9  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul remembered Jesus’ promise to give him (and all Christians) His enabling/empowering grace when they (we) are wea

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

… Paul teaches fellow Christians to take our worries and cares, with a thankful heart, to God in prayer to find God’s peace. 

                            

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - Bill Crowder  … AT THIS LINK -     … relates how President Roosevelt, in 1943, in the throws and stresses of WW2, pressed Congress to purchase a plot of land, which was called “Shagri-la,” for him and his family to go and rest in protected peace.  The resting place for Presidents was later renamed by President Eisenhower to be called “Camp David; “ and that name of the protected and secure property remains the same to this day 

In this troubled and insecure world in which we live today, we all need some place to go to find rest and peace, don’t we?  Well, if you’ve taken in the linked song and the Scriptures above, I think you’ll see, as I do, that God’s word directs us to the source of protected peace in our lives; and that is in our relationship with Christ.  And I pray we all go there if we need God’s protective grace today.                   

          

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for giving me Your “Camp David” today - and any day - I need Your peace.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray, … again today, … that all reading here will join me, …  to  receive Your peace today, which You, Lord, ALWAYS have waiting for us. … Amen

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