July 9, 2025 … Seeking God’s Peace …

July 9, 2025 … Seeking God’s Peace    …  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Clay Crosse, Bob Carlisle, and Bebe Winans singing… I Will Follow Christ,  calling on ALL Christians to ALWAYS follow our Lord with thankful hearts.  

ALWAYS following His ways ... 

Highlight Passage: … 1Thessalonians 5:19  … [NLT] … 

19 Do not stifle (i.e., “grieve”) the Holy Spirit.  

…  Paull exhorts fellow Christians to avoid grieving God’s Spirit.       

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … 1Thessalonians 5:16-24  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

…  The Apostle Paul teaches fellow Christians how to seek God’s peace by following His ways. .

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  Solomon shows believers that trusting God is the way to go in life. 

Reference Passage: … Isaiah 26:2, 41:10  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…  God, thru the Prophet Isaiah, promises His peace to those who focus on Him and use His strength when they (we) are weak.  

Reference Passage: … Matthew 28:20b [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

… Jesus, when He calls Christians to serve Him, promises to ALWAYS be with those who do.

Reference Passage: … Luke 9:23 (NLT) …  USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus commands His followers to give up our way and ALWYS follow HIS ways.   

Reference Passage: …  Galatians 5:24-25 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …

…Paul exhorts fellow Christians to surrender self and to follow God’s Spirit … ALWAYS.  

Reference Passage: …Philippians 4:6-8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…The Apostle Paul also teaches truth to fellow Christians about how to follow Christ and find His protective peace. 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - Tim Gustafson  … AT THIS LINK      … tells of three adrenaline stoked teenage boys being led in the depths of the Mammoth Cave system by one of the boys uncle, “Frank.” And the Uncle was having to continually call to the boys to follow His experienced lead.  But finally Frank let them wander into the darkness a while, … until they called out to him and to find his guiding head lamp and to follow Uncle Frank more reliably.     

It’s a good illustration to accompany the linked song and the Scriptures shared above which - hopefully - show us that we must CONTINUALLY seek and then, with thankful hearts, follow God’s Spirit, as He promises to lead us to His glory.   Personally, … that’s the pursuit of this heart of mine!   How about you?   

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for giving me Your light to follow You, Lord, in the darkness of my world.  

 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … again today, Lord. … for calling and leading us out of our darkness by Your light.    … Amen

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