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Christian Devotional – August 28, 2014
Read 3 John VERSE: 3 John 14–I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name. TRUTH: Personal connection and the peace of God: they go together. We have a great opportunity to experience and share that peace with others every single day. When we connect with others, do we convey peace and assurance that God has everything worked out? We can work together to strengthen each other and to experience God’s perfect peace. RESPONSE: Father, I am stronger together with other believers than I am apart. Your peace is more easily…
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Christian Devotional – April 23, 2014
Read Romans chapter 5 VERSE: Romans 5:1–Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God though our Lord Jesus Christ. TRUTH: How is it possible that we: a sinful, imperfect creation, can be at peace with the perfect, holy, creator God? Through faith, we are made right, or justified, with God. When we have faith that God has paid the price for our sins, we are justified and made right with God. That faith leads us to peace with God. Do we experience peace with God? Do we have faith in Him? RESPONSE: Father, I love You and I have faith in You and Your Son…
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Christian Devotional – March 5, 2014
Read 2 John VERSE: 2 John 3 – Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love. TRUTH: Grace, mercy, and peace all sound so wonderful to have and experience. However, it’s not just any grace, mercy, or peace; they must be completed together with truth and love. Only through the truth, Jesus Christ, and the love, God the Father, are we able to experience grace, mercy, and peace. Do we feel like we are lacking grace, mercy, and peace? We must seek after God the Father and the Father’s Son so that we experience the…
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Christian Devotional – September 8, 2013
VERSE: James 3:18–Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness. TRUTH: Do we consider ourselves peacemakers? Are we not just looking for peace, but actively doing all we can to make peace wherever we are? Those people who make peace wherever they go, the Lord indicates that they will receive back a harvest of righteousness. They will receive in abundant supply all that the Lord desires to give them and others will be able to see the righteousness and peace in their lives. What are we sowing and what will we be reaping for the whole world to see? RESPONSE: Father, give me a heart that seeks peace…
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Christian Devotional – April 21, 2013
VERSE: Ezekiel 7:25–When terror comes, they will seek peace in vain. TRUTH: God’s judgment was coming to the people and He wanted to give them an idea of what it would be like so they would repent and seek to avoid it. This verse sums up all that God says about what the judgment would entail. There is terror coming and the people will seek peace and not be able to find it. God is our source of peace. If we are seeking peace in anything else, then we are seeking it in vain. We must turn to Him if we are to understand and experience true peace. RESPONSE: Father,…
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Christian Devotional – January 26, 2013
VERSE: John 16:33–I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. TRUTH: Following Jesus is no guarantee of a happy, worry-free life. In fact, Jesus promises us the opposite. In this world we will have trouble. In this world there will be problems and difficulties and things that cause us to lose heart. But Jesus tells us we are to take heart for two reasons. First, in Jesus we have peace. Second, Jesus has overcome the world. Even in the midst of troubles and problems we can have peace and…