John 20:19Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be with you."
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So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you."
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and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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We can have peace with God.
The issue of peace seems to be very important to God. Peace is more than just the 'absence of war', but is a blessed and fulfilled life. Men and women everywhere are constantly striving and churning trying to find emotional peace, financial peace or spiritual peace.
It is amazing that we spend so much energy trying to find something God wants to so freely give us. How about you, do you have peace? What does it take to 'derail' your peace? A small thing, a big thing or do you have the peace of God that stays with you even in the most trying of situations?
That is the peace God offers, a peace that surpasses all understanding. In other words, perhaps even in the midst of trial and temptations, when you shouldn't have peace, you have it. What a gift from God.
Turn off the TV, cell phone, log off of the internet and spend a few minutes with the God that offers you more lasting peace than anyone or anything else.
In that time, may the Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.
Dear Father,
Thank You for giving me grace and peace. Forgive me for times when I have turned my peace over to frustration or anger. You love me and You have forgiven me. My peace is secure in You. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Living to tell what He died to say,
Pastor David McGee
Senior Pastor
Calvary Chapel of the Triad
