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God’s Truth Guides Us In Life

💡“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” (Psalm 119:105 NIV) If you are human, you spend a lot of time predicting what will make you happy in the future. For some, it is a family vacation, and for others, it may be paying

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God’s Wisdom Refreshes Your Soul And Brightens Your Eyes

💡“The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.” (Psalm 19:7-8 NIV) Some

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Live In Peace And Harmony With Others

💡Dear brothers and sisters, I close my letter with these last words: Be joyful. Grow to maturity. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you. – 2 Corinthians 13:11 NLT Paul closed his letter to the Corinthians with those

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Don't Worry. Pray. Then Peace Will Follow

💡Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. – Philippians

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God's Children Are Peacemakers

💡God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God. – Matthew 5:9 NLT In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus listed all the people who are blessed by God. Those who work for peace are in that elite group of highly-favored people. I

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Please God And Experience Peace With Your Enemies

💡When people’s lives please the Lord, even their enemies are at peace with them. – Proverbs 16:7 NLT We are all unique and different from others in many ways. Those differences are what make us attractive to some and irritating to others. It is challenging not to rub somebody

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Plan For Peace And Experience Joy

💡Deceit fills hearts that are plotting evil; joy fills hearts that are planning peace! – Proverbs 12:20 NLT Anyone can wish for more peace in their lives, but peace requires more than just a desire. To taste the delightful sweetness of peace in your day will require some intentionality on

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Doing Good Results In Peace

💡But there will be glory and honor and peace from God for all who do good — for the Jew first and also for the Gentile. – Romans 2:10 NLT To do good, to live right, and to go with God as opposed to going against God, bring about peaceful outcomes.

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Trusting God Leads To Peaceful Sleep

💡In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe. – Psalm 4:8 NLT According to an article on Harvard Medical School’s website, we spend about a third of our lives asleep. The sad reality is, tens of millions of Americans do

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Peace Of Mind And Heart

💡I am leaving you with a gift — peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. – John 14:27 NLT Jesus spoke these words to His disciples right before His crucifixion. He knew that shortly

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Jesus' Words Bring Peace

💡I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world. – John 16:33 NLT Jesus was telling His disciples that the default setting in a fallen world

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Love Peace

💡Look at those who are honest and good, for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace. – Psalm 37:37 NLT It is interesting how much attention we give to people who love to fight, brawl, argue, split hairs, and cause division in our modern culture. Our news channels have

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Let Peace Rule Your Heart

💡Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Above all, clothe yourselves

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Fix Your Thoughts On God And Obtain Peace

💡You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! – Isaiah 26:3 NLT The prophet Isaiah was inspired by the Holy Spirit to pen this encouragement to God’s people in the midst of tough times. He was letting them know

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Peace Is A Blessing From The Lord

💡The Lord gives his people strength. The Lord blesses them with peace.  – Psalm 29:11 NLT If you have ever lived in an adversarial environment, you will have no problem understanding that peace, in contrast, is a huge blessing. If you have ever grown up with verbal and physical abuse,

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Peace Is A Fruit Of The Holy Spirit

💡But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! – Galatians 5:22–23 NLT Most of us have experienced both the joy and the frustration of hosting people for a

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Holy Spirit's Teachings Bring Peace

💡I will teach all your children, and they will enjoy great peace. – Isaiah 54:13 NLT Our heavenly Father made it clear that His heart’s desire was to teach every generation of His people how to live right and be at peace. As we saw in a previous chapter,

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Let Holy Spirit Control Your Mind

So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. Romans 8:6 (NLT) Take a moment and pay attention to the kind of topics you were thinking about for the last ten minutes. Did you think

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Where God Rules Peace Is Evident

💡For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6 NLT When Isaiah prophesied about Jesus’ birth, he made it clear that Jesus

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Jesus Gave Us Peace With The Father

💡Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. – Romans 5:1 NLT Jesus bridged the gap between you and God. He came to earth and died for our sins.

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God Is A God Of Peace

💡For God is not a God of disorder but of peace, as in all the meetings of God’s holy people.  – I Corinthians 14:33 NLT I want you to imagine what heaven may look like right now. Do you believe it to be a place of chaos and disorder?

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Be At Peace With Others

💡Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future. – Ephesians 4:3–6 NLT I like the word effort in this scripture because