When I have peace with God I am able to have have peace with others and myself.
Romans 3:9-12
What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have
already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.
As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who
understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have
together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
Romans 5:1-2
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into
this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.
BELIEVE Conversation Twenty Four: “PEACE”
“Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something
you do, Something you are, And something you give away.”
~Robert Fulghum
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know
~Jimi Hendrix
peace.”
Isaiah 53:4-5
Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished
by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he
was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
Charis:
Eirene:
Shalom:
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
Philippians 4:6-7
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which
transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ
Jesus.
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
~St. Francis of Assisi
(c) 2015 MC Wright Listen online at www.SVAOnline.org