Tag: Peace
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Full Salvation
Acts 11:14 “. . . he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.” The Word of God is such a powerful thing because it comes from the mouth of an omnipotent God. Yet, if its words aren’t received, they can be of no effect and the…
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An Open Invitation
Acts 4:13 “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.” It’s interesting to note how often the Bible warns us to be careful about who we spend time with for there are many…
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Powerful Words
Mark 4:39 “Peace! Be still!” Jesus’ words have awesome power for they come from the mouth of an awesome God. We see evidence of this in the verse above from the account of Jesus in a boat with his disciples on the Sea of Galilee during a violent storm. The disciples feared for their lives…
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Immanuel
Philippians 4:4 “The Lord is near.” On Sunday our pastor reminded us of a verse that I’ve been thinking about ever since. It’s the one above from Philippians 4. Just four words: “The Lord is near.” But oh, if we could get hold of the truth of these words, how it would transform our lives.…
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Discontented Contentment
Philippians 4:11 “I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.” 2 Corinthians 5:2 “For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling.” Sometimes the Bible says things that seem to conflict, such as the two verses above that were both written by the apostle Paul. The first tells us of Paul’s…
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The Gift of Peace
2 Thessalonians 3:16 “Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.” One of the types of evidence that the Bible is the very Word of God is the way in which it says so much with such an economy of words. …
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A Great Contrast in Ways
2 Thessalonians 1:3 “We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because . . . the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.” What an incredible statement the verse above makes about the particular group of people that comprised the first-century Thessalonian church. It’s a comprehensive…
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Calamity!
1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 “Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, ‘There is peace and security,’ then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon…
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The Way Things Look
Isaiah 55:12 “For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” The condition of our soul effects everything else in our world. As one of my spiritual mentors said…
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Fear: the Antidote
2 Timothy 1:7 “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” Identifying the source of a problem is always essential to addressing that problem. For example, if all we focus on and treat are the symptoms of a disease, the disease will…
To Encourage You 