SWEET
PEACE
BREAD
3 You
will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in
you. Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)
165 Great
peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. Psalms 119:165 (NIV)
11 The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace. Psalms 29:11 (NIV)
30 A
heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones. Proverbs 14:30 (NIV)
17 The
fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness
and confidence forever. Isaiah 32:17
(NIV)
27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to
you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be
afraid. John 14:27 (NIV)
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.” John 16:33 (NIV)
16 Now
may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The
Lord be with all of you. 2 Thessalonians
3:16 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Peace comes not from the absence of
trouble, but from the presence of God.” Alexander Maclaren
“However, faith
has its trials, as well as its answers.
It is not to be imagined that the man of faith, having pushed out from
the shore of circumstances, finds it all smooth and easy sailing. By no means.
Again and again, he is called to encounter rough sea and stormy skies;
but it is all graciously designed to lead him into deeper and more matured
experience of what God is to the heart that confides in Him. Were the sky always without a cloud and the
ocean without a ripple, the believer would not know so well that God with Whom
he has to do; for alas, we know how prone that heart is to mistake the peace of
circumstances for the peace of God. When
everything is going on smoothly and pleasantly—our property safe, our business
prosperous, our children carrying themselves agreeably, our residence
comfortable, our health excellent—everything in short, just to our mind, how
apt we are to mistake the peace which reposes upon such circumstances for that
peace which flows from the realized presence of Christ.” C.H. Mackintosh
“The world can create trouble in peace, but God can create peace in trouble.” Thomas Watson
“Stayed upon Jehovah, hearts are fully blessed, finding as He promised, perfect peace and rest.” Frances Havergal
“Peace rules the
day when Christ rules the mind.”
Anonymous
“Is
your all on the altar of sacrifice laid?
Your heart does the Spirit control?
You can only be blest, and have peace and sweet rest, as you yield Him
your body and soul.” Elisha
Hoffman
“Peace without joy is contradictory. Joy is fundamental for the Christian; sorrow
is peripheral. For the unbeliever, sorrow is fundamental and joy is peripheral.” Ravi
Zacharias
“Hard is often the vehicle Jesus uses to meet us,
point us to that peace, and teach us grace.” Kara
Tippetts
“No
joy can excel that of the soldier of Christ:
Jesus reveals Himself so graciously, and gives such sweet refreshment,
that the warrior feels more calm and peace in his daily strife than others in
their hours of rest.” Charles H.
Spurgeon
“When peace,
like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul.” Horatio G. Spafford
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say, It is well, it is well with my soul.” Horatio G. Spafford
HEART SAVOR
- · Peace in the midst of trials for the believer evidences faith.
- · Peace and joy go hand in hand for the followers of Jesus.
- · Peace brings life to the body.
