PRESENT
PEACE
BREAD
11 The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace. Psalms 29:11 (NIV)
3 You
will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in
you. Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)
24 Be
strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.
Psalms 31:24 (NIV)
165 Great
peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. Psalms 119:165 (NIV)
4 Rejoice
in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident
to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything,
by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which
transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ
Jesus. Philippians 4:4-7 (NIV)
14 For he
himself is our peace. Ephesians 2:14
(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)
13 May
the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that
you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 (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
“Oh,
how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain
anxiety and place all his confidence in God.” Thomas
a Kempis
“When we let our fears and anxieties dominate
our emotions and behaviors, peace will seem out of reach. This will remain true
as long as we seek peace in our own strength. Where do you seek peace? In
striving for perfect, conflict-free relationships? In knowing you have more
money than you could possibly need? In feeling accepted by those around you?
But peace can only come from God's righteousness working within us. No person
can have peace apart from a daily filling of the Spirit of God.” Michael Youssef
“We
shall never find happiness by looking at our prayers, our doings, or our
feelings; it is what Jesus is, not what we are, that gives rest to the
soul. If we would at once overcome Satan
and have peace with God, it must be by ‘looking unto Jesus’. Keep thine eye simply on Him; let His death,
His sufferings, His merits, His glories, His intercession, be fresh upon thy
mind; when thou wakest in the morning look to Him; when thou liest down at
night look to Him. Oh! Let not thy hopes or fears come between thee
and Jesus; follow
hard after Him, and He will never fail thee.”
C. H. Spurgeon
“We
sleep in peace in the arms of God, when we yield ourselves up to His
providence.” Francois Fenelon
“Blessed are the single-hearted; for they shall enjoy much
peace.”
Thomas a Kempis
“Never be in a
hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inward peace for anything
whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. Commend all to God, and then lie still and be
at rest in His bosom. Whatever happens,
abide steadfast in a determination to cling simply to God……Maintain a holy
simplicity of mind, and do not smother yourself with a host of cares, wishes,
or longings, under any pretext.”
St. Francis de Sales
“If
the basis of peace is God, the secret of peace is trust.” J. N. Figgis
“Cheered
by the presence of God, I will do at each moment, without anxiety, according to
the strength which He shall give me, the work that His Providence assigns
me. I will leave the rest without
concern; it is not my affair. I ought to
consider the duty to which I am called each day, as the work that God has given
me to do, and to apply myself to it in a manner worthy of His glory, that is to
say, in exactness and peace.” Fenelon
“Hudson Taylor was an object lesson in
quietness. He drew from the bank of
heaven every farthing of his daily income – ‘My peace I give unto you.’ Whatever did not agitate the Saviour or
ruffle His spirit, was not to agitate him.
The serenity of the Lord Jesus concerning any matter, and at its most
critical moment, was his ideal and practical possession. He knew nothing of rush or hurry, or
quivering nerves or vexation of spirit.
He knew that there is a peace passing all understanding and that he
could not do without it…Christ his reason for peace, his power for calm. Dwelling in Christ, he drew upon His very
being and resources, in the midst of and concerning the matters in
question. And this he did by an attitude
of faith as simple as it was continuous.”
Dr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor
HEART SAVOR
· I am kept in perfect peace
when my heart is steadfast trusting in the Lord.
· The Lord blesses His people with
perfect peace unearthly in its origins.
· I am not to be anxious about
anything and never lose my peace under any pretext.
