PEACE
THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING
BREAD
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)
3 You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast,
because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3
(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)
7 Show us your unfailing love, O LORD, and grant us your salvation. 8 I will listen to what God the LORD will say; he promises peace to his
people, his saints-- but let them not return to folly. Psalm
85:7-8 (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)
24 “The LORD bless
you and keep you; 25 the LORD make his face shine upon you and be
gracious to you; 26 the LORD turn his face toward you and give
you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26 (NIV)
15 Let
the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were
called to peace. And be thankful. Colossians 3:15 (NIV)
18 If only you had paid attention to my commands, your
peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the
sea. Isaiah
48:18 (NIV)
22 “There
is no peace,” says the LORD, “for
the wicked.” Isaiah 48:22 (NIV)
11 No
discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it
produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained
by it. Hebrews 12:11 (NIV)
20 May
the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back
from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, 21 equip you with everything good for
doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus
Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Hebrews 13:20-21 (NIV)
165 Great
peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. Psalm
119:165 (NIV)
BUTTER
“God
alone can bless His people, keep them, look on them with favor (make His face shine and turn His face toward them), be gracious to them, and give them peace.” The Bible Knowledge Commentary
“Peace
is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.” Matthew
Henry
“Grace remits sin
and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but Christ has
overcome these fiends now and forever. Only Christians possess this victorious
knowledge given from above. These two terms, grace and peace, constitute
Christianity. Grace involves the remission of sins, peace and a happy
conscience. Sin is not canceled by lawful living, for no person is able to live
up to the law…the fact is the more a person seeks credit for himself by his own
efforts, the deeper he goes into debt. Nothing can take away sin except the
grace of God. In actual living, however it is not so easy to persuade oneself
that by grace alone, in opposition to every other means, we obtain the
forgiveness of our sins and peace with God.”
Martin Luther
“We came into this
world wretched, miserable, and undone creatures, in cruel bondage to sin and
Satan, under guilt and under wrath, hostile toward God—the fountain of
blessedness—and in a state of condemnation leading to everlasting destruction.
But when a man is converted, he is brought out of that state of woe and misery
into a sure title to glory, honor, and peace forever. When once a man is
converted, all this blessedness that we have heard of is his; he has an
absolute right to it. God’s work is accomplished for it; His faithful promise
is given.” Jonathan
Edwards
“To added
affliction He addeth His mercy, to multiplied trials, His multiplied
peace.” Annie Johnson Flint
“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
“God,
and not the world, can give peace.” Billy
Graham
“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
“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
·
Christ is the
reason for peace and our power for calm.
·
Jesus keeps us in
perfect peace as we fix our gaze on Him – the Author and Perfecter of our
faith.
·
Peace comes not
because of circumstances but because of God.
He is our peace.
