Often and primarily for the new or non-believer, prayer and talking to God is a 911 call! Yep, in specific crises, even those who proclaim not to believe will cry out to the unknown god.
God has designed us to seek him and have a relationship with him; this is why we have an essence of something missing within ourselves or lives when He isn’t present.
I have learned through my walk with God that he will take care of me and supply my needs! I have come to appreciate and strive for peace. Peace within my world, home, family, life, heart, and spirit.
I can and also pray the 911 prayers, but while in the tempest of that storm, I pray for peace as I endure the wild waves that crash and the winds that blow.
John 16:33 ESV “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have tribulation. But, take heart; I have overcome the world.”
1 John 4:4 NCV “My dear children, you belong to God and have defeated them; because God’s Spirit, who is in you, is greater than the devil, who is in the world.”
2 Thessalonians 3:16 ESV “Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all.”
I love that scripture because I know it works! I have problems, I can dwell on the problem and let it cloud my day (and I do at times for awhile) but then I turn it over to God! When my mind wants to worry some more, I stop it and return it to God until I have the peace I desire. I refuse any longer to carry havoc when I can give it to God, trust him, and know him to be true, so I choose peace instead!!!
Isaiah 26:3 ESV “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts you.”
Philippians 4:6 ESV “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” I rest my case!
John 14:27 ESV “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”
Romans 15:13 ESV “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
Galatians 5:22-23 ESV “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. There is no law that says these things are wrong.”
And my favorite…
Philippians 4:7 ESV “And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
This scripture is fantastic when you have reached the place of total trust in our Lord. I experience this scripture and still shake my head at the blessed peace I carry, all the while walking through some significant storms.
I’ve watched my granddaughter, who, at the age of two years old, started a battle with cancer and beat it. Thank you, Jesus! The times I held her with tubes coming from everywhere, surgery after surgery. I carried the peace of my Lord through it all! Were their tears and scary moments? Yes! I’m human, but I didn’t let the fear linger…Because
He who is in me is stronger then he who is in the world! Look above and reread 1 John 4:4…
I don’t know if you are being tossed around in a storm of life or floating along within a balmy moment, whichever the case may be; I wish you peace!
Be blessed today, and thank you for joining me. 🥰
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