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Psalm 139:1-5 NLT
O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when Iâm far away. You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.
Living within the care and community of God means that He sees every aspect of who we are. What we do and what we donât. What we say and what we wonât. From our hearts to our homes. From our ways to our work. No matter where we go, He is there. Aware. Available. Active.
Can you sense Godâs presence everywhere in your life?
Listen to the shepherd, king, and psalmist Davidâs words again this time from the Message Bible:
God, Iâm an open book to you; even from a distance, you know what Iâm thinking. You know when I leave and when I get back; Iâm never out of your sight. You know everything Iâm going to say before I start the first sentence.⊠I look behind me and youâre there, then up ahead and youâre there, tooâ your reassuring presence, coming and going.
Take a moment to reflect on the last verse: âyour reassuring presence, coming and going..â Invite ⊠allow ⊠accept ⊠feel ⊠the Lordâs presence on you right nowâfor no reason other than to bless you.
Letâs pray together: âThank You, Father, that You know me intimately. My heart. My words. My actions. Everything I do and everywhere I go, You watch over me. Thank You for your blessing today. May my life bless You. As above, so below.â
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Genesis 1:26-27, 30-31 NLT
Then God said, âLet us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.â So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. ⊠And that is what happened. ⊠Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good!
God said âlet usââus being the Father, Son, and Holy Spiritââin our image.â We were created by a Community, in community, for community.
The Father made us, the Son saves us, the Spirit guides us. Right now, when God sees you, when He looks at who you are, He sees you as âvery good.â
Can you, will you accept today that God looks at you with eyes of love and goodness?
Listen again to these key phrases, this time from the Message Bible:
God spoke: âLet us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature. ⊠God created human beings; he created them Reflecting Godâs nature..⊠God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good! (Genesis 1:26-27, 30-31 NLT) Right now, close your eyes and picture Your loving heavenly Father, Your Creator, looking at You, inviting You into His community, caring for You, and pleased with who He made you to be.
Can you accept that He says this of you right now - God looked over everything he had made, He looks over you and says; it is so good, so very good!
Pray with me: âCreator God, Father, thank You that you made me with purpose, for a purpose. You created me to live in community with You and for You. Help me to always remember that I am made in Your image. As above, so below.â
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Todayâs verse is a continuation from yesterday:
(Philippians 4:8 NLT)
And now, dear brothers and sisters, ⊠Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
We all see and sense the growing negativity and pessimism in the world. Scripture has so many amazing challenges and charges to ground us and lead us toward thinking, acting, and speaking from the heart of God. Todayâs verse provides us a list of positive and uplifting qualities to set our minds and thoughts toward.
Listen to this beautiful inspiration once again from the Message Bible:
Friends, Iâd say youâll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, graciousâthe best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.
On what or where have your thoughts been fixed lately? What is one area of focus that you can redirect your thinking towards today?
What in your life right now is:
True. Honorable. Right. Pure. Lovely. Admirable. the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.
Simply speaking those words to feel their strength helps ease our minds and exudes Godâs strength and peace.
Letâs pray: âHeavenly Father, fix my thoughts on what is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and worthy of praise. You are all of these in their purest form and You alone are worthy of my praise. As above, so belowâ
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(Philippians 4:6-7 NLT)
Donât worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience Godâs peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Nothing invades and high-jacks our minds and threatens our mental health like worry. Todayâs verse tells us Godâs peace can act as a guard against worry and stress when we tell Him everything. We can hand over our stress as we get honest in our prayers.
What worries today need to turn into prayers?
Listen again to todayâs passage from the Message Bible:
Donât fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of Godâs wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. Itâs wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.
Apostle Paul says:
Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers.
Then a sense of Godâs wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down.
Tell God what you need, thank Him for what He has done, and let Him bring sense of wholeness, of everything coming together for good.
Pray with me: âFather, help me today to turn all my worries into prayers. I want to be honest with You. I want to thank You. I invite You to be the guard of my heart and mind. Protect me from my own anxious thoughts and grant me Your peace. As above, so below.â
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(Proverbs 14:30 MSG)
A sound mind makes for a robust body, but runaway emotions corrode the bones.
We all understand more than ever today how our thoughts can affect our over-all healthâpositively or negatively. Our minds drive our motives, attitudes, emotions, and ultimately our actions. The proper balance of our emotional expression is crucial to our daily peace in both mind and heart.
Name the emotions that you feel have ârunawayâ in you lately. Consider for a moment why this may be happening.
As the Lord of our lives, Christ can bring balance to every aspect of who we are and what we do. Daily surrender to Him, His will, and His ways which will bring much-needed stability and security to our lives.
Letâs pray: âHeavenly Father, I ask for a sound mind and a peaceful heart. I ask for Your blessing and healing for my total health. Please help me to balance my emotionsâto feel what I need to feel and reject those that will only hurt me. As above, so below."
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(2 Corinthians 13:11 NIV)
Brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
One of the most important aspects of personal peace and a clear mind is unity and harmony in our relationships. The Apostle Paul promised that when we do all we can to keep our connections to others clean and right, Godâs love and peace will prevail in us and for us.
Who do you need to restore, encourage or connect with today?
What relationship do you need to give over to Godâs peace?
Listen once again for Message Bible:
Be cheerful. Keep things in good repair. Keep your spirits up. Think in harmony. Be agreeable. Do all that, and the God of love and peace will be with you for sure.
A life surrendered to Christ is a life marked by restoration, unity, and harmony, producing peace of mind.
Be cheerful. Keep things in good repair. Keep your spirits up. Think in harmony. Be agreeable. Which of these ares do you need to focus on this today?
Pray with me:âGod, today I want to choose to rejoice in You no matter what is going on around me. Lead me towards restoration with everyone in my life. Remind me to speak encouragement to others. Help me to choose peace in all things. I know You are with me always. As above, so below.â
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(2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV)
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
While the world around us promotes fear and the power to control others, God provides faith, love, and the power of self-control. His Spirit offers us a kind heart and a sound mind ushering His peace to saturate our lives. Those qualities can then become blessings to those around us.
What does Godâs Spirit need to take over in you today to stop the noise of the world and bring you a sound mind and peaceful heart?
Faith and fear cannot co-exist. One will overtake the other. Right now, hand God your fears, one by one, take a deep breath, and allow your faith in Him rise up.
Please pray with me: âGod of peace, I hand my fears over to You. Fill my heart and mind with Your faith, Your power, and Your love. Lead my mind to be sound, stable, and steady in You. As above, so below.â
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Jesusâ words of promise in John 14:27-28:
âI am leaving you with a giftâpeace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So donât be troubled or afraid. Remember what I told you: I am going away, but I will come back to you again.â
Jesus offers you a gift not of this world that can only be found in Him. His heavenly peace for your mind and heart can overcome any temporary trouble or fear. The Prince of Peace is with You now and is coming back for You one day to live in His kingdom.
What trouble, what fear, are you experiencing today that needs to be exchanged right now for Christâs gift?
Jesusâ words of promise again from the Message Bible:
Iâm leaving you well and whole. Thatâs my parting gift to you. Peace. I donât leave you the way youâre used to being leftâfeeling abandoned, bereft. So donât be upset. Donât be distraught. âYouâve heard me tell you, âIâm going away, and Iâm coming back.â
No matter what you may be walking through today, remember, for the Christ-follower, Godâs gift of peace is available now and His best is always yet to come.
Prayer- âFather, thank You for Your gift of peace of mind and heart. Help me not to look to the world, to not be troubled or afraid, but to look to You and look forward to Your return.â
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW
AMEN.
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Isaiah 26:3-4 encourages:
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
You know that on any given day, where you place your trust, where your thoughts tend to go, determines your level of peace. Isaiah offers that the only âperfect peaceâ can be found in surrendering your thoughts to the eternal, immovable, unshakable Rock.
To whom, where, or how are your thoughts being displaced and distracted today?
Listen again to Isaiah 26:3-4 from the Message bible:
People with their minds set on you, you keep completely whole, Steady on their feet, because they keep at it and don't quit. Depend on God and keep at it because in the Lord God you have a sure thing.
Today, can you keep you mind set on God who promises to keep you whole?
This passage promises we will be steady on their feet, because we keep at it and don't quit.
Depend on God and keep at it because in the Lord God you have a sure thing.
Pray: âFather, keep me in Your perfect peace as I trust in You. Keep my thoughts fixed on You. Help me to trust You today, Lord God, my eternal Rock.â
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW.
AMEN.
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David writes in Psalm 29:11: The Lord gives his people strength. The Lord blesses them with peace.
In Godâs kingdom, strength and peace work in unison. That is why you sense a quiet, calming reassurance when His peace enters your racing mind and struggling heart.
What place of weakness today needs His strength? What struggle needs His peace?
Listen to the passage again from the Message Bible The Lord will give strength to His people; The Lord will bless His people with peace. God knows all about us and what we will be dealing with way before we do and He is quick to come to our rescue at any time.
Notice the passage doesnât say anything about Davidâs strength. It says âthe Lord GIVES strength to his peopleâ
Godâs gift of strength is at the door of your heart right now. His gift of peace is at the threshold to your thoughts in this moment. Open up and embrace them both as His gifts.
Pray: âHeavenly Father, give me Your strength. Please grant me with Your peace.â
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW.
AMEN
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Listen to Davidâs closing words in Psalm 4, verse 8:
In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, O Lord, will keep me safe.
David had many days and nights where his enemies were stalking, seeking to harm him. Living under threat, confessing that he would fully depend on God to protect him while he slept in peace was a strong statement of faith.
Is there a situation in your life right now that feels like a stalking enemy, seeking to harm you?
You believe in your head that God is capable of keeping you safe?
Can you confess that belief out loud to yourself and to God, just like David did?
Trust God with your safety and security. Let your heart find peace.
Pray:
âFather, grant me Your peace as I lie down and sleep, for You alone, Lord, will keep me safe.â
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW.
AMEN.
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Jesus said in John 16:32-33:
âYet I am not alone because the Father is with me. I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.â
In Christ, you are never alone. There will always be troubles, trials, and sorrows here on earth, but in and through everything you experience, Jesus is there, offering His peace and encouraging you to âtake heart.â
What trial are you walking through today that needs to be overcome by the peace of Christ?
You may be dealing with some things in life that are making you tired, weary, discouraged, dealing with grief, and ready to give up. Thatâs exactly what it means to lose heart.
When Jesus tells us to take heart it means to: be encouraged, to have hope, to be bold and confident, to not give up, to be of good cheer, to have courage! Whether we take heart or lose heart is simply a choice we make. The way Jesus uses the phrase take heart here in John 16:33 is as an imperative verb. That means that he is saying taking heart is an action, itâs something we do, and that it is a possibility in our lives based off the choice we makeâŠbut it doesnât become a reality until we actually make the choice.
What is one area of your life that you can make the choice to take heart? to be encouraged, to have hope, to be bold and confident, to not give up, to be of good cheer.
Breathe in - inviting Christâs peace into your day. Exhale, letting go of weariness and discouragement.
Move into the Balance of Christâs peace, which is with you.
Pray: âFather, I know I am not alone because You are with me. May I find my peace in You and take heart that You have overcome my world.â As above. So below.
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Our final passage for this week comes from Jesus, where He again promises peace as only He can give. Listen to John 14:24-28 ⊠Remember, my words are not my own. What I am telling you is from the Father who sent me. I am telling you these things now while I am still with you. But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representativeâthat is, the Holy Spiritâhe will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you. âI am leaving you with a giftâpeace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So donât be troubled or afraid. Remember what I told you: I am going away, but I will come back to you again. (NLT) When life gets crazy and the chaos ensues inside or outside our home, it is easy to forget that His Spirit lives within us. He has left us a gift of heavenly peace of mind and heart. When we are troubled or afraid, He is as close as the breath within. The peace He offers is not a momentary manufactured one, but the kind that has already set the world right and all we have to do is call on and receive what is already there.
Listen to this passage once again in The Message Bible ⊠The message you are hearing isnât mine. Itâs the message of the Father who sent me. âIâm telling you these things while Iâm still living with you. The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you. Iâm leaving you well and whole. Thatâs my parting gift to you. Peace. I donât leave you the way youâre used to being leftâfeeling abandoned, bereft. So donât be upset. Donât be distraught. âYouâve heard me tell you, âIâm going away, and Iâm coming back.â
What have you learned about peace this week?
What can you do to work peace into more of your life?
How can you make your home a sanctuary where God is always at home with you and your kids?
We pray you have found peace here this week. Words of peace that connect you to Christ.
Letâs pray together: âHeavenly Father, thank You for the gift of the Holy Spirit and Your gift of peace. I invite You into my heart and home to make them both what You desire. As above, so below.â
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Today, once again we will focus on just one verse ⊠Matthew 5:9 ⊠God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God. (NLT) In this world of war, trouble, and conflict, we realize peace never comes easy. Sin causes peace to be elusive. So to get peace, to be at peace, is going to take some work, some effort on our part. Yes, Godâs brand of peace is a gift from Him, but even that comes at a cost. We have to choose to sacrifice our own ways and surrender to Him to receive His peace.
In our circles of influence, relationships, families, and homes, we can choose to work toward peace. When we do, God will bless and we will be known as His children.
Listen to this verse in The Message Bible ⊠Youâre blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. Thatâs when you discover who you really are, and your place in Godâs family.
Where in your life, if you were honest, you know you have given up on peace?
Where does peace seem to come fairly easy in your life? Why is that?
Where do you need to work to show people how to cooperate instead of compete?
Letâs pray together: âHeavenly Father, everywhere in my life, especially at home, help me, teach me to show cooperation and not competition. To show who I am in You and my place in Your family. As above, so below.â
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Today, we will focus on one simple and single verse ⊠Listen to Proverbs 29:17 ⊠Discipline your children, and they will give you peace of mind and will make your heart glad. (NLT) In our western culture, we tend to always associate discipline only with punishment. But the true definition and connotation of discipline is structure, form, parameters, guardrails. Yes, punishment and consequences are involved, but that is the defense aspect of discipline. The offense is proper training. Think of todayâs verse this way ⊠Give your children the proper training and structure and they will give you peace of mind and will make your heart glad.
Listen to The Message Bibleâs take on this verse ⊠Discipline your children; youâll be glad you didâ theyâll turn out delightful to live with.
What if you were able to turn the meaning of discipline around in your home to be associated with delightful? Wouldnât delightful make your home more peaceful?
Take a step this week toward this new concept of disciplineâstructure and form to operate within.
What is one form of structure that you can do this week to bring a sense of stability and peace in your home?
Letâs pray together: âHeavenly Father, guide me, teach me to bring more of the kind of discipline You as a loving Father want in my home. Bring peace. Bring delight. Iâll take all of that I can get. As above, so below.â
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Listen to Psalm 95:1-7 âŠ
Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him. For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods. He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains. The sea belongs to him, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land, too. Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. (NLT) One of the most powerful ways to create and cultivate Godâs peace in our homes is to make them a place of worship. While, of course, music can be a part of that experience, itâs far bigger than that. Making God a normal, natural part of our everyday conversations and speaking of His life and work in our families is an important path to peace in our homes. Gratitude always changes the attitude.
What would be one thing you could tell your kids today that God has done for your family that they might not know about? What if you began to share anything that you see happen that affects them, something you know came from Godâs hand?
Let them know the Creator of the universe is blessing their lives. Teach them that worship can simply be acknowledging what He has done. Worship and gratitude are strong elements of experiencing peace in our homes.
Letâs pray together: âHeavenly Father, I recognize You as the Author of peace. Teach me to recognize Your work in our lives and share that with my kids. To worship all You do and who You are. As above, so below.â
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We all know we live in a chaotic world filled with noise coming from all directions. We know that God ordained and blessed the family as the first union and community. So, for ourselves and our kids we need to take every step possible to make our homes into a sanctuary where Godâs presence and peace are welcome and manifested.
Letâs start this week with a very familiar passage. Letâs take the words and apply them to our homes. Listen to Psalm 23 ⊠The Lord is my shepherd; I have all that I need. He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams. He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name. Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me. You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings. Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever. (NLT)Is there an action or attitude that you do or have that disrupts the scripture describes as ârest in green meadowsâ or âleads by peaceful streamsâ in your home?
How can you make your home a place that feels like a green meadow or a peaceful stream where strength is renewed?
We all experience âdark valleysâ - our kids do too⊠Is there something that you can do to be what God describes himself as doing - being with us in dark valleys? How can we better be âwithâ our kids in their dark valley?
Listen now to this same passage in The Message Bible ⊠God, my shepherd! I donât need a thing. You have bedded me down in lush meadows, you find me quiet pools to drink from. True to your word, you let me catch my breath and send me in the right direction. Even when the way goes through Death Valley, Iâm not afraid when you walk at my side. Your trusty shepherdâs crook makes me feel secure. You serve me a six-course dinner right in front of my enemies. You revive my drooping head; my cup brims with blessing. Your beauty and love chase after me every day of my life. Iâm back home in the house of God for the rest of my life.
No matter how close or how far away you may feel Psalm 23 fits your home or is a place where you sense Godâs peace, we want to encourage you to find one, just one, step you can take to invite Godâs presence in. As you make your home His home, you and your kids will feel more at home than ever before.
Letâs pray together: âHeavenly Father, I want you to fill my home from floor to ceiling, wall to wall with Your presence. Make my home a Psalm 23 sanctuary, as only You can do by Your peace. As above, so below.â
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Our final passage for this week is a familiar one, but has so many great applications for our lives to encourage us to seize the day ⊠Philippians 3:12-16 ⊠I donât mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me. No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you. But we must hold on to the progress we have already made. (NLT) Letâs focus on what Paul said he focused on ⊠this one thing ⊠forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead. When we move on, but are constantly looking backwards, something is wrong. RememberâPaul had a lot of horrible violence in his past, all done in the name of religion. He had a lot to forget, but he stated exactly how he had to choose to move forward into what Christ had for his life. Great advice ⊠Listen to this passage once again in The Message Bible ⊠Iâm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, donât get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but Iâve got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onwardâto Jesus. Iâm off and running, and Iâm not turning back. So letâs keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us. If any of you have something else in mind, something less than total commitment, God will clear your blurred visionâyouâll see it yet! Now that weâre on the right track, letâs stay on it.
What has God shown you this week?
What has He called you to let go of ⊠for the last time? Lay it down and never turn back?
What has He called you to take on and never let go of?
We pray you have found some healing and health this week. Thatâs always our goal, to connect you to Christ.
Letâs pray together: âHeavenly Father, today, I need to, for the final time, let go of what You have told me to let go of. I need to listen to You and take up what You have called me to take up. As above, so below.â
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Our Scripture today is Colossians 3:12-16 ⊠Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Make allowance for each otherâs faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. (NLT) In several places throughout Scripture, God used the concept of putting on His qualities just like we choose to put on clothing. The practical side of this is, one, we choose to put on what we wear, and two, that is the majority of what people see on us, our clothing. The same can be true of His qualities.
What we may choose to quote-unquote wear from our past can still show in the present. People can literally see our hurts, pain, victimization, bitterness, and so on. There comes a point when we have to choose a new wardrobe and let people see the person Christ has forgiven and changed. The past is no longer our present and the future is no longer determined by anything, except the present.
Listen to this passage in The Message Bible ⊠So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. Itâs your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it. Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. None of this going off and doing your own thing. And cultivate thankfulness. Let the Word of Christâthe Messageâhave the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives.
What have you been wearing that you need to take off and throw away? Itâs worn out and old and you know it. What once may have been a security blanket is now a funeral shroud.
What of Christâs qualities listed in todayâs passage, do you need to put on and keep on?
If you choose peace in your heart, it will surely show in your life.
Letâs pray together: âHeavenly Father, today, I choose to put on love, humility, compassion, kindness, strength, and peace. As above, so below.â
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Our own minds, along with the words of the Accuser, are going to constantly try to bring the past back up, acting as if it is todayâs headlines. The more we press into the Lord and His love, the less this will occur, and the more we can deal with it in health.
Listen to Psalm 85:7-10 âŠ
Show us your unfailing love, O Lord, and grant us your salvation. I listen carefully to what God the Lord is saying, for he speaks peace to his faithful people. But let them not return to their foolish ways. Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, so our land will be filled with his glory. Unfailing love and truth have met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed! (NLT) For many of us, the past had plenty of foolish ways. So we have to constantly take inventory of our lives to invite the words God speaks, to listen carefully to Him as He speaks truth to us. When we hear Him and do what He asks, then our landâour homesâcan be filled with His glory and love, truth, righteousness, and peace will mark our lives.
Is there any foolish way from the past that you know needs to be kicked out of your house, so to speak?
Is there a new level of listening to God, a new place of obedience, that you need to commit to hear Him as He speaks peace to you?
Letâs pray together: âHeavenly Father, show me your unfailing love and grant me your salvation. I listen carefully to what You say as You speak peace. Help me to not return to foolish ways. My salvation is near, so my home will be filled with Your glory, Your unfailing love, truth, righteousness and peace. As above, so below.â
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