Today’s Scripture
“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.”
The Power of Peace
No matter what may be going on all around you today, you can still live in perfect peace. Peace isn’t about what’s going on around you, it’s about what’s going on in you. It says in today’s verse, “do not let your heart be troubled.” That tells us that we have control over whether or not our hearts our troubled. You shouldn’t focus on all the negative things in this world to the point that it steals your peace.
If you have fear, worry or anxiety about anything, recognize that those feelings aren’t from God. He has promised to give you a spirit of power, love and a sound mind. There is tremendous power in peace. When you are at peace internally, you can think more clearly. You can hear the voice of God more easily. You’ll make better decisions. Even your physical body responds to peace. The enemy knows this, and his goal is to steal your peace. He tries to set you up to get upset. But when you choose peace, then no weapon formed against you shall prosper. Keep your mind stayed on Him every day because there is tremendous power in peace!
A Prayer for Today
“Father, thank You for Your gift of peace in my life. I choose to hold it close to me always. I receive Your Word as truth and life to my soul in Jesus’ name. Amen.”
Think about the whole premise of religion for a second. The same people that teach the Bible are those who say “You must join our church. You must read the Bible, or you will go to hell.” The way I see it, that means Christians (and many other religions) just made everything up to start with, including hell, the punishment for not obeying the Bible. I mean, come on. THEY MADE UP THE PUNISHMENT FOR NOT LISTENING TO THEM. It’s probable that every religious prophet was just hearing things in their head and THOUGHT it was god talking to them. Seems like a scam to me. Also, I would like to point out the fact that, because heaven and hell are religious ideas, you would have to believe in hell to go to hell, so not being religious will not get you into hell.?
Last sunday I walked out on a church because I went to worship not trade my money for blessings.
@ free-think i respect your sense of reasoning and judgement.What i would advise u is that try and read the Bible and understand what it says about hell and heaven.Then you will not be left in a dilemma.
Today’s message is powerful and encouraging.Its only peace that will make you whole and complete.
Why wouldn’t God instantly heal people and grow new limbs? Is God not powerful enough??
Things people do in the name of religion…..quite shocking!!!I pity some ignorant Christians. Are people so gullible and ignorant?
Opium of the masses…Religion.
Everyone to his own belief.