For the first few years of my Christian life, I struggled with how to respond to my unsaved relatives. None of them was excited that I had become a Christian. After seeking the Lord, I realized that no matter how they treated me, I could remain at peace with them. I must admit, it took …
Romans 12:18 says, “If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men” (NAS). Some people can make it very difficult to live at peace with them. But even if they refuse to live in peace with us, as far as we are concerned, we must make the decision to …
The Apostle Paul said, “Let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as an umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds]” (Colossians 3:15 AMPC). Imagine a baseball game played between two highly competitive teams without an umpire. It doesn’t take an avid …
We’re all familiar with John 3:16 but are we just as familiar with verse 18? It says, “No one who has faith in God’s Son will be condemned” (CEV). That means God is not holding past failures against us. We have been acquitted of all past failures! He does not ask us to bring only …
We can lose our peace when we measure our self worth by our performance. When this happens, we haven’t learned to separate who we are from what we do. It seems everyone has so much to do these days. When our lives become overcrowded with too many things to do, we risk becoming stressed out …
When we become Christians, God deposits in our hearts forces the Bible calls the fruit of the spirit. Notice what these fruit consist of: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control; against such things there is no law. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus …
How do we get, and keep, the free gift of peace that God offers? The first step we must make in order to discover peace is to have confidence in a right relationship with our Creator. God created us for the purpose of companionship, but Adam’s disobedience created a barrier between mankind and God. Yet …
Companionship with man has always been God’s greatest desire. Nothing is more important to Him or more vital to our well-being in this life. Despite this fact, many people still struggle with this idea. Some are not even comfortable talking with God. Others have trouble believing they could ever hear His voice. It is because …
When Paul faced the threats of Satan’s strategies, he called upon God. In Second Corinthians 12:9, God reveals a powerful principle in His answer to Paul’s prayer: “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness” (NKJV). God’s grace is more than enough! The deposit of God in our hearts …
We must all do what we do by the grace of God! The Apostle Paul said, “But by the grace of God I am what I am” (1 Corinthians 15:10 NKJV). We, too, must be what God wants us to be by His grace. In First Corinthians 3:10-13, Paul reveals the importance of this truth: …
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