Devotionals about Peace

1 Peter

Praying for a Lifetime!

Read: 1 Peter 1:3-9 Blessed be the God and Father . . . (v. 3) Did you know that the phrase Peter uses to begin his letter is not original

Encouragement

Chosen and Destined but Still Exiles

Read: 1 Peter 1:1-2 To the exiles of the Dispersion. (v. 1 NRSV) Today’s passage contains a painful dilemma we all know far too well. I am sure you felt

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Encouragement

No Ordinary People

Read: Luke 10:5-7 Peace be to this house! (v. 5) I don’t begin most conversations among new people with “peace.” To me, it sounds a bit like humans greeting aliens in

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Peacemakers

Read: Psalm 34:1-18 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. (v. 14) We live in a sinful world where many people feel that what they want

James

Be a Thermostat

Read: James 3:13-18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. (v. 18) A thermometer and a thermostat are both devices that help us understand

Joy

Delight in Weakness

Read: Romans 5:1-11 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance. (v. 3) When Paul talks about rejoicing in suffering, I’m tempted to wonder if

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Peaceful and Secure

Read: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands,

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God’s Fruitful Word

Read: Isaiah 55 So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty. (v. 11) In the eastern part of Bhutan, an elderly

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Found by the Shepherd

Read: Matthew 9:35-38 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. (v. 36) Samar is a young shepherd