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~ Peace~
By: Helen Date: June 19, 2015, 11:11 am
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In it's earliest form the word Peace meant " to bind
together"..and came to include the whole idea of being bound so
closly together with something or someone that harmony resulted.
The right woman who is joined in harmony with the right man in
marriage have a "peaceful" companionship.
One friend who is joined in heart and soul to another friend
sustains a "peaceful" relationship and harmony.
Where there is grace and peace, joy flow naturally.
~ Charles Swindoll ~
Philippians 1 v2
"Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
I thank my God every time I remember you.
In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy
because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day
until now,
#Post#: 5417--------------------------------------------------
Re: ~ Peace~
By: Pat Date: June 19, 2015, 11:28 am
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Shalom, which is widely used to mean 'peace' means so much more.
I'll try and find it and post it in a different thread.
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Re: ~ Peace~
By: Helen Date: July 3, 2015, 9:43 am
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From a Devotional
I [will] move along slowly at the pace of the droves before me
and that
of the children. (Genesis 33:14)
What a beautiful picture of Jacob’s thoughtfulness for the
cattle
and the children! He would not allow them to be driven too hard
for even one day.He would not lead them at a pace equal to what
a strong man like Esau could keep or expected them to keep, but
only one as fast as they were able to endure.He knew exactly how
far they could go in a day, and he made that his only
consideration
in planning their travel.He had taken the same wilderness
journey
years before and knew from personal experience its roughness,
heat, and distance.And so he said,“I [will] move along slowly.”
“Since you have never been this way before”(Josh.3:4).
We “have never been this way before,”but the Lord Jesus has.
It is all untraveled and unknown ground to us, but He knows
it all through personal experience. He knows the steep places
that take our breath away, the rocky paths that make our feet
ache,the hot and shadeless stretches that bring us to
exhaustion,
and the rushing rivers that we have to cross—Jesus has gone
through it all before us.As John 4:6 shows,“Jesus,tired as he
was
from the journey, sat down.” He was battered by every possible
torrent, but all the floodwaters coming against Him never
quenched His love.Jesus was made a perfect leader by the things
He suffered.“He knows how we are formed, he remembers that
we are dust” (Ps. 103:14).Think of that when you are tempted
to question the gentleness of His leading. He remembers all the
time and will never make you take even one step beyond what
your feet are able to endure. Never mind if you think you are
unable to take another step, for either He will strengthen you
to make you able, or He will call a sudden halt, and you will
not have to take it at all. Frances Ridley Havergal
In “pastures green”? Not always; sometimes He
Who knowest best, in kindness leadeth me
In weary ways, where heavy shadows be.
So, whether on the hilltops high and fair
I dwell, or in the sunless valleys, where
The shadows lie, what matter? He is there.
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Re: ~ Peace~
By: Helen Date: July 15, 2015, 8:04 pm
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God never sends you into a situation alone.
God goes before you.
He stands besides you.
He walks behind you.
We can be confident God is with us.
Fact, not feeling.
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Re: ~ Peace~
By: Amadeus Date: July 15, 2015, 9:34 pm
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[quote][font=comic sans ms]Fact, not feeling[/font].[/quote]
[font=courier]Aye and so it is dear Helen. Give that God all of
the glory![/font]
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Re: ~ Peace~
By: James Date: July 16, 2015, 2:35 am
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If I make my bed in hell thou art there.....so says David.
God is with us throughout because he lives within and we can not
go where he will not be with us.
As for me and my house we like David say if, it is a choice, a
state of mind is hell since where ever God is must be heaven to
us if we give in to his will and his wisdom.
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Re: ~ Peace~
By: Helen Date: July 16, 2015, 10:36 am
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Amen...yes I LIKE that! How come it can so easily be hidden
away when needed and so easily "forgotten" for the crucial
moment!!? :-\
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Re: ~ Peace~
By: Helen Date: July 19, 2015, 11:33 am
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"I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of
blessing." (Ezekiel 34:26)
What is your season today?
Are you experiencing a season of drought? If so, then it is the
season for showers. Are you going through a season of great
heaviness with dark clouds? Then that too is the season for
showers.“Your strength will equal your days” (Deut.
33:25).“I will send . . .showers of blessing.”
Notice that the word “showers” is plural.
God will send all kinds of blessings. And all His blessings go
together like links in a golden chain. If He gives you saving
grace, He will also give you comforting grace.
God will send “showers of blessings.” Look up today,
you who are dried and
withered plants. Open your leaves and flowers and receive
God’s heavenly watering.
~ Charles H. Spurgeon~
Let but your heart become a valley low, And God will rain on it
till it will overflow.
You, O Lord, can transform my thorn into a flower.And I do want
my thorn transformed into a flower. Job received sunshine after
the rain, but was the rain all wasted? Job wants to know, and I
want to know, if the rain is related to the sunshine.
Only You can tell me—Your cross can tell me. You have
crowned Your sorrow. Let this be my crown,O Lord.I will only
triumph in You once I have learned the radiance of the rain.
~ George Matheson ~
The fruitful life seeks rain as well as sunshine.
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Re: ~ Peace~
By: Helen Date: July 21, 2015, 10:37 pm
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All religions and philosophies say, "This is the way." Only
Jesus says, "I am the Way." ~Timothy Keller~
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Re: ~ Peace~
By: Pat Date: July 22, 2015, 4:39 am
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[quote author=Helen link=topic=422.msg5709#msg5709
date=1437536267]
All religions and philosophies say, "This is the way." Only
Jesus says, "I am the Way." ~Timothy Keller~
[/quote]
I've read that somewhere else in the last few minutes.
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