04/23 ROMANS 8:6
So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.
PERMISSION
The Holy Spirit waits for our permission to take control of our life, our heart, guiding us in growing in Christ. The evidence is the fruit in our life. Let the Holy Spirit indwell you and control your mind and heart resulting in a growing Christ like walk.
04/22 GALATIANS 5:22-23
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
FRUIT
The call is for each part of the whole. The characteristics link together as a whole. We don’t have a part of the nine characteristics of fruit, we work to be completely whole, each element connecting with the next. If we love, we will have joy, underscored by peace, significant patience, a heart of kindness and goodness, significant faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Fruit is the makeup of the Christian life. Live it.
04/21 COLOSSIANS 3:15
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.
GRATITUDE
Gratitude is the attitude of those who belong to Christ. He paid the price of our sin. He saved us and now, together, all who believe in Jesus are united into God’s family, His children, forever.
04/20 EPHESIANS 2:13-18
13 But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ.
14For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us.15 He did this by ending the system of law with its commandments and regulations. He made peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new people from the two groups. 16 Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.
17 He brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far away from him, and peace to the Jews who were near. 18 Now all of us can come to the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.
AMEN!
04/19 ISAIAH 26:3
You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
PLEDGE
Through Isaiah the Lord announces to His followers, His children, that if we focus on Him, He will give us His peace. The Holy Spirit indwells us and brings God’s power to those who are “In Christ” and children of God.
04/18 JOHN 16:33
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.”
TODAY
We only have today.
The Lord is here today.
He provides wisdom, mercy, and grace in overflowing magnitude for us today.
Trust the Lord today and He will do it.
He will take care of you.
04/17 JOHN 14:1-3
“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. 2 There is more than enough room in my Father’s home.[a] If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?[b] 3 When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.
PREPARED
God is always prepared; nothing takes Him by surprise.
He prepares us for every challenge we will face.
Trust in Jesus Christ, the Father, and the Holy Spirit, three in One.
Now Jesus is with us where we are.
One day soon we will be with Him where He is-always.
04/16 PSALM 29:11
The Lord gives his people strength. The Lord blesses them with peace.
HIS
We are His people.
He gives us His strength.
It is adequate to meet any challenge.
He gives us His peace.
In Jesus we can stand fast even if the world shakes.
We belong to the Lord.
04/15 EPHESIANS 2:14
For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us.
UNITED
We are united in Jesus Christ.
He brings Jew and Gentile together.
We belong to Him; HE has brought us into the Family of God.
Praise the Lord for He has saved us by His own blood on the cross.
Praise the Lord for we belong to Him.
04/14 JOHN 14:27
“I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.
FEAR
There is no fear in Jesus.
He brings us His courage and strength through the Holy Spirit.
The Father gifts us with His peace of mind and heart.
Walk in faith.
Jesus is with you, enabling you to walk in the Spirit.
Jesus loves you.
