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We often wonder why God allows suffering and evil in this world. Why someone like Saddam Hussein could kill 10,000 people without a second thought. Or how millions could die in Rwanda, Congo and Sudan because of pure hatred. We wonder why the rich keep stomping on the poor without penalty and why the righteous…
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We are celebrating hope this week, and the very mention of a place name brought great hope for the people of Israel. Micah prophesied it and the people waited. But the prophecy came in 700 B.C. and the messiah 700 years later. A lot happens in 700 years and people forget. So when Jesus was…
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Human hope knows nothing. It’s guesswork. It is based on well wishing and not given fact. This doesn’t make it bad. It just doesn’t make it reliable. Biblical hope, on the other hand, has God at its foundation and is based on promised certainty, not well wishes.
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The peace of heaven is the knowledge and emotional security of knowing that because Jesus left heaven to come to earth and now reigns from heaven after conquering His own death, we can be in heaven with him — very much alive. In John 14, Jesus said he was leaving this earth to go to…
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Often times when you see a Christian overwhelmed by worry, you know that they are having difficulty with giving up their anxieties to God and allowing the peace of Jesus to cover their hearts. Praying doesn’t mean the troubles go away. But when you pray and truly give the requests to God, fears are overwhelmed…
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A shepherd played many roles in the ancient world, including that of peacemaker. When a storm or predator caused the sheep to tremble and panic, the shepherd had to be the one to calm the sheep. He led his sheep in peace and sought peaceful settings in which to place his sheep. Psalm 23 continues:…
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Isaiah is often called the “Fifth Gospel” because of the sheer number of passages that refer directly to Jesus. Inside the prophecies of Isaiah, who prophesied in the 700s B.C., one can find the entire Gospel message, from the virgin birth of Jesus, to His suffering, death and resurrection, and then to His second coming…
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I think peacefulness is more of a mindset than an action, though it is certainly active! It is that mindset we have which tells us to smile at a rude driver or seek to be disadvantaged for the sake of peace. It is a resolution to be a witness for Christ in every situation, regardless…
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God chose to become man in the form of Jesus, and through His innocent death on the cross He bridged the gap between God and man. It is now through faith in Jesus that we can have our peace with God. For Jesus has “reconciled” us to God and now we can have a restored…
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We’re all looking for a little peace in our lives — from the mighty to the meek. We put up fences to make peace with the neighbors. We trim our lawns for peace with our HOA. We obey our bosses in order to have peace at work. And we look for the path of least…
J.C. Newton 