DAY 10: PERFECT PEACE
Jesus gives you His perfect peace. We know this to be true because we read it in the Bible, and we can trust the Bible to be true, because it was Jesus who inspired it. That means, He spoke to people and told them what to write.
You may have some fears and worries that bother you?
Jesus loves you and wants to take away those fears and worries.
That’s why the Bible says “perfect love casts out fear.”
Jesus is for you and not against you. He wants to see you happy and free. He wants you to have peace in your life, and for everything to be well or good for you. That’s how very much He loves you.
So talk to Jesus and ask Him to take away any fear or worry you may have.
1 John 4:18
Such love has no fear, because perfect
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That means, He loves you no matter what you do or say.
Another word for that is unconditional love. We learnt about that right back on Day 1, but it’s a good idea to remind ourselves about it.
When Jesus died on the cross for your sins, He washed all the bad sin out of your life forever, and that makes you beautiful to God.
Nothing you ever do in your life, or have ever done in your life, will change that.
It is impossible for God’s love for you to change, because of what Jesus did on the cross for you and me.
So you can now live a life full of happiness, because you know without a doubt that God loves you so very much. He thinks about you all the time, and He wants to spend time with you.
He loves it when you talk to Him, just like you talk to your best friend.
Romans 5:8
But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ (Jesus) to die for us while we were still sinners.
1. Does God’s love for me depend on me?
2. What is another word for God’s love?
3. Why does God love me?
4. Can I ever make God stop loving me?
Dear God,
Thankyou that You love me no matter what I do, and thankyou that will never ever change.
He wants to see whether we are capable of overcoming our base instincts... We have no right to despair. And if He punishes us mercilessly, it is a sign that He loves us that much more…” (Wiesel 45) Akiba Drumer’s unshakable faith in God undoubtedly shows the toughness of the human spirit.
He will do anything and everything until his wishes are fulfilled. Without love the world would be filled with even more hate
John 16:33 ensures us that we are never alone when we are fighting these battles and says “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (NIV).
Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” (page 4).
Shockingly, “an extraordinary opportunity, happy state, hearts filled with love,” you’ve been forgiven by good, offered another chance. Christ has you on his palm, washed from every sin and now living life
And if God is God, why is He letting us suffer?” (1) The lifelong quest for answers to these questions shaped his theology
This means that he supported me even when I didn’t do something he asked. He showed me respect and that he understood my situation by helping me find ways that would help me find time
No matter the degree of sin each of us commits we are estranged from God to some capacity. It is common for the human person to fall prey to the approval of the world and forget or ignore God, who loves us despite the numerous times we reject Him. He even states how he remembers in his youth that he had wept for Dido for committing suicide because of love (The Confessions by St. Augustine, book 1), but he didn't weep for his own sins and transgressions for God. He could empathize with the tragic plight of a character in a book, but he didn't or couldn't recognize his own tragedy. I think it's all too common for a person to see the faults in someone else and feel sorrow for them, but at the same time, they are unable to acknowledge their own faults and get to the root of their sin.
The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?” (3.61-63). At this time he started to think what many others think when horrible things happen, why would a god that want only good let such things happen. This is when he began to start to have his faith challenged, and the first time he started to doubt God.
God will always be there to protect you therefore, you should not be afraid. God will be there to deliver you from all threatening occurrences in your life. David proceeds with “When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall.” In the first part
However, God encouraged him to care and love for them. This is present in our society today. When someone hurts another, we care for the one who got hurt and show no compassion for the one whose fault it was. It is hard for us to show empathy toward the “bad”guy. It really does take God to help us.
I have one ongoing question to God that’s origin began many years ago. In my first few years of life, I was struck by four life-changing losses of people who meant a great deal to my family. First, it was my dad and my grandmother, which had the hardest impact. Due to the loss of my dad, I have a very different life than most children, I never will experience father-daughter events, such as walking me down the aisle, and also I lost a rolemodel of men. My grandmother would do anything for me and my happiness, through this loss my best friend was taken away from me.
Bridges makes it very clear that God is the only way we can ever achieve this holiness. “Only through God’s Word are our minds remolded and our values renewed” (85). Jesus has given us the tools we need to have a deep and meaningful relationship with Him and it is now up to us to close this gap by repenting our sins, renewing our values, and changing how we think and act in the world. It can be intimidating to know that the Lord expects us to live out our lives in Holiness but Bridges made it evident that He does not seek perfection, for only He is truly spotless. After reading this book, I hope to be more deliberate in my walk with Christ.
“Father God, in Jesus Christ’s name I come to You today and I confess that I am a sinner.” “I confess with my mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that Jesus Christ died on the Cross for my sins, and that He rose again on the third day and is now seated at the right hand of God the Father and will return one day for me.” “I now confess all my sins known and unknown, and repent of them.” “Lord Jesus Christ, I ask You to forgive me and cleanse me from all sin.” “Lord Jesus Christ, I ask You to come into my heart and be my Lord and Saviour and to fill me with Your Holy Spirit.”