Jehovah-Shalom; The LORD our Peace
by Gail Rodgers
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“For He Himself is our Peace.” Ephesians 2:14
Father in Heaven,
It is a profound thought that You, the God of Heaven and Earth, are my peace! Why is it that so often I choose to let unrest settle over my soul when You have promised to be my peace?
Lord, it is so easy to be distracted by the evening news, the price of gas and groceries, the deep needs around me. It is easy to loose sight of the fact that You have promised to be my Peace.
As I walk through my day today may Your Holy Spirit remind me that when circumstances are shaky around me, You remain my Rock and my soul can find refuge in You. When my mind is tempted to focus on all the things that steal peace from my heart and mind, may Your Spirit whisper to my soul that You are my strength, my shelter and my resting place.
May my mind focus on You and may my eyes be lifted above the circumstances to see Your face. You have said You will guide me with Your eye. May my gaze be on Your face so I will see and know Your guidance as I walk through my day.
You are my resting place. When the day feels long may I simply pause and lean into Your love and grace and mercy. May I pass it out to others as I receive it from You.
When others are stressed and anxious may my soul be secure in the hiding place of Your love. May my confidence rest in You as my Fortress and my Deliverer. You will guide my steps and direct my path as I focus on You and tune my ear to hear Your voice. Thank you for this amazing truth that You are my Peace. Help me to walk in that today with confidence and fresh reality.
You are the God of the lonely, the poor and the stranger, The God of the weak and the weary. You are the one who daily bears my burdens and is near to those who are crushed in sprit, sustaining them with unexplainable peace in the face of hardship. You are my Peace when the day is bright and my step is light. You are my Peace. I praise the Name of the Lord my God and in Your name I pray, amen.
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patti thank you so much for dear child of mine. we all have been hurt by someone at sometime in our lives what a great reminder we are His children
Dear Ladies…….not rights needed……Dear Child of mine is public domain…
For those of you who are hurting…stemming from others in your life……
“Dear Child of Mine
I look back on the years of your growing up, and my eyes can see all the times and situations in which you were hurt, whether intetntionally or unintentionally. I can hear the wounding words and see the harmful deeds, and I know the scars you carry in your personality because of them. Sometimes the very people you looked to for love and affection were the ones who wounded you most. Sometimes they were members of your own family!
But hear me now, my child. Though they have wounded you, I will never wound you. Though they have let you down, I will never let you down. Though their words and deeds have harmed you, I speak to you words of hope and healing. I reach out to you with justice and kindness and love. I am constantly thinking of you, my child. You are always with me. I cannot forget you for one moment. See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. Come now and let me heal the wounds of your childhood.
Your loving Abba
God
Linda R, You are SO right. Medications can help and they can also make more problems. I hate the morphine yet if it can break the cycle of pain I have reluctantly used it.
I understand chronic pain as it has been w/me for so many years. It is since finally having the Sjogren’s diagnosis that I am finally having some release and I thank God for those pain free times.
As for depression; it seems that anyone I speak to who deals w/chronic physical pain is given them as the pain drains ones body of so much.
You like me and millions of others pray for and long for the day when we will receive our new spiritual bodies!
As you say, Having Jesus is our all-in-all! There are times of such deep intimacy w/HIM when I find myself on a bed of pain [yet again]. I am sure that you must have these incredible times of intimacy w/HIM as well? Your comment above tells me this is true!
Andi
Andi once again thank you for your prayers and words of encouragement,I have taken morphine for years and it definitely helped. But every time I ended up in the psychiatric ward for my depression the nurses kept on me about taking the morphine and would say it was because I was taking the morphine I was depressed so finally I just decided to stop taking it. It never changed a thing. Long to short of it is I still have my pain and still have my bipolar depression BUT to top it all off I Still have My Jesus & I Know That He Will Always Be With Me, Even when I feel He is a Thousand Miles away He is Still Right Beside Me. “PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME”
So Thank you ladies for your prayers! Hugs, Linda!!!
Anon, all things in God are ‘in process’ it seems. Rest dear one and we will pray.
Linda R, I understand. I have numerous pain killers in the medicine cupboard including morphine [which I hate yet there are times it has been the only thing to relieve the pain]. I pray you will begin to have times of remission and freedom from pain. I will continue to lift you up to HIM. Be blessed this day dear online friend.
Andi
sisters, I want to write more, but I cannot as I am going on an overnight trip. But, I just wanted to say thank you SO MUCH for including me in your precious prayers. You truly have no idea what it means to me. And Lorelei, thank you so much for speaking God’s heart & voice to me. It truly brought me to tears, because I KNOW that was God speaking to me directly, and that IS how He speaks to me. It is just that, during this testing time, and beacuse I am human, it is hard to hear God’s voice so easily during the storm (when I used to regularly) and when even Christians’ voices and ‘advice’ sometimes seem to get in the way. I know they mean well, but how hard it is, for us to really be pure vessels of God’s voice, rather than our flesh speaking through sometimes. I am sorry, I don’t mean this in a negative way, but I am continuing to try to offer these things to God. He is working on it.
On a sidenote, thank you for those who shared, and offered advice. But truthfully, I have heard SO MUCH, for almost a few years now. Truthfully, it is God alone who knows my story, there is no way I could ever tell a person every detail of what happened. I have been rebuked, forgotten, given advice to, etc., but truthfully, all I ask for is prayer, rather than having to do this or that… truthfully I am tired, and I just want to rest in God’s arms. Thank you for your words, but I just ask for prayer. Also, in terms of letting go and forgiveness, personally, you may not know the journey I’ve had to go thru, and believe me, God knows how I ask everyday to help me forgive. So please understand that it is not like I am trying not to forgive. But please understand also, the context of each person’s situation, and also that some are more ‘traumatic’ than others, or more ‘recent,’ so it does take some time. I know people are not perfect, believe me. I am trying, and I believe that’s what God wants. So I hope you can continue to pray for me, truthfully, my mind is not able to ‘take in’ anymore ‘advice’ anyway as it seems like it’s reached a limit. I have been thru counseling, etc., and my counselor changed jobs recently. That is why all I ask for is… prayer. Thank you again so much. God Bless You.
Thank you Loreli and Andi for your prays I so appreciate them. Andi thank also for the suggestion of the Arnika Cream and the MSM but yes I am way past that. First I could never rub cream all over me I would scream as it hurts sometimes so much just to touch me I feel Iike I am on fire. I unfortunately take several medications but none of them totally help and things are just getting worse, but once again I so appreciate all your prayers! Hugs Linda!!!! Have a Wonderful Day!
Linda R,
My prayers are w/you today. Lord God thank you for Linda’s love for you and your children. Lord YOU know her pain. Father please come over her this day and this night and allow her to rest in YOU; may she have freedom from this swelling and pain. Jesus pour YOUR Holy Spirit powe over Linda and give her rest, give her rest. In YOUR name I ask Amen
Linda, when my body is hurting so much I rub Arnika cream on the painful places. It is a natural thing. As well I use something called MSM. I hope you will research MSM for it has been wonderful to relieve lots of pain for me over the years.
[or perhaps you too have passed the place where ‘natural’ meds are strong enuf?
During the day it is easier to rise above pain isn’t it? Some nights I must take stronger meds to curb the pain. But no matter what, as Loreli has prayed I stand in agreement w/her that indeed ‘your roots are strong and deep in Christ and you ARE a mighty Oak Tree in HIM.
Be blessed this new day and I’ll pray you are able to sleep tongiht.
Andi
When we forgive we have peace in our heart. We have to let people off the hook. People are not perfect, I am not perfect. No one is. I understand all to well of people hurting me in my past and not trusting people. I was a very angry person and there definitely wasn’t any peace in my life. I was very angry person. It was only when I let people off the hook and forgave that I experienced healing from the Lord. No one can be perfect friend,the only one who is Jesus and he will never let us down or forsake us. Open up your heart and let him heal your hurts.
I like the song Just as I am without one plea, but that thy blood was shed for me and that thou bids me come to thee oh Lamb of God I come. He accepts us the way we are. That is what you have to do with people accept them them the way they are.
Dear Lord Jesus Help Anon to reach out to you and forgive and give her hurt to you. Amen
Anon, please consider these words as given in love and concern for you. One of the first lessons God had to show me was this:
Only HE is perfect. Only HE will never fail us or let us down.
My husband loves me dearly and I love him, yet simply because we are imperfect humans we will hurt each other from time-to-time. It is in our ability to understand this and to forgive each other that we find our strength in our love for each other and for Christ.
This is also the same for the church. Our brothers and sisters are human and imperfect and living in a fallen world.
We will all hurt each other at one time or another.
God commands us to love each other. A hard thing to do when our emotions are so raw……and our pain so deep.
Yet we can begin to forgive those who despitfully use us when we begin to realize they simply are not perfect.
And when we begin to pray for them God does miraculous things in us! For HE begins to melt our pain and heartache away and helps us to see others w/HIS eyes of love and compassion.
This is the truth that HE has used over and over in my life and I’m sure the other ladies have evidenced it as well.
As we forgive others we are set free.
Can others please share and comment on this for all of our sakes as we grow to become ‘more Christ-like’ in our walk on this earth?
Andi
Loreli,
As I read your prayer for Anonymous I could hear HIS voice speaking directly to her. I praise God for your sensitivity to HIS voice and ask HIM that you experience this more and more in your life for HIS sake as you minister HIS love and life to others. Amen
Anon; please let us know how you are today?
Anonymous, just now reading the blog from yesterday. When God looks at you even in the middle of the night sitting there, he says to you, You are my precious little girl, my beloved daughter, there is nothing I wouldn’t do for you. Come let me hold you as you weep, dream and ponder what you are to do with your life. I am the maker of dreams, I am the restorer of the heart,I am the fixer of problems. Rest in me dear one. It is for you that I died on that cross, I laid my life down to an angry bitter crowd for you. I looked Satan in the face for you> I am intimately concerned with every detail of your life. I will take up the places where people have hurt you and fill you with an everlasting love and peace that cannot be taken away from you. You are mine and I love you.
NOte: Anonymous, my fingers were typing so fast that I know it was God putting those words in print. That kind of stuff doesn’t happen to me much, Wow!!!!!
LindaR-bless your heart, I wish I had known you were in pain. I am praying today that God put the balm of Gilead on your legs and strengthen you as a might Oak tree, standing tall without wavering. Your roots go deep because of your love for your Savior, he will not fail you, he promised. I love ya girl!!!! God bless
Dear Anonoymous,
I want you to know I join the other dear ladies here..to pray for you.
Dear Jesus,
I lift “A” to You at this moment, asking You to minister to her broken spirit. Pour down Your grace and mercy upon her heart….Give her courage to face each day..knowing You will walk with her always. In Jesus Name..
“A”, only a few months ago, I came to this site discouraged and desperate. How wonderful is this ministry and those of us who come here…whether to search for meaning in our lives, minister or be ministered. Know that you are loved and accepted here….and I will continue to pray along with these precious women.
Thank you Donna I so Appreciate them and I would appreciate it if you would continue as my pain is terrible, my feet are swollen like ballons, my knees and my hands too yet I know God Can Heal Me But Until Then I just have to live one day at a time. You have a Great Day!
Hugs Linda!!!
Hi LindaR,
I see that you are still up….hope you are improving my friend. Still praying from here for pain relief for you.
In the mighty name of Jesus believing for you. Love and prayers, Donna
anonymous,
Thanks so much for keeping in touch with us. We all care deeply about you and want you to know that you are in our prayers and thoughts. Joining LindaR and the others in prayer for your situation in the coming days…..”Turn your eyes up-on Jesus, Look full in his wonderful face…and the things of this world will grow stangely dim…in the light of His glory and grace”. Love you dear one…Donna
anonymous, Yes girl you better get to bed, Have a Wonderful Restful Sleep and Wake Refreshed and Have A Wonderful Day With Jesus Right By Your Side All Day Long! Hugs, Linda!!
thank you so much, Linda ~ I will be sure to keep that in mind. I am actually in NY, and it’s almost 2, and should be calling it a night. But I will be sure to follow-up as I can. thank you again, God Bless you and your health.
anonymous, just remember you are not alone and particularly on those nights when you most feel it. I don’t know if you are in the same time zone as me, it is 10:55pm here right now as I live on the west cost, but anyways I am a real night owl because of my pain I can’t sleep so usually I am up at my computer emailing. So like I said I am here and when you want someone to pray and extra pray I am always more than willing. God Loves You & I Love You! Hugs Linda!!!
wow, Linda R, thank you SO so much for praying for me, prayer is always the best, and also just for the many ones you have said for me the past few days. I truly needed a sister’s intervention particularly on those nights. As God takes me through some complicated situations, there were nights where I literally felt all alone. Sometimes I looked forward to these blogs as the only thing that could encourage me that particular day. I hope and pray God continues to bring great new things into my life, so that I could get up and serve Him again, and be well. I pray also, that God would continue to see how each of you are ministering and reaching out to me, your hearts are beautiful & such encouragements to me. They give me hope in a dark world, even where sometimes Christians let each other down (sigh). Anyway, I pray God blesses each of you and your families. In Christ.
Dear anonymous it is nice to hear from you as you have been on my heart for the past few days. I guess more so because I have been exactly where you are and I oh so wish I could just sit and have coffee with you and talk and pray with you and try to encourage you and just be a friend.
Dear Heavenly Father I just once again bring anonymous to you, we know Lord that you are doing a work in her life but we also know that it is very hard to get over hurts that people have knowingly done to her. I just once again give her to you and ask that you would please wrap your Loving Arms around her, keep her close to you, help her to feel you love flowing through her and your presence all around her. I just pray that each day she will continue to be encouraged and that you will bless her more and more and be drawn closer to you. I just commit her to you In your name I pray In Faith Believing Amen & Amen!
Praying for you daily & would still love to hear from you if you ever feel up to it! Hugs, Love & Prayers, Linda and don’t forget if you do ever want to just talk my email address is lrohne@shaw.ca May The Lord Richly Bless You And Give You A Wonderful Restful Sleep!
Hugs, Linda!!!
sisters, I didn’t respond because I was overwhelmed by the outpouring of God’s love through your prayers. Thank You so much. You don’t know what even 1 person, let alone 5+ did for me that night, just by praying so fervently for me. Thank You so much for taking the time to pay attention to a sister out there whom you may not know. Truthfully, it is still an ongoing process & tough, and I know the Lord wants to do a lot of deep thigns in me, my life, and others, but it is hard. I am trying to hang on. I’m sorry to seem negative, I was just in such a ‘raw’ state, I had to let it out, and there was no one else at the time. Thank You so much. Your prayers literally brought tears to my eyes.
Andi, thank you for reaching out to me, checking up, and also for reminding me that there’s no jugdement… truthfully, I need to hear that more. Patricia, Judy D, Lorelei, Donna L, Linda R, Fran D, and if there’s anyone else I’ve forgotten forgive me, but I truly appreciate your prayers and thoughts with me. Thank You and God Bless each of you. Hanging in there.
Anon,
How are you doing tonight? Can you drop us a line please?
Andi
thank you. i am still trying to get cought up on my reading of the devotional and just got to this one today may 29
sharonb
Anonymous,
Forgive me dear sister….I read your cry for help yesterday, intendeded to respond and had to go to work. I never got back to my computer yesterday. Please know that you are on my mind today…in my thoughts and prayers. Dear Heavenly Father, I pray that Anonymous would know that you care deeply about her situation, love her and want to bring healing to her. Lord, Anonymous is feeling quite angry at the moment…will you please turn those feelings into joy in You. Lord, Anonymous is asking for mercy…help her to understand that you hear her cry and want peace in her life. Help her Lord take hold of You as she works through these issues in her life. Thank you Lord, for you are almighty God, our powerful Savior, the one who loves us and cares for us. Amen. Loving you from far away Anonymous….Donna
Anonymous I too feel badly that I never saw your request for prayer. I like Fran come in agreement with the other ladies in prayer for you, please remember you are free to email me too at anytime you want, I am also praying for you daily. May The Lord Be Very Near To You Today! Hugs, Linda !!!
Margaret, thanks for the verses! How’s Pedro? LOL
Anon, I stand alongside you, with the rest of the Wonderful Women of this blog asking that our Father God help you to find HIS peace in this tuff situation you are in. May HE allow you to grow in HIS spirit of truth, wisdom and love and to have deep compassion for those who have hurt you. Amen and Amen!
As someone already wrote; when we pray for those who ‘despitefuly use us’ it is impossible for a ‘bitter root of Judgement’ to form w/in us.
So we stand w/you and welcome you into our midst.
You will quickly discover that we are all dealing w/one thing or another and there is NO judgement here just support and prayers and encouragement to be all you can be thru the Lord our God.
Dear Anonymous…
Am joining my prayers of agreement along with these other precious ladies who genuinely care about you! You’ll feel a difference soon..The Lord is listening!!! HIS mercies are tender and new every morning. Lamentations 3:23-24 is close to my heart and helps me every day. Remember that HE is the Lord of many chances. HE never gives up on us..And you’ve joined with a group here who are full of His unconditional love! Am so sorry for those who have let you down. Let’s pray for them, too. God will and can touch them. We learn from ones like that..and treat others differently ourselves… As I pray for others? I forget my own burdens and HE does a remarkable thing..HE answers my needs, too! I have to come on late some days? But am lifting these concerns and love you dear friends and sisters here!! (((((((Anonymous)))))))
Anonymous, I wish I had read the response earlier. I had a busy day. God is always willing to listen, to hold you in his arms and to help you with your pain. I know how hard it is to be hurt in church and by families, in fact there was one time when I would get up at 4:00 in the morning just because I carried so much anger towards someone that had hurt me so deeply. I have learned as I have gotten older that they probably never lost sleep, I was the one tormented because I thought I could handle it and let God handle bigger stuff. He is the God of big and little problems, he is concerned about our every need, our every want, our every thought. Trust him and lay it at his feet even though it is hard, He is Faithful.
yes, it’s only God who can give us peace which is beyond our understanding. today, i woke up worried about something in relation to my business. i had a project which did not work the way i thought. but i prayed to God, surrendering the situation to him. i invoked what he said to us that “I will never leave you or forsake you”. true enough, the situation did not turn out to be worse as i thought. sometimes, when we are so harried as i am most of the time, i forget that there is a God who not only walk with us in our times of trials and struggles but who carries us through. just this thought makes me feel at peace.
Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your love and I praise Your Holy Name. Thank you for Your Precious Son, Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Right now I want to lift up Anonymous to You. Please, Father, wrap your loving arms around her. May she feel your peace and protection. I pray for a hedge of thorns around her to keep the firey darts away and protect her from the cruel and unkind actions and words of others. Dear Father, I pray that you bring a Christian friend to Anonymous to meet her needs. May she feel Your love through them. She is reaching out to you, Lord. Hear her cry as she prays to you. Thank you Jesus for covering us with your blood. We do humbly pray forgiveness of our sins and ask that you open our eyes to see where we can serve You this day. As You reach out to Anonymous show ways to serve You. Bless her Father this day. Encourage her and lift her up. Thank you, Lord. We praise Your Holy Name and give you the Glory. In His Name we pray, Amen
Dear anonymous
I will indeed pray for you. I do not need to know the details, and certainly have no right to judge them, as you say. So sorry that it has been so many hours and no one has responded. They must have all been asleep as I have been.
Regarding your comment about it not being for God, yes, you are right. Though God does sometimes allow unpleasant things to happen in our lives for reasons we do not always understand they are never of His origin. Scripture tells us that it is every good and perfect gift that is from Him. But although He allows these things He has promised to never leave us or forsake us to walk through them alone. He has also promised not to let us be tempted beyond what we can endure,but to make a way of escape so that we may be able to bear it. But enough of that, it was prayer you asked for.
Dear Father God, thank you that even though “A” may not be able to see or feel your hand upon her life right now, you are still there and you do still care. I pray that you would pour out your love upon her right now and give her a peace that goes beyond understanding.
Dear Jesus, I thank you that you bore every one of “A”s hurts and her anger on that cross and that you desire that she give them to you to carry so that you may heal those wounds.
Dear Holy Spirit, I ask that you come to “A” right now and be her comforter.
Dear Lord, just meet her every need, as only you can do.
In the precious name of Jesus who loved “A” enough to die for her, and still loves her enough to carry her when she cannot walk.
Amen
Please pray for me. I am suffering SO much. I am hurting a lot emotionally, and feel like there is no one, nor anyone who knows what I am going through. I am crying out to any godly community, for support & prayers. It seems like wherever I turn (even in church community) I keep being let down, hurt, etc. I am going thru a tough season, where there is no one available. I am angry, and just trying really hard to give to God this disappointment in people (beyond what God normally teaches us as believers). I have been let down & hurt time and time again, but I feel like it is possiby not from God. Please cover me in prayer, and do not necessarily try to ‘judge’ the situation, as that would hurt more, but if you can simply lift up a prayer for a sister who has a lot of hurts. I am really being tested. May he have mercy. Thank you, sisters, for listening & being patient. God Bless You.
Would just like to add Psalm 4:8 and 32:7 to the many great scriptures here for us to take to bed with us tonight
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.
Amen and good night all.
Patricia
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. Ps.119:165
NOw the GOd of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, tha ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Romans 15:13
He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.Is.57:2
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
And the peaee of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and mind through Christ Jesus
Philippians 4:6,7
I am focusing on these words so that I can start settling down for bed!
I said good night as it is acually 9:30 pm were I am
Praise God for today’s devotional Gail! It is as if HE leaned over and whispered in to your ear that we needed this particular word for today.
Amen to the prayers lifted up today for everyone w/an expressed need.
Pat, I was laughing as I read your story about your grand-daughter. Talk about short notice! LOL!!
Kris I was a Palliative Care Nurse. Would have studied at the local university for your ministry but HE took us to the mission field instead. Be blessed dear sister as you minister in HIS name. May your presence at these bedsides bring HIS peace and hope to the ill and their families.
Patti, SO glad to know that today is better for you! Can you keep this devotional or print it out?
HE is our peace too even as we wait and wonder what will be our new source of income in a future job for my husband; and where it will be and will be have to shift house and all the other questions that loss of a job brings along w/it.
HE is our peace……
Andi
Peace with our Lord is a wonderful thing. In these lat couple of days I have been reading from Ps 139 it has given me much peace and also some conviction. Verse 19-22, i have been having a real problem with some of my in-laws and other people and my mind would run in hatefull thoughts.I would not say anything to them, but what my mind said was not nice. In the notes on anger and vengeance,It let me know it was up to God to deal with them, I can tell Him how upset I am but to leave it to Him. After repenting of this I had peace. I am not going to fret over things I can do nothing about, It is a tolal was of time.
Pat, do enjoy your grandchild, as Kris said we never say we wish that we worked or clean more. I work as a personal support worker, and deal with a lot of elderly people, the one thing I hear them ehco the most is about family.The “I wish I had done this or that’I have leared from them and try to spend more time with family and freinds. Housework and what ever will always be there.
To all the other ladies , May the Lord bless you and give you His peace goodnight MaryAnn
Thank you so much, dear friends….for your prayers. I am so blessed!
I am doing fine. I had a bit of a slide after the weekend, but Greater is He that is in me than anything of this world!
God is doing something very serious in my heart. My lows are no where near they once were. Praise God!
Joining Fran and Hannah in prayer for each one here today….Patti, will be uplifting you throughout the day dear one. Love and prayers…Donna
Lord God, I am in agreement with Fran D. with everything she prayed for all of these loved ones in our group in this wonderful site. All of them need a different kind of comfort from you and peace in heir circumsances and YOU ARE THE GOD, the only true God and can do anything. Thank YOU Father.
And I thank you for this site and all of the writers. They love you and that is so easy to see in their writing and that they are listening to your guidance in what they say for us. Blessings, Hannah
Thank you, Beloved Lord, for Isaiah 26:3..that as we focus on you, there will be peace..Thank you for showing us to live THIS day Psalm 118:24 that we can rejoice in IT…Be with Kris, Father, and move on her daughter to get in touch..Send Harvesters her way to guide her back in, Father..You CAN…Please reward the faith of Maia’s Aunt Carol who journeys seeking your miracle healing.. touch her, LOrd….She walks in the Spirit and not in the natural circumstances that are soooo discouraging..Keep her faith strong..and help her loved ones around her, Father, as she makes this mammoth effort…Be with our treasured friend, Patti, in whatever way she needs, Father…Lord, thank you for being in the midst of every concern expressed here..YOU are faithful to your Promise in Matthew 18:20 and we Praise you for it…and for your Peace which is available every day..and your Strength which is our Joy. Nehemiah 8:10..that in the midst of all these challenges..We still can have your Joy and Peace..Guide us, Father…We believe in JESUS’ name for all these concerns, Lord..Amen and AMEN…
Thank you, Gail, for todays devotional, Jehovah-Shalom; The LORD our Peace.
Fater, I thank you for Your peace you give us. I pray for your peace to be with the ladies of our blog and with our families. Encourage them,Lord. May You be our resting place where we can go and be refreshed, calmed, and loved. Lord, may we then share You with others so they can find this Peace and Resting Place.
I pray for our sister, Patti, who is in need of You, Father. May she find peace in You today. Refresh her. Encourage her. Love her.
Thank you, Lord. In Christ’s Name I pray. Amen.
It is so satisfying to know that JEHOVAH-SHALOM :The Lord is my peace. In a world or stife and turmoil, He is our peace. PAT,cherish your time with your grandaughter. We only have this moment today. I have worked for a number of years as a hospital chaplain. I have stood by many death beds. I have never heard anyone say: “I wish I had spent more time at work or I wish I had spent more time cleaning.
People are far more important than things. I would give anything to spend a day with my 25 year old daughter whose whereabouts I do not know. I do know that El Roi, the God who sees, knows where she is and I’m trusting God.
Just what I needed today, every word of this devotion! He is the Lord of PEACE!! They’re so many things going on in our life right now and that was my prayer this morning “Lord be my Peace” My Aunt returns to Nashville this morning to resume her treatments, she was so weak yeasterday but her and her husband have decided to go foward with treatment so please keep them in your prayers today. My husband and I have a business for sale and by the grace of God we have been able to hang on to it, things are selling so slow right now we have just listed with a new realtor who has someone interested please pray that we sell soon, I know in this process God has been trying to teach us things and that being said I am trying not to be impatient but it would be a huge monkey off our back to sale this place! I hope all of you ladies ahave a blessed day!!
Thank you /Gail and heavenly Father that when I focus on you alone, I can find peace. You bring me into the present moment, not the past, not the future, but the here and now. That is where peace lives. Please help me to focus on you today Lord. When I have a worry or anxious thought, bring me back into your holy presence LORD. Please help me to see clearly how I need not worry but to listen to your voice in what I can do. In your presence you can guide me towards the right path. If there is nothing I can do, then you can give me peace and assurance, because I can lift my cares and concerns up to you.
Thank you too Lord, for all these prayer warriors on this site, Lord. May they all have peace and blessings today. AMEN
I started my day off with my 8 yr old grand daughter calling to invite me to her 3rd grade graduation at 9 30 am today!!! Was in the middle of cleaning carpet, planned to clean house, and a whole lot of other things, I really felt stressed and after I read this devotional, I realized what is really important. God gets us thru the stressful times and makes us see that he can give us that peace that we need, that I need today.
I found this to be a very conforting message to help me through the day. I have just returned from a stressful trip and peace will be my refuge today. Thanks so much for your devotional messages, and I hope to be more attentive to them than I have in the past. In hast, sometimes I delete and don’t take time to read them, but this one makes me see the need to start my morning off right with God’s word. He is my rock and my salvation and I shall strive to be more like Him today.
thou will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee because he trusteth in thee.
A great verse that brings peace.