The Candle of Peace
4th Advent Sunday
Has your world shattered and left you with no hope for your marriage?
The angels proclaimed, “Peace on Earth” when the Baby Jesus was born. Today we wonder as we listen to the evening news… is peace possible?
We all need two kinds of peace in our lives. We need inner peace, but we also need peace with others. God addresses both. He tells us what to do to find that peace.
Inner peace begins with a relationship with God and it continues as we focus on His strength and allow Him to fill us. We can exchange our weakness for His strength in any area of life. God’s Word says, “You will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is focused on You because He trusts in You” (Isaiah 26:3). Personalize this verse with your own name in it. “God will keep me in perfect peace as my mind focuses on Him and trusts Him.” Inner peace hinges on my trust in God.
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If inner peace is eluding you these days and anxiety spills over in your life, choose to trust God. You can choose to put your hand in His and draw on His patience and wisdom as you take each step. He will guide you through the maze of life if you ask Him. Choosing to trust God with those blind corners in your life will take you down the road to inner peace. Choosing not to trust Him will take you down the road to stress and worry. Inner peace is there for the choosing.
Peace with others begins as we understand that God has called us to be peacemakers in our world. “Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called the children of God” (Matthew 5:9).
Is there somewhere in your own world where you can be a peacemaker this Christmas?
Is there an invitation that needs to be extended to smooth over a fractured family relationship? Is there an apology to be made or a silence to be broken that has stood as a barrier for too long? Don’t miss the blessing God promises in your life as you respond to His call to be a peacemaker in your own circle.
We can help bring peace to our world one heart at a time.
Lord, “Make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; and Where there is sadness, joy… Divine Master; Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.” (Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi)
Questions: Are you struggling with inner peace and is anxiety taking over your life? What would be the first step you need to take in order to regain that inner peace? Where can you be a peacemaker this Christmas?
About this Author by Gail Rodgers
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loreli,
i have just seen your news today(Dec. 27). my thoughts and prayers go to you and your family as you find the strength and support you need from the Lord. Psalm 120 v. 1 reads: ”I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me.”
God bless and know that although there are many that don’t know you, we are all family and care.
Loreli…thank you for letting us know. We have truly missed you. Joining the others in prayer for your husband, you and the family. Praying God’s grace upon all of you during this time….that He continues to heal, comfort and provide. Do keep us posted.
Loreli, Praying for you and your husband’s recovery. Heavenly Father, I pray that Loreli will know your power and comfort at this time. Lord you are with them, might they depend on you for all they need. Father, I pray that Loreli’s husband would have a quick recovery gaining more and more strength each day. Help Loreli know how to help her husband Lord and give her the strength she needs especially during this very busy Christmas time.
May you use this situation to build their trust and dependence on you, dear Lord. In the mighty name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
May we each marvel at the gift God has given us in Jesus throughout this Christmas season. Love to you all from here. Donna
Loreli, I will be praying for your husbands continued healing. Also I want you to know that I have missed you and will be praying for you and your family. May The Lord Richly Bless You and Your Family At This Christmas Season! Hugs Linda!!!
Thanks for letting us know, Loreli. We join you in praying….
Heavenly Father,
Thank you for sustaining the life of Lareli’s husband. Thank you that already it is evident to those around him that You have a hand in preserving his life. Lord, we ask now that You would continue to heal his body. Please continue to knit together all the physical things that need to happen to restore his strength and his health. Bless him with an amazing spirit of joy. Comfort this family in this time and bring your peace into this situation, this hospital room, this family, and into this Christmas season as You continue Your divine handiwork of renewing, restoring and refreshing this precious husband of Loreli’s in this time.
We ask this together in the powerful name of Jesus, amen.
Ladies, My husband had a massive heart attack, please pray for him to continue healing, he is being called the Miracle Man, God has sustained his life, I praise him for his greatness. I have not been on the site for a while. May you all be blessed with a Merry Christmas.
The prayer of St. Francis of Assisi is wonderful and something I need to keep in my heart today, over the Christmas period and for ever. Thank you.