You can have peace today regardless of your circumstances: \u2018The Lord of peace Himself [will] grant you His peace\u2026 at all times and in all ways [under all circumstances and conditions, whatever comes].\u2019<\/i> (2\u00a0Thessalonians\u00a03:16\u00a0AMPC) Think about it: God has no worries or problems because He controls everything. And as you learn to trust Him, \u2018the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ.\u2019<\/i> <\/p>\n
Jon Walker put it like this: \u2018If you lived in a town constantly harassed by enemy raids, one option for the military would be to send troops to actually live beside you. They wouldn\u2019t just provide protection during<\/i> an attack, they would dissuade the enemy from launching future<\/i> attacks. This is the implication in Philippians 4:7. The Holy Spirit has set up a garrison [a stronghold\u2026 a defence army\u2026 an occupying force] within us. And God\u2019s garrison of peace will indwell your heart and mind, protecting you, and healing the wounds of worry and fear that threaten to invade your life. It\u2019s the kind of peace that transcends human understanding because it\u2019s God-powered<\/i> and Spirit-connected. \u201cWe have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.\u201d<\/i> (Romans\u00a05:1\u20132\u00a0NIV)\u2019 <\/p>\n
Are there areas in your life where you lack peace? Give them to God. The psalmist said, \u2018He speaks peace to His faithful people.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm\u00a085:8\u00a0NLT) <\/p>\n
Diane Eble observes, \u2018When God speaks, peace is the message\u2026 never settle for any course that\u2019s not characterised by peace\u2026 it\u2019s not God.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You can have peace today regardless of your circumstances: \u2018The Lord of peace Himself [will] grant you His peace\u2026 at all times and in all ways [under all circumstances and conditions, whatever comes].\u2019 (2\u00a0Thessalonians\u00a03:16\u00a0AMPC) Think about it: God has no worries or problems because He controls everything. And as you learn to trust Him, \u2018the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}