Today there has been so much about peace.
This morning, I was thinking about the word peace, and I felt confident in the Lord that today would be peaceful. And it was!
"Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you." Luke 6:28
Here we have some clear instructions for how to maintain peace. As the body, we need to bless and not curse. We need to be receiving God's love in our own lives, to the extent that we can love unconditionally, just as He does. We need to pray for God to touch the lives of those who curse us and mistreat us.
Honestly, I feel like we need to pray for peace in other areas of the world, also. It takes discernment to know if God is including war and chaos into His own plans...in other words, it takes discernment to know what to pray for. Here is some good general advice from 2nd Timothy.
"I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. This is good and pleases God our Savior." 2 Timothy 2:1-3
As we get close to doing only what the Father tells us, as He expands our knowledge, we can then pray more specifically. But God extends His grace to us when we pray, too! That being said, I've been told by God a few times, "Don't pray that". So we need to ask for wisdom and insight when we pray, and if we have specific knowledge, we need to use it to pray more specific prayers.
There was a nice article on the Elijahlist today that really confirmed the recent theme of peace.
Like the article says, we need to be stirred up in our praying. Stirring up our faith, stirring up the passion of other believers...God listens to our prayers, and we should make every effort to pray in accordance with His will.
This morning, I was thinking about the word peace, and I felt confident in the Lord that today would be peaceful. And it was!
"Bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you." Luke 6:28
Here we have some clear instructions for how to maintain peace. As the body, we need to bless and not curse. We need to be receiving God's love in our own lives, to the extent that we can love unconditionally, just as He does. We need to pray for God to touch the lives of those who curse us and mistreat us.
Honestly, I feel like we need to pray for peace in other areas of the world, also. It takes discernment to know if God is including war and chaos into His own plans...in other words, it takes discernment to know what to pray for. Here is some good general advice from 2nd Timothy.
"I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. This is good and pleases God our Savior." 2 Timothy 2:1-3
As we get close to doing only what the Father tells us, as He expands our knowledge, we can then pray more specifically. But God extends His grace to us when we pray, too! That being said, I've been told by God a few times, "Don't pray that". So we need to ask for wisdom and insight when we pray, and if we have specific knowledge, we need to use it to pray more specific prayers.
There was a nice article on the Elijahlist today that really confirmed the recent theme of peace.
Like the article says, we need to be stirred up in our praying. Stirring up our faith, stirring up the passion of other believers...God listens to our prayers, and we should make every effort to pray in accordance with His will.
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