Daily Devotional - Peace to You

Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.]
—John 14:27

Just before He was to go to the cross, Jesus told His disciples He was leaving them a gift—His peace. After His resurrection, He appeared to them again, and the first thing He said to them was, Peace to you (See John 20:19)! To prove to them who He was, He showed them His hands and His side and then said to them once more, Peace to you (v. 21)! Eight days later, He again appeared to them, and again His first words to them were, Peace to you (v.26)!

Obviously Jesus intends for His followers to live in peace despite what may be going on around them at the time. What He was saying to His disciples—and to us—is simply, "Stop allowing yourselves to be anxious, worried, and upset."

In Psalm 42:5, the psalmist asks, Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, my help and my God.

When we begin to become worried, upset, cast down or disquieted within, we need to hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, Who is our Help and our God.

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Daily Devotional

No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. (Matthew 5:15 NRSV)

Christ gives us a light to carry into the world. There is light that floods a room and reveals that which is hidden. There is light that shines as a reminder of eternal hope. There is another kind of light. It is the search light of compassion and concern for people. It is a light of a loving God who will not let us go. Christ's light comes into our lives when we ask for God's love and forgiveness. Then we are called to allow God's light to shine through us.

I remember reading a cartoon that showed a mother and her little boy visiting a museum of modern art. They were standing in front of a painting entitled "Black on Black." The wise little boy exclaimed to his mother, "Oh, look, Mommy, it lost its picture!"

Have we lost our picture? At times we may lose our picture, but Christ's light can help us get our picture back into focus. And we can share Christ's love and light with others, so that they can also regain a vision of their own picture of life and hope.

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Daily Devotional - Dwell in Unity

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
—Psalm 133:1

Great power was manifested in the lives of the early believers. Acts 2:46 tells us why: “And day after day they regularly assembled in the temple with united purpose.” They had the same vision, the same goal, and they were all pressing toward the same mark. They prayed in agreement (see Acts 4:24), lived in harmony (see Acts 2:44), cared for one another (see Acts 2:46), met each other’s needs (see Acts 4:34), and lived a life of faith (see Acts 4:31). The early church lived in unity—and operated in great power.

Now the church is divided into countless factions with different opinions about everything. Even individual congregations are split by the most trivial differences. When we finally see Jesus face-to-face, we will surely discover that not one of us was 100 percent right. Only love holds people together. Make a strong commitment to do whatever is necessary to live in unity—you will discover how good it is!