If you do an online search for Bible verses that bring peace, there are probably thousands that will show up. The Bible is full of encouragement when we are having a rough time. You have your favorites. I have mine and nobody is more right or more wrong at all. Thank you, Lord, for your wonderful book of encouragement and conviction!
This morning I was reminded of a passage that brought me peace in Acts chapter 12. It’s probably not one that any of us go to regularly for peace in and of itself but the story brings me great peace because it reminds me of Christ Fellowship. In Acts 12, Peter has been put in prison but we don’t see him pacing the floor or crying or cussing. What’s he doing? He’s sound asleep.
How could Peter possibly be asleep at a time like this? He was chained between two guards and was probably scheduled to be executed the next morning and ol’ Pete was working on his beauty rest! How could he do that, you ask? Because in verse 5 it says that the church was earnestly praying for him. That was the secret to Peter’s peace.
I honestly do not know how people get through this life without a church family to pray for them and encourage them and lift them up to the throne room of God when they are in time of need. What a blessing that is. And I want to say thank you to all of you who have prayed for me this week.
Most of you know I lost my sweet Princess Sara this week and, honestly, it has been awful. And I know that loss doesn’t compare to when you lost your spouse or your child. I get that. I do. That is real pain that really hurts and leaves permanent scars. But Jesus said in John 16, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
God wants you, as a true believer in Him, to have peace and we can have that peace through prayer that comes with a relationship with God through Jesus and is lived out and blessed in a church family. Thank you for praying for me, my dear family! Now, how can I pray for you today? — Todd