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Recover and Retain Your Peace
One thing that we can be certain about in life, other than God, is that the enemy spares nothing to disrupt our peace. It does not matter if you are a new believer in Christ or a lifelong serving follower. Days will come when the enemy looks at us and says “This person has peace. What can I do to destroy it?”
When those days come, what can we do to recover and retain our peace?
Remain in Christ
For starters, we need to remain in Christ. Just as in John 15:4-7, when we stray away from Him, we wither away. We do not produce any fruit. Some will argue that they have fruit to prove how peaceful their life is, but that fruit either does not last or they produce far less fruit than they would have had they remained in Christ.
Live by the Holy Spirit
Dangerous territory is encountered when our minds are ruled by our flesh. Flesh equals death but the Spirit of the Living God equals life and peace.
Paul urges Christians to renew their minds. Let us welcome the Holy Spirit to seize our minds so that we may discern the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Obedience to God’s Word
Obedience to God’s Word is critical to having a peace-filled life. Just as a child is obedient to their parent’s instruction by hearing what they say, we too can only be obedient to God’s instruction by hearing what He says.
I have learned that it is near impossible to hear God when we do not know what His Word says. The Bible is His complete instruction to us. Open it up and read it.
Prayer and Meditation
We must pray and meditate. Open our mouths to ask and then listen. Meditation may just be the best part. After we have read His word and asked for His help, we can wait expectantly for His divine instruction. It is guaranteed to give us peace beyond our greatest understanding.
Reflecting Beyond the World
What interferes with you recovering and retaining your peace?
Prayer
Father God, help me to renew my mind daily and meditate on the instruction of your Word both day and night so that I may experience and live in your perfect peace.
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About this Plan
Every person walking this earth desires a peaceful life. But it is inevitable that, at some point or another, life will serve us with less than peaceful circumstances. Are you in need of peace in your life today? This 3-day devotional will encourage you to identify the place from which your peace was lost, where to find it, and how to keep it.
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