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Significant Verse: 16:33
What does the verse say? Jesus told his disciples about their falling away from him and the Holy Spirit coming to guide them and the resurrection and their authority to ask in his name "so they may have PEACE in him". Jesus said here on the earth people will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, he has overcome the world.
What is God saying to me? Lord, I wrestle with peace. Intuitively I think of peace as the absence of trials and sorrows. When I face trials and sorrows, I don't feel peace. But you offer a peace in spite of trials and sorrows and even in them and through them. Lord, forgive me when I let little trials freak me out or when I obsess about negative experiences or words that cause sorrow. Lord, help me experience peace in you no matter what my circumstance. By faith I choose to be content. Lord, fill my heart with the peace only you can give. I praise you as the Prince of Peace.
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