Even though this world we live in is full of violence, and your everyday life might be filled with conflict and confusion, God has promised you a peace that passes all understanding. We should strive, as God's children, to seek that peace every day and show His love.
You are called to have peace in the midst of any hardship you may face. Trusting in God will help you maintain that peace. His word says in Isaiah 26:3, "You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you."
God calls you to trust in Him. It might be hard right now, in your time of trouble and distress, but if you put your trust in your Heavenly Father, He will give you peace. God has already overcome the world. Don't be afraid. God has everything in His hands, and He's taking care of you.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I'm giving you. The peace I give you is nothing like what the world gives. Don't be anxious, and don't be afraid.
May the Lord of peace himself grant you peace in every situation in every way. May the Lord be with all of you.
You will keep in complete peace those who keep their minds focused on you, because they trust in you.
May the peace of Christ direct your thinking, because you were called to this by God who makes you one, and thank God for it!
I've told you all this so that you may have peace because you are one with me. You will suffer in this world, but be brave—I have defeated the world!”
Come to me, all of you who struggle and who are burdened down. I will give you rest.Accept my yoke, and learn from me. For I am kind and have a humble heart, and in me you will find the rest you need.to ask on his behalf, “Are you the one we were expecting to come, or should we continue to look for someone else?”For my yoke is gentle, and my burden is light.”
Then the peace that comes from God, which is better than we can ever imagine, will protect your thoughts and attitudes in Christ Jesus.
Trustworthiness and faithful love join together; goodness and peace have kissed each other.
But even so, in the future I will restore and repair it, and I will heal its people and give them lasting peace and safety.
We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, those whom he has called to be part of his plan.
You will keep in complete peace those who keep their minds focused on you, because they trust in you.Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock.
Since we have this hope we're never disappointed, for God's love has been poured into us through the Holy Spirit he's given us.
Praise be to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He is the compassionate Father and the God of all comfort.He comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those who are also in trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
I know what I intend to do for you, declares the Lord. I plan good things for you and not bad. I'm going to give you a future and a hope.
That's why I'm telling you not to worry about your life. Don't worry about what to eat, or what to drink, or what clothes to put on. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
This hope is our spiritual anchor—it's both certain and reliable, and it takes us past the curtain to the presence of God.
This is what the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, said, If you repent and patiently trust in me, you would be saved; you would be strong if you had such calm confidence. But you refused to do it.
I will bring you gold instead of bronze, silver instead of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stone. I will appoint Peace as your watchman, and Goodness as your leader.
For it's God who is working within you, creating the will and the ability to do what he wants you to do.
When the way that people live pleases the Lord, he makes even their enemies be at peace with them.
neither height nor depth, in fact nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
so they will be able to say thank you. The Lord declares, Peace, peace, to those who are far away and those who are near. I will heal you.
How can they go out and tell others unless they're sent? Just as Scripture says, “Those who come bringing the good news are truly welcome!”
You know the message he sent to Israel, sharing the good news of peace that comes from Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
This is what the Lord says: Go and stand where the roads divide, and look. Find out which are the old paths. Ask, “What's the right way?” Then follow it and you'll be content. But you refused, saying, “We won't go that way!”
So don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow can worry about itself. There's already enough evil in every day.”
I've explained this to you so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
Now may the God of peace who raised our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, from the dead, with the blood of an eternal agreement—
May you be made powerfully strong by his wonderful strength, having great patience and endurance.
(I will remove the chariots from Ephraim and the warhorses from Jerusalem. I will destroy the bows used in battle.) He will proclaim peace to the nations, and he will rule from sea to sea, from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.
“Praise the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel in accordance with everything he promised. Not a single word has failed among all the good promises he made through his servant Moses.
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, for it is unshakeable and endures forever.
May the God of hope completely fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you will overflow with hope through the power of the Holy Spirit!
Though the mountains cease to exist and the hills disappear, yet my trustworthy love for you won't cease to exist and my agreement of peace won't disappear, says the Lord, who shows you kindness.
Finally, brothers and sisters, I say goodbye. Continue to improve spiritually. Encourage one another. Be in agreement. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.
He rescues me, keeping me safe and sound from my attackers, because there are so many against me.
“May you have peace!” Jesus told them again. “In the same way the Father sent me, so I'm sending you.”
Now that we have been made right by God by trusting in him, we have peace with him through our Lord Jesus Christ.
But the Spirit produces fruit such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trust,
The sinful human mind results in death, but having the mind led by the Spirit results in life and peace.
Do your best to live in peace with everybody, and look for holiness—if you don't have this you won't see the Lord.
Christ is our peace. Through his body he made the two into one, and broke down the separating wall of hostility that divided us,
For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us. He will bear the responsibility to rule. He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Let me hear what God has to say. God speaks peace to his people, to those who trust in him. But they must not return to their foolish ways.
Make every effort to remain one in the Spirit through the peace that binds you together.
and through him brought back everything in the universe to himself, since he made peace through the blood of his cross, through him reconciling all those on the earth and in heaven.
for God is not a God of disorder but of peace and quiet. This is the way it should be in all the churches of God's people.
This is what the Lord Almighty says: The fasts you observe in the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth month will become times of joy and happiness for the people of Judah—they will be festivals of celebration. But love truth and peace.
May the God of peace himself make you completely holy, and may your whole being—body, mind and spirit—be kept blameless for when our Lord Jesus Christ returns.
Stop fighting! Recognize I am God! I am the ruler of the nations; I am the ruler of the earth.
But he was wounded because of our rebellious acts, he was crushed because of our guilt. He experienced the discipline that brings us peace, and his wounds heal us.
What a wonderful sight in the mountains is the one running to bring good news, announcing peace and good news, announcing salvation, telling Zion, “Your God reigns!”
He keeps the borders of your land safe from attack; he provides you with plenty of the finest wheat.
You should value them highly in love for the work they do. Live in peace with each other.
Put into practice what you learned and received from me, what you saw me doing and heard me say. Then the God of peace will be with you.
If you had only listened carefully to what I told you! Then your blessings would have flowed like a river, and goodness would have washed over you like the waves of the sea.
This is what the Lord says: Watch! I'm going to give her peace and prosperity like a flowing river, the wealth of nations like an overflowing stream. You will nurse and be carried on her hip and played with on her knees.