Personal Prayer

Personal Prayer

“Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.”

(Romans 14:19)

         As we watch the news, read our newspapers and study life around us and throughout the world, we see a lot of stress and confusion. The media presents us with more negatives than positives. We might wonder how to overcome these challenges and bring peace to the world.

         We need to consider what our contribution to peace will be. Certainly we cannot go out tomorrow and solve the world’s problems and create “World Peace”. However, each of us can start every day with the goal to be at peace and stay that way. Stay within ourselves through prayer to maintain our own internal peace.

         Our contribution to the world can and will start within us. We know that the Lord is with us, we need to let Him in and others see the results. As Paul stated to the Romans,

“We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

Each of us should please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.”

(Romans 15:1 & 2).

Thought for Today: There is an old expression that suggests aggressive reactions: “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. That is always an option. Today for us let’s think about this: “When our going gets tough, let’s start to pray and be at peace”. Let’s all demonstrate a better way!

Prayer for the Day: Heavenly Father today we pray for gentile solutions to our problems. We pay that when things get tough we may peacefully resolve the issues the way Jesus did.

Amen