Personal Peace

Personal Prayer 

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

(Romans 14:19) 

         As we watch the news, read our newspapers and study life around us, 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.        

Consider what our contribution to peace will be. We cannot go out tomorrow and solve the world’s problems and create “World Peace”. However, each of us can start every day to be at peace and stay that way. Stay within ourselves through prayer to maintain our 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.  ² 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”. 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