"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." - Jesus, John 14:27 - our "Dresden Angel" knows a lot about the kind of peace Jesus offers... When I wrote my Advent devotional book, …
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closing out an interesting year
let's help our nation turn back in the right direction by, first, turning ourselves....
Why do so many relationships fall apart? Because we fail to practice the essential principles of Christ's teachings.
I'm thinking about how blessed we are to have enjoyed family over the past few weeks, and how we pay that sense of blessing forward by living - day to day - grateful lives.
It's too easy to become complacent and remain wedded to "the way we've always experienced/done/understood..." But God's love is not only new every morning, it's radically transformative. We too readily resist God's ongoing work in and through us.
When I know that, come what may, I have started my day in intentional communion with Jesus, then it sets a trajectory that is - quite frankly - the only reasonable option we have if we really do want to live as Children of God in the way our Creator intended from the very beginning.
The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. - Psalm 23 A walk in the park: Monday morning, our grandson David - the newly minted five-year-old - marched happily into school while the rest of …
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:6-7 NICE - FRANCE: I have to be honest; as an editorialist and a …
Continue reading what the world needs now… is the Jesus kind of peace #Nice
So you say you want to experience real peace? To know the peace that passes understanding? To be free from anxiety and stress and self-doubt? Well, follow Jesus! Bust out of the narrow confines of your own carefully managed definition of comfort! Throw yourself in with the Prince of Peace, the Guide to the Great Adventure.
Derek Maul: Words and Photographs for the Journey 