Is Peace Possible?

Prayer – Lord, guard my heart and please fill me with Your peace that passes all understanding.

Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7

 

Meditate. Consider God’s promises in scripture.

 

Peace beyond what we can understand. Incomprehensible. That will be an awesome peace—one that only the Creator can give us. All other peace is just a reflection or imitation of real peace, that is God given peace. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. What a perfect promise. With God’s love, peace, joy, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control—all things are possible.

 

Camel Crossing
Judean Desert in Israel

Verses of Salvation ~ Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. I'll say it again—it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!" The disciples were astounded. "Then who in the world can be saved?" they asked. Jesus looked at them intently and said, "Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible." Matthew 19:23-26

Memory Verse of the Week ~ Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7

 

Friday’s Feast at the King’s Table

Bitter pointy dandelion leaves.

What plants are edible? When I was in college it was popular with a couple of my friends to eat weeds. I’m not talking about cannabis weed that will rot your brain, but about dandelion weeds that are high in Vitamins A and C. Only the dandelion leaves with rounded tips were tasty—those with pointed tips were bitter. It was pretty easy to distinguish between those and everyone knows what a dandelion looks like. Over the years I’ve continued to eat a few dandelions when I know that no herbicides have been used in my yard. If times get hard, we all may be foraging for plants in our yard or in the local parks—just be sure that they have not been sprayed. 

Next week we’ll look at some other edible plants we can find right in our backyards or nearby.

 

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