Peace

[hillbillyhippiechick]

I've wanted to do this thread for some time now but wasn't sure if it was appropriate. I decided it must be according to the verses I'm posting here. It would be cool and groovy if we had some fun with it while sticking to the spirit of peace. Post peace signs, scriptures. You know. Anything about peace. Mostly, HAVE FUN with it. May God bless the love and peace in this forum.


Psalm 122
Praying for the peace of Jerusalem
A song of degrees of David

I was glad when they said unto me,
Let us go into the house of the Lord.
Our feet shall stand within the gates, O Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
wither the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord,
unto the testimony of Israel,
to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.
For there are set thrones of judgement,
the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
they shall prosper that love thee.
Peace be within thy walls,
and prosperity within thy palaces.
For my brethren and companions' sakes,
I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Because of the house of the Lord our God
I will seek thy good.



Peace

 

[hillbillyhippiechick]

 

[hillbillyhippiechick]

 

[hillbillyhippiechick]

Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

1 Peter 5:14

 

[JoynTx]

 

[JoynTx]

 

[hiddenvalleys]

Those are beautiful JoynTx! This could be fun.

 

[JoynTx]

 

[JoynTx]

 

[JoynTx]

Praise God for peace that only comes through knowing Him!

 

[byhisstripes]

Psalm 85:10
Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.

 

[ancientsoul]

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.
1 Peter 1:2

 

[mssurrendered]

It`s Not The Absence Of Problems That Gives Us Peace;it`s God`s Presence With Us In The Problems.

My Daily Devotional Book1

 

[JoynTx]

This thread brought to mind an old hymn we used to sing in church. Maybe some of you know it.

[SIZE=+1]Words:W.D. Cornell[/SIZE] 1889
Music:[SIZE=+1] W. G. Cooper[/SIZE] 1889[SIZE=+1] [/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1][/SIZE]
Wonderful Peace

[SIZE=+1]Far away in the depths of my spirit tonight[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Rolls a melody sweeter than psalm;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]In celestial-like strains it unceasingly falls[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]O�er my soul like an infinite calm.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1][/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Peace, peace, wonderful peace,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Coming down from the Father above![/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]In fathomless billows of love![/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1][/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]What a treasure I have in this wonderful peace,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Buried deep in the heart of my soul,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]So secure that no power can mine it away,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]While the years of eternity roll![/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1][/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Peace, peace, wonderful peace,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Coming down from the Father above![/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]In fathomless billows of love![/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1][/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]I am resting tonight in this wonderful peace,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Resting sweetly in Jesus� control;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]For I'm kept from all danger by night and by day,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]And His glory is flooding my soul![/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1][/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Peace, peace, wonderful peace,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Coming down from the Father above![/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]In fathomless billows of love![/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1][/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]And methinks when I rise to that City of peace,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Where the Author of peace I shall see,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]That one strain of the song which the ransomed will sing[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]In that heavenly kingdom shall be:[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1][/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Peace, peace, wonderful peace,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Coming down from the Father above![/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]In fathomless billows of love![/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1][/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Ah! soul, are you here without comfort and rest,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Marching down the rough pathway of time?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Make Jesus your Friend ere the shadows grow dark;[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]O accept this sweet peace so sublime![/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1][/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Peace, peace, wonderful peace,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Coming down from the Father above![/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Sweep over my spirit forever, I pray[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]In fathomless billows of love![/SIZE]

 

[Deba]

"And Isaac went out to meditate in the fields at eventide" (Gen. 24:63).

We should be better Christians if we were more alone; we should do more if we attempted less, and spent more time in retirement, and quiet waiting upon God.

The world is too much with us; we are afflicted with the idea that we are doing nothing unless we are fussily running to and fro; we do not believe in "the calm retreat, the silent shade." As a people, we are of a very practical turn of mind; "we believe," as someone has said, "in having all our irons in the fire, and consider the time not spent between the anvil and the fire as lost, or much the same as lost."

Yet no time is more profitably spent than that which is set apart for quiet musing, for talking with God, for looking up to Heaven. We cannot have too many of these open spaces in life, hours in which the soul is left accessible to any sweet thought or influence it may please God to send.

"Reverie," it has been said, "is the Sunday of the mind." Let us often in these days give our mind a "Sunday," in which it will do no manner of work but simply lie still, and look upward, and spread itself out before the Lord like Gideon's fleece, to be soaked and moistened with the dews of Heaven.

Let there be intervals when we shall do nothing, think nothing, plan nothing, but just lay ourselves on the green lap of nature and "rest awhile."

Time so spent is not lost time.

"The little cares that fretted me, I lost them yesterday, . . . Out in the fields with God."

Extracted from one of my favorite devotionals http://in.geocities.com/gloryofhiscross/

 

[mssurrendered]

Avoid strife at all costs...............Out of my Joyce Meyer study bible.

The servant of the Lord must be a maker and a maintainer of PEACE(see 2 Timothy 2;23,24)He must not strife.Strife is bickering,arging,heated disagreement,and angry undercurrent.Strife is dangerous and destructive.Strife is like a deadly contagious disease.It spreads rapidly unless it is confronted and stopped.

Strife destroys marriages,friendships,buisnesses and churches;it is a tool that Satan uses to stop the will of God.Strife or contention comes only by pride(see Proverbs 13:10).The servant of the Lord must be willing to humble himself and go the extra mile to maintain PEACE.Paul told the Phillipians they would they would complete his joy if they lived in harmony(see Phillipians 2;2).Paul knew the power believers have if they commit to live in unity and agreement(see Matthew 18:19)We must pursue PEACE,crave it and seek it with all of our heart and soul.Without PEACE we are without power.

Do not get involved in conversations that head towards strife,Avoid controversies over things that really do not even matter and refuse to be involved in gossip and tale bearing,which are ungodly and unnecessary.Do not spread rumors or tell other peoples secrets.These things cause an angry undercurrent and they hinder or eliminate Gods power and blessing.Many homes cannot prosper or be blessed because evertone is in strife.Mom and dad bicker and argue,the siblings argue and resent one another and nobody is happy but the devil.

I want to repeat that strife is very dangerous and that as servants of the Lord we must not be part of it.It is good and pleasant when when brethern dwell together in unity.Unity releases annointing(Gods presence and power)and it is also where God commands the blessings to be released(see Psalm 133)

God instructed Dave and me to stay out of strife when we began our ministry.He showed us that He could not bless us and that we could not succeed if we allowed strife in our marriage home or ministry,We have worked diligently over the years to keep strife out of our lives.It requires wilingness to constantly communicate and confront issues.Strife will not go away if it is ignored,it must be dealt with.I encourage you to ask the Holy Spirit`s help to be a person who avoids strife and restores PEACE everywhere you go.

 

[JoynTx]

 

[Deba]

http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w347/thesandmanstudio/DoveofPeacebluestainedglassmosaiccr.jpg

 

[souldancer]

 

[byhisstripes]

Job 22:21
"Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.