Great Peace

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Great Peace
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.”
(Psalm 119:165, NIV)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria

God not only wants to give you peace, He wants to give you great peace! When you love His law, nothing can make you stumble, and you will have great peace!

Great peace gives you joy when it doesn’t make sense for you to be happy. It’s peace that passes understanding. Great peace keeps you stable and strong no matter what may come against you. When you focus your attention on God’s Word and discipline yourself in the scriptures, you will hunger for more of Him. That love for His law will naturally develop. His Word will direct your path. His Word will protect you. You can always find security in His Word. Today, choose to put His Word first and have the great peace and blessing God has in store for you!
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word that gives me peace. I choose to focus on Your Word today so that You can protect me and guide me. I give You praise today for working in my life in Jesus’ name. Amen.

[MajestyJo]

Found it ironic, all the verses I read earlier about joy said to enjoy your sweet wine and food, and yet they turn around and say, "...don't be tempted by temptation and that drinking is a sin."

I loved my white wine, red gave me a head ache. When I drank wine, I got into my most trouble. Generally, more wasn't enough and I switched to rye and coca-cola.

How can we serve the Devil and God too. I knew growing up that what I was doing was against everything that my church taught. Don't drink, don't smoke, don't dance, etc. to be aware where these things will take you. I ignored it of course, but in the long run, to know peace and meet up with God, I had to give up all drugs including cigarettes, although it took me 7 years in recovery to be willing to give them up. They gave me the most guilt. When I quit smoking, I went to church, had communion to make an amend to God. Left the church and haven't been back, knowing I could, but so much of the love is conditional, and I found my God in the rooms of recovery. It is the God there, that allowed me to find peace and serenity. All my life I lived in fear, fear that I was going to be struck down at any time, and as my disease increased, so did my fear.

Philippians 4:7King James Version (KJV)
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

My God may have understood while I was using, but that didn't make it right. It seemed right in the moment, but I always knew it wasn't my God's Will for me. I just knew that I couldn't serve God and use drug and alcohol and the same time. Alcohol and drugs closed God off, erected barriers, and I couldn't hear Him for the sound of my own voice or the voice of my addiction.