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peace & His word


 

Turn our attention to this day and what is ahead.  Christmas was sweet.  The new year begins in only a few days, and we recognize this year has been full challenges.  Many of us are tired because of all we have been through.  Would you agree?


What we will do to change our minds and direction for the next year, or even the next days?  I believe that is what God gave us His love letter, the word of God for.  It impacts us so that we can impact the world.


God gave the church and His word for the church so we can take His word to the world, and I believe that word is hope and life and strength.  yet all around us is death and dying, pain and problems, struggle and sever weakness.  I am tired of that.  I am ready for an adjustment.


That is why I suggest there are two things that will change us and prepare us to think stronger.  These will allow us to help others find real hope.  First, we have to have hope.  Two things will feed our hope.


That is peace and the Word of God.


Colossians 3:15-16  NLT

And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. 16 Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives.


Paul gives us a theological lesson in His writing, and Paul wrote to that church about a way to put in to practice God’s truth.  This is not a magic formula.  This is the word.  


Remember the word became flesh.  Christmas reminds us of this fact.  But it is not just a fact for Christmas.  John 1:1 and John 1:14 tells us the word was born and lived among us.  His peace and life and word have changed the world.  Let’s see that continues.


May God’s peace fill our hearts and His word fuel our lives.  The coming year allow us to see much greater days.

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