{"id":441,"date":"2018-10-06T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/dear-god-is-peace-possible\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:15:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:15:25","slug":"dear-god-is-peace-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=441","title":{"rendered":"Dear God, Is Peace Possible?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In my quiet and peaceful prayer spot yesterday morning, I prayed for peace in our country. My heart ached as I thought how divided our country is — seemingly louder and noisier than ever before. I saw these words by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman “Civil War in America may be coming if we cannot find a way out of the tribalistic political and cultural fracturing that threatens our future.” I remembered studying American History with my young grandson a couple of months ago. The studies were about the deadly Civil War — the most turbulent, violent years between the North and the South. I thought “Dear God, is peace possible?” <\/p>\n

Oh, but very quickly, to straighten me out like He often does, my loving Father\/Dad\/Papa sent me these words: “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.’ 2 Chronicles 7:14. Notice He said, “If MY people…..” Scrolling through my FB timeline yesterday morning, I saw that one of my Canadian friends’ “shared” a video of a huge prayer meeting that was going on in Washington D.C. on Thursday. God’s people were humbling themselves and praying. <\/p>\n

Judge Kavanaugh will be confirmed to the Supreme Court if a favorable final vote count comes in today. Whatever way it goes, God’s Word gives no room for gloating or pouring “vinegar in a wound” to those who opposed this confirmation. In fact, King Solomon put it this way in Proverbs 25:20-22 “Don’t be like one who takes away a garment on a cold day, or pours vinegar on a wound, or who sings songs to a heavy heart. If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.” <\/p>\n

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God\u2019s Word calls us to defend our faith \u201cwith gentleness and respect\u201d (1 Peter 3:15). We are to \u201chonor everyone\u201d (1 Peter 2:17), whether they honor us or not. We are to \u201cshow no partiality\u201d (James 2:1) as we show the world \u201cbrotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind\u201d (1 Peter 3:8).<\/p>\n

In so doing, we continue the earthly ministry of Jesus. He prayed that we would live in such a way that the world would believe in Him because of us (John 17:21). Then He returned to heaven so his Spirit could bear witness to Him through Christians all over the world (John 15:26-27).<\/p>\n

Our work of loving, giving, serving and living as Christ did should be stronger than ever before. Charles Spurgeon said: \u201cYou have read lives of Christ, beautifully and eloquently written, but the best life of Christ is His living biography, written out in the words and actions of his people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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