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LIVE IN PEACE

















S.E.E.D. For Today___Peace

Scripture "Live in peace with each other." Romans 12:9-18 New Century Version

"Your love must be real. Hate what is evil and hold on to what is good. Love each other like brothers and sisters. Give each other more honor than you want for yourselves. Be patient when trouble comes, and pray at all times. Wish good for those who harm you, wish them well and do not curse them. Be happy with those who are happy and sad with those who are sad. Do your best to live in peace with everyone." The Gospel calls us to pursue the virtues of peace and love, both for Christians and those who oppose the gospel. Our lives are to demonstrate what Christ looks like. Along the journey of life we have lost the ability to cherish one another. We are not to compete with one another but to promote one another. Give up our big talk about ourselves and put our focus on some one else.  We are accountable to obey the Words of God.

Example Peace is the freedom from disturbance, from the cessation of war or violence. Order, harmony, ease, non-violence, one accord, stability of mind.

Exercise Romans 12:1-18 Journal and Talk to God. I Peter 2:17 "Show proper respect to everyone." This is our daily exercise. In your home, on your job, in your community, to your neighbor, it is the formula for peace. Keep on loving each other and show the world this is about the common good of all mankind. We must rise up and crush evil with Love.

Devotion Lord I pray today for Peace. That we walk in brotherly love not with selfish ambitions but to care for one another, the stranger and those who are in need. Teach us to rejoice with one another and teach us to mourn when others mourn. We have become a dog-eat-dog type of world, every man for himself but you have given us the command to be a sacrifice. I pray to live in that command in Jesus Name Amen.

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