Peace from God
Might the Lord turn his face your direction and flash you his reassuring divine smile -- the smile that fills your life with peace. ~ Numbers 6:26 (ABP)
Then, because you belong to Christ Jesus, God will bless you with peace that no one can completely understand. And this peace will control the way you think and feel. ~ Philippians 4:7 (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
God wants to fill your life with his peace.
PRAYER:
Lord, thank you for your calming presence. I too often allow the chaos of the world a roosting place in my head. Look at me and smile. Drive the sense of chaos, anxiety, and despair out of my life so that your peace controls everything about me. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
