PSALM 147:14 (MSG)
God keeps the peace at your borders,
he puts the best bread on your tables.
MATTHEW 5:9 (MSG)
You’re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That’s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s family.
THE ESSENCE
God and his true children prioritize peacemaking.
DAILY FODDER
How do you make peace in a situation (or a world) where people with power thrive because they are unfair to others? What does peacemaking look like in those situations?
PRAYER
Great and all-wise Heavenly Father, I thank you for allowing me to live through another year. I confess that 2025 was hard because I allowed the injustices of the world to unsettle me. I pray that as we enter a new year you would show me which issues you want me to address and how to do it while maintaining the peace of Christ in my life. I want to be a more fruitful peacemaker in this coming year. Amen.
THE LORD’S PRAYER (ABP)
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Our Father in Heaven,
we hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening in heaven.
Give us enough food for today.
Forgive us our wrongdoing,
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
