FEAST OF SAINT CLARE OF ASSISI -11th AUGUST
August 11, 2023
FEAST OF SAINT JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL, RELIGIOUS – 12th AUGUST
August 12, 2023
THE 11TH OF AUGUST
THERE IS PEACE IN OBEYING GOD
Great peace have those who love Your law, and nothing causes them to stumble. Lord, I hope for Your salvation, and I do Your commandments. – Psalms 119:165-166
Submission to God’s Word brings true peace. God gave us His Law, for our benefit and not to be a harsh Father. Only when we obey His will, do we not sin keeping our peace and sparing ourselves much pain and suffering. As Moses wrote in Deuteronomy 4:40 “you shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children…” For things to go right and us to prosper in life, we need to follow God’s instructions.
Sin steals our peace and joy, but when we love God’s Law, we know it is best for us and we love to obey it. While we live in obedience to God’s Word, we do not give the devil the right to hurt us, because we have no unforgiven sin to condemn us. Because we live right, loving, and obeying God, and because we are under the New Covenant, which is better than the Old Covenant, we have our sins forgiven and washed away by Jesus’ blood. All of us who die in Christ are saved and will make it to heaven.
SUGGESTED PRAYER
Father God, thank You for Your Word that teaches us how to live right. Submitting to Your instructions brings me great peace and comfort, because I know that I am protected and secure in You and nothing can snatch me out of Your hand. I am in the safest place, and I can have Your peace, that surpasses all understanding and nothing can condemn me. Please help me love and obey You all my life, so that my salvation to be secured. In the Name of Jesus I pray. Amen
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