Daily Bread_May 17, 2013

Title: How to Find Contentment in a Troubled World

Text:

Proverbs 19:23 (NLT)
²³ Fear of the LORD leads to life, bringing security and protection from harm.

Observation:

It is comforting to know that those who fear the Lord don't have to fear evil people in the world who seek to harm God's people. In this world we can expect to have trouble.

John 16:33 (ESV)
³³ I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."

The contentment of God's people is in the Lord, and not in the world. The Prince of Peace is our peace.

· There is a place of quiet rest,
Near to the heart of God,
A place where sin cannot molest,
Near to the heart of God.

·         O Jesus, blest Redeemer,
Sent from the heart of God,
Hold us, who wait before Thee,
Near to the heart of God.

Source: http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/375#ixzz2T06yraZz

Prayer:

Father God, Sovereign Lord, I am so grateful that in this world with all of its trouble and turmoil that there is a place of quiet rest; a place where we can find contentment near to the heart of our Savior and our Lord. In Jesus name, Amen.

--

Acts 6:4 (KJV)
⁴ But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

 

My blog: Sharing the Word of God Daily:

 http://herbcotton.blogspot.com/