Tuesday July 22, 2025 - Prince of Peace

 Chapter 8: Prince of Peace Day 3

Praying the Name:

John 20:19-20 - On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.

John 20:26-27 - A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”

Colossians 3:12-15 - Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

Father, 

    I come to praise You for being our source of peace and that we do not have to worry about what we will eat, or what we will wear. We can have peace that You are taking care of us and that You will be with us daily in our needs and even some wants. 

    Thank You for being that peace, for coming and living here, dying and raising again so that we know where we are going and can have peace. Thank You for the fact that we have You to watch over our lives and bless us greatly. 

    I confess to You that I cannot forgive myself for what I have been and done. I was such a sinner and not living for You in my youth even though I claimed it. Help me to make up for those failures and if there is anyone that I need to forgive that I have not done so please help me to know and forgive. 

    Please help me to live in peace with others, I know staying home is enough peace and others for me, I do not want others in my life because I am not worthy of friends with my bipolar, I am not good friend material. I need to be at peace here and just witness and love the girls You give me. 

    Thank You Father for answering and loving us. 

In Jesus Name, 

    Amen 


    Not that I want to meddle with the traditional phrase "Peace be with You" which comes straight from the Bible and is still the typical greeting in modern Israel.  Like the Jews of Jesus's day, modern Israelis often greet others with the words Shalom Aleichem. t

    The gospels record Jesus using this ordinary greeting but under extraordinary circumstances Shalom Aleichem 'Peace upon You' were the first words He spoke to startled disciples cowering behind locked doors after His crucifixion. Instead of rebuking them for abandoned and betraying Him when He was arrested, He blessed them with Shalom, A week later He invited Thomas the doubting disciple to touch His wounds, to probe the separated flesh in His hands and side so He too could believe that Jesus had risen from the dead. 

    Indeed, it is the wounds of Christ that brings us peace, this may sound like poetry until you begin to picture just how hideous the crucifixion was a naked man nailed to a set of cross beams, and then slowly tortured to death in full view of the public. Jesus hung on the cross for three hours, making Himself a target of God's wrath. of all the pettiness, self-righteousness, bickering, meanness, anger, gossip, gluttony, greed, jealousy, lies, drunkenness, child abuse, infidelity, lust, rape, murder, and destruction that we humans have wreaked upon the world. 

The cross was our punishment, the payback for our sins. but Christ loving us and being unwilling to let us suffer a punishment we could not survive. Transformed an instrument of torture into one of victory. Through it He both upheld God's justice and healed our relationship with the Holy God. 

No matter what we have done, how agitated or frantic we feel or how chaotic life has become, Christ says to us today Shalom Aleichem Peace upon you, peace be with you and your relationship with God. with others and with yourself. May His peace settle into your soul and rule in your heart, may it become the loom on which your life is woven clothing you with His compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 

Repent of what you have done wrong forgive as you have been forgiven and let the one called the Prince of peace rule in your heart. 




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