"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

And the PEACE of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Phil 4:6,7

I praise you, Lord Jesus, for what you have done in your great Love, Wisdom and Faithfulness, making peace possible.

In your passion you have provided for all people a passage from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of Light. You have thereby made peace available to all by sacrificing yourself.

Without you, Lord Jesus, there can be no peace. Without trusting you there can be no rest.

What a wonder You are! Loving your enemies so much that you provided them peace at great personal cost.

And in your wisdom you made us responsible for taking up and enjoying that peace through trust and obedience.

So now we can have peace,

first with you, Heavenly Father, through the Lord Jesus Christ, by confessing our sins, receiving forgiveness and surrendering to you as our Lord.

Then we can have peace within when we forgive ourselves as you have forgiven us.

After that we can have peace with others by forgiving them as you have forgiven us, and by asking for forgiveness when we commit an offence against them.

The outcome is the release of grace from above, bringing peace within and the flow of peace without, to those around us.

Help us to practice Phillipians 4:67, and to live in, nurture and share the gift of peace with all around us.