And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. Colossians 3:14‭-‬15 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/col.3.14-15.KJV

Day 28 of 30 day devotional.

The peace of Christ is synonymous with His very nature, and the working of that peace was exhibited in Our Lord’s earthly life. It is the God of peace Who sanctifies wholly. The gift of the peace of Christ on the inside; the garrison of God on the outside, then I have to see that I allow the peace of God to regulate all that I do, that is where my responsibility comes in—“let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts.”

One of the things which we need to be cured of by the God of peace is the petulant struggle of doing things for ourselves. Has the God of peace brought you into a calm, or is there a clamor and a struggle still? Are you still hanging on to some obstinate conviction of your own?—still struggling with some particular line of things you want.

Reflection Questions: What does it mean to allow peace to rule my heart? What is the difference between staying calm and living in peace? What is the difference between calmness and peace?

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/rom.8.28.KJV

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/rom.8.28.KJV

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 1 Peter 5:8‭-‬9 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/1pe.5.8-9.KJV

Day 27 of 30 day devotional.

Satan is never represented in the Bible as being guilty of doing wrong things: he is a wrong being. Men are responsible for doing wrong things, and they do wrong things because of the wrong disposition in them. The moral cunning of our nature makes us blame Satan when we know perfectly well we should blame ourselves; the true blame for sins lies in the wrong disposition in us. 

In all probability Satan is as much upset as the Holy Ghost is when men fall in external sin, but for a different reason. When men go into external sin and upset their lives, Satan knows perfectly well that they will want another Ruler, a Savior and Deliverer; as long as Satan can keep men in peace and unity and harmony apart from God, he will do so (see Luke 11:21-22).

Reflection Questions: Who do I blame for my sin? What does Satan gain if I lead an upright and moral life? What does he lose if I mess up so badly that I recognize my need for peace apart from my own efforts?

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22‭-‬23 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/lam.3.22-23.KJV

Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. Revelation 3:17‭-‬18 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/rev.3.17-18.KJV

Day 26 of 30 day devotional.

We preach to men as if they were conscious of being dying sinners, but they are not. They are having a good time, and all our talk about the need to be born again is from a domain they know nothing about; because some men try to drown unhappiness in worldly pleasures it does not follow all are like that. There is nothing attractive about the Gospel to the natural man; the only man who finds the Gospel attractive is the man who is convicted of sin. 

Apart from a knowledge of Jesus Christ, and apart from being crumpled up by conviction of sin, men have a disposition which keeps them perfectly happy and peaceful. Conviction of sin is produced by the incoming of the Holy Spirit because conscience is promptly made to look at God’s demands.

For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. Jeremiah 31:25 KJV https://bible.com/bible/1/jer.31.25.KJV