Blessed Are The Peacemakers

June 3

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." Matthew 5:9

"And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace." (Jeremiah 29:7)


“The principle involved in Jeremiah 29:7 would suggest to all of us who are the Lord's strangers and foreigners that we should be desirous to promote the peace and prosperity of the people among whom we dwell.

“Specially should our nation and our city be blest by our constant intercession. An earnest prayer for your country and other countries is well becoming in the mouth of every believer.

“Eagerly let us pray for the great boon of peace, both at home and abroad, for if strife should cause bloodshed in out streets, or if foreign battle should slay our brave soldiers, we should all bewail the calamity." Charles Spurgeon


May we be among the peacemakers who pray for the serenity of our own homes and our own spirits as well as for the "peace of God that passes understanding to keep our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus," according to Philippians 4:6-9.

May we pray for that perfect peace to extend to every soul that receives Christ as Savior and Lord; may we pray that the message of salvation will permeate the hearts and minds of everyone who hears it so His peace can become their portion.

May we be like St. Francis of Assisi who prayed, "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

“O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen”.

Jesus loves you, dear reader, and He longs to receive you one day to glory. I pray that chiefest among His gifts to you—until that great halleluiah morning arises in your life—may be joy, strength, health, wholeness, light, truth, hope, understanding, love and absolute peace.