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OUR DAILY BREAD                      Friday, Nov. 11, 1994
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READ:  John 14:25-31


                 "WHERE'S THE PEACE?"

          "My peace I give to you; not as the
             world gives do I give to you."

                    - John 14:27

More than 45 years ago, my father was wounded while
fighting in World War II, a conflict that claimed
at least 35 million lives.  Millions of other people
around the world carry with them the lifelong, tragic
consequences of international conflict.

Each family that remembers a lost son or daughter,
the casualty of war, and each veteran who must live
with the physical and emotional scars of battle is
a testament to mankind's failure to achieve a lasting
peace on earth (Lk. 2:14).  What went wrong?  Why are
we still seeing bombings and shootings and destruction
of nations?

The men and women who fought for their country are to
be honored with gratitude.  We must also remember that
any peace secured by guns can never be permanent.  That
can only come when the Prince of Peace rules the nations.
But He must be enthroned in our heart now.  He brings us
an inner peace that comes from trust in God through
Christ.  It is a peace with God -- something that even
those who have faced the terrors of war can experience.

One day when Christ returns, there will be worldwide
peace.  But for now, peace on earth comes to one person
at a time.  Do you have that peace?

    -- J. David Branon

 Oh, the peace I find in Jesus,
 Peace no power on earth can shake,
 Peace that makes the Lord so precious,
 Peace that none from me can take.

    -- Beck

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*        THOUGHT FOR THE DAY        *
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*  True peace is not the absence of *
*    war but the presence of God.   *
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* THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Acts 3-5  *
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