Fret-Free Friday: The Enemy of Peace Has Been Defeated

Fret-Free Friday: The Enemy of Peace Has Been Defeated
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Your biggest enemy against peace isn't finances, pressures of life, difficulties, or circumstances of any sort. Your biggest enemy of peace is the devil. He wants to keep you off balance, uncertain, insecure, and troubled about anything and everything that is happening to you or going on around you.

Before you knew Christ, the devil told you there was no hope for you. When you heart the gospel, the devil told you that God couldn't be trusted. When you put your trust in the Lord, the devil told you that you didn't trust God enough. The devil's plan is simple: He wants to keep you from the truth by tempting you to believe a lie. Lies are thieves that come to steal away the peace of God.

God's will is to keep you in perfect peace. Always stay on God's side, and always stay in God's truth. Knowing and believing God's truth empowers you to resist, reject, and refuse to listen to your biggest enemy of peace—the devil.

Keep your mind clear, and be alert. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion as he looks for someone to devour. Be firm in the faith and resist him (1 Peter 5:8-9 GW).

Hear His Voice
Jesus said that He is the good shepherd, and His sheep hear His voice (John 10:11, 14, 16). Here are two ways to tell His voice from the voice of the enemy:

• Jesus doesn't nag, confuse, tease, mock, bully, torment, belittle, degrade, discourage, destroy, harass, or falsify.
• Jesus frees, heals, releases, renews, restores, reassured, encourages, comforts, upholds, assures, affirms, edifies, and gives life.

The sheep follow [the Shepherd] because they recognize his voice. They won't follow a stranger. Instead, they will run away from a stranger because they don't recognize his voice (John 10:4-5 GW).

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Part 14: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 14: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being. Ephesians 3:16

Walking in Rest!
God wants to be glorified through all you do. He wants you to approach each task resting in the strength of His Spirit. He wants you to enjoy inward harmony as well as outward productivity. Trust Him to bless the work of your hands and to be the reward of your labors. Your efforts will never go unnoticed...your expectations will not be cut off...nothing you do "as unto Him" will be wasted.

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My Monday Prayer: A Servant’s Prayer

My Monday Prayer: A Servant’s Prayer
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Lord, may each step I take leave a reflection of Your glory, an imprint of Your love, a fragrance of Your presence.

Extend through me Your mercies and may my attitudes be a mirror of Your heart. Thank you, Lord, for the privilege I have to be Your child, to be set apart for Your plans, to be called according to Your purposes, and to be used as an instrument of Your will.

Bring through my hands, Your touch;
Bring through my voice, Your words;
Bring through my heart, Your love.
So allow me to touch, to speak, and to care.

I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much fruit. John 15:5 AMP

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Fret-Free Friday: Not Forgotten

Fret-Free Friday: Not Forgotten
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

How much of your cares and concerns can you cast on the Lord? All of it! All worry, all anxiety, all concerns, all burdens. Do it once and for all, and then get out of the worrying business. Envision hanging a banner over your heart that reads, "Under the Management of the Prince of Peace!"

Be at peace. God has not forgotten you!

Sing, O heavens!
Be joyful, O earth!
And break out in singing, O mountains!
For the LORD has comforted His people,
and will have mercy on His afflicted.
But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me,
and my Lord has forgotten me."
Can a woman forget her nursing child,
And not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Surely they may forget,
Yet I will not forget you.
See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your walls are continually before Me.
Isaiah 49:13-16
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Part 13: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!

Part 13: Knowing His Best...Walking in Rest!
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

Knowing His Best...
But godliness with contentment is great gain. -1 Timothy 6:6

Walking in Rest!
Contentment is satisfaction with the place God has you at the present.

It is freedom from covetousness and from the feeling of having to have "a little bit more" in order to be happy. It delivers from greed and from the stress that comes in trying to lay up  treasures on earth. Contentment says that God has been good to me...that He will not fail me...that He knows what is best. A contented life has learned to go without instead of going into debt...has learned to wait for God's time instead of moving in haste....has learned to hold all things with an open hand instead of a clenched fist. Contentment seeks His kingdom first and trusts God to add all that is needed.

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