He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. He will easily be content and pacified, whose conscience is pure. You are not holier if you are praised, nor the more worthless if you are found fault with. What you are, that you are; neither by word can you be made greater than what you are in the sight of God.
Peace
Katherine Walden
John 14:1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God believe also in me.” In seasons of uncertainty and turmoil, we are being asked to make a deliberate decision. We are being asked to not allow our hearts to be troubled. The only way I know how to do that is to spend copious amounts of time with God so I can walk through hard times from a place of peace… and that peace will impact those directly around me. It starts with me.
Thomas Watson
If God be our God, He will give us peace in trouble. When there is a storm without, He will make peace within. The world can create trouble in peace, but God can create peace in trouble.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
April 17, 2020
Referring to Philippians 4:7 “His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.”
It conjures up a picture. What will happen is that this peace of God will walk round the ramparts and towers of our life. We are inside, and the activities of the heart and mind are producing those stresses and anxieties and strains from the outside. But the peace of God will keep them all out and we ourselves inside will be at perfect peace.
Watchman Nee
March 30, 2020
An unpeaceful mind cannot operate normally. Hence the Apostle teaches us to “have no anxiety about anything” (Phil. 4:6). Deliver all anxious thoughts to God as soon as they arise. Let the peace of God maintain your heart and mind.
Francois Fenelon
February 10, 2020
If there be anything that is capable of setting the soul in a large place it is absolute abandonment to God. It diffuses in the soul a peace that flows like a river and the righteousness which is as the waves of the sea.
Gloria Gaither
There may be no trumpet sound or loud applause when we make a right decision, just a calm sense of resolution and peace.
A W Tozer
God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which he must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves.
Ed Stetzer
Jesus’ rest frees us from looking to identity as our savior. As Christians, we have a new identity, rooted in him and his work. The gospel guides what we shape our identity around, so we can freely lay down our rights, our thoughts, and our opinions of ourselves at Jesus’ feet, knowing that he will mold and shape us as a potter does clay. He gives us a new identity that is secured and satisfied in his work on our behalf.
Rev. Richard J. Fairchild
Eternal God, this holy night is radiant with the brilliance of your one true light. May that light illuminate our hearts and shine in our words and deeds. May the hope, the peace, the joy, and the love represented by the birth in Bethlehem this night fill our lives and become part of all that we say and do. May we share the divine life of your son Jesus Christ, even as he humbled himself to share our humanity. Amen.