Finding Genuine Peace Today

Jesus Christ is guiding truth-hungry people along the way that leads  to everlasting life in an earthly paradise. As he guides them to the pure worship of God, they experience peace similar to that described  in the Bible:  "My people must dwell in a peaceful abiding place and in residences of full confidences and in  undisturbed resting places."  (Isaiah 32:18) And that is only a foretaste of the peace that they will enjoy in the future.  We read:  "The meek ones themselves will possess the earth, and they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance  of peace.  The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and they will reside forever upon it." -Psalm 37:11, 29.

So can we have inner peace today?  Yes, moreover, we can be sure that in the near future , God will bless obedient mankind with peace as never before.  Why not, then, ask him in prayer to give you his peace?  If you have problems that rob you of peace, pray in the way that King David prayed:  "Distresses of my heart have multiplied from the stresses upon me o bring me out. See my affliction and my trouble, and pardon all my sins."  (Psalm 25:17, 18)  Be assured that God listens to such prayers.  He stretches out his hand and grants peace to all who seek it in sincerity of heart.  We are lovingly assured:  "Jehovah is near to all those who call upon him in trueness.  The desire of those fearing him he will perform, and their cry for help he will hear, and he will save them." -Psalms 145:18, 19.


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