{"id":16169,"date":"2013-12-10T00:30:06","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T06:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=16169"},"modified":"2013-12-09T22:26:45","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T04:26:45","slug":"prince-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/10\/prince-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince of Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Each week during the season of Advent, our blogs will focus on a central theme which is associated with the coming of Christ\u2014His Advent. \u00a0This week\u2019s theme is\u00a0PEACE<\/em><\/span>. Christians throughout the world celebrate Advent. Some light candles or sing songs; some give gifts or \u00a0hang\u00a0wreaths. \u00a0All of these are simple joyous\u00a0ways of extending the celebration\u00a0of Jesus\u2019s coming beyond a mere 24 hours on\u00a0December 25.\u00a0Our prayer is that these devotionals\u00a0throughout\u00a0this season of Advent would help you to celebrate His first Coming and anticipate with HOPE and joy His second Coming.<\/h4>\n

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For a child is born to us…
\nAnd he will be called: Wonderful Counselor,
\nMighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
\nIsaiah 9:6b<\/p>\n

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Prince of Peace<\/em><\/strong><\/span>. Often times the Lord’s many names don’t mean much to us until we have experienced them personally–that’s never been the case with this<\/em> name. \u00a0I’ve always favored Prince of Peace.<\/em>\u00a0 Don’t get me wrong, I like all of His names, but peace just sounds so calm.\u00a0 The Lord’s peace is like no pill you could ever be prescribed.\u00a0 It’s like no goose egg you could ever accumulate. It’s like no budget or plan you could conceive.\u00a0 Philippians 4:7 best describes this peace, “…Then you will experience God\u2019s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.”<\/p>\n

I always wondered how a person could have peace when they didn’t understand their circumstances… until I experienced this peace for myself. \u00a0I’m the type of person who needs to know all the details and<\/strong> I need to know what all my options are and<\/strong> then I maul over (a fancy way of saying worry!<\/em>) the problem until its over!\u00a0 Then, and only then, do I have peace.<\/p>\n

The day I was informed that my cousin was murdered was the day I understood Philippians 4:7.\u00a0\u00a0I mean, what kind of plan do you make for that? What kind of options do you have?<\/p>\n

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
\nwill guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.<\/p>\n

Since then I have leaned into\u00a0a Lord Who promised, “I am leaving you with a gift\u2014peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. \u00a0So don\u2019t be troubled or afraid” \u00a0(John 14:27).<\/p>\n

And a God Who says He “will keep in perfect peace all who trust in [Him], all whose thoughts are fixed on [Him]!” (Isaiah 26:3).<\/p>\n

Do I understand this tragic situation? \u00a0Not a chance.\u00a0 Do I have the Prince of Peace’s peace? Absolutely<\/strong>.\u00a0 And it’s something I grasp for each day.\u00a0 I grasp and hold tight to my Savior who, being God, saw it fit to come to Earth, lay in a manger, and die on a cross.\u00a0 The Prince of Peace.<\/p>\n

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Lord, I am thankful that You knew one day I would need Your peace.\u00a0 Your peace that penetrates all circumstances.\u00a0 You are amazing and gracious.\u00a0 Thank You.\u00a0 In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each week during the season of Advent, our blogs will focus on a central theme which is associated with the coming of Christ\u2014His Advent. \u00a0This week\u2019s theme is\u00a0PEACE. Christians throughout the world celebrate Advent. Some light candles or sing songs; some give gifts or \u00a0hang\u00a0wreaths. \u00a0All of these are simple joyous\u00a0ways of extending the celebration\u00a0of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":13840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3020],"tags":[4651,3146,3173,1287,425,4732,560,746,4759,1673,4758,3174,4760],"class_list":["post-16169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotions","tag-advent","tag-ahmee-bronaugh","tag-daily-devotional","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-isaiah-96","tag-john-1427","tag-peace","tag-peace-that-passes-our-understanding","tag-philippians-46-7","tag-prince-of-peace","tag-seeking-him-devotional","tag-week-two","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SeekingHimLogo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-4cN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16169"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16172,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16169\/revisions\/16172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}