<p><span class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold">For Reading and Meditation:</span><br><span class="italic">     <span class="scriptRef" ref="ro+5:1-11">Romans 5:1-11</span></span></p><p>We have come now to the seventh positive attitude that makes for good spiritual and mental health: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God"  (<span class="scriptRef" ref="mt+5:9">Matthew 5:9</span>). This Beatitude seems to have a special relevance to the age through which we are passing, for if there is one thing the world needs at this moment, it is peacemakers. Our generation has never known peace worldwide. One authority says: "During most of our recent history the air has been filled with rumblings of pending war until today, at the so-called peak of scientific enlightenment, the menace of a global conflict threatens our atomic age with suicide." The uncertainty caused by being on the brink of nuclear confrontation, despite the end of the cold war between the East and West, has taken its toll on people of all nations, spiritually and psychologically. Studies show that living in a generation which has the power to annihilate itself in global destruction has a crippling effect upon the minds of thousands, if not millions of people. There was never a time when peacemakers were as important as they are now. And more and more are standing up to be counted on the side of peace. The peace organisations report increasing memberships and their attempts to alert the world to the need for international treaties continues to gain the attention of every section of the media. Yet how strange that most of those who are so concerned for peace between nations fail to see the need for peace between themselves and their Creator. The solemn truth is that no man or woman can become a peacemaker - at least in the biblical sense of the word - until they have found peace within their innermost being. </p><p class="center-it italic bold mlr40 mtb20">O my Father, help people to come to the realisation that before they can enjoy the peace of God, they must first enjoy peace with God. In Jesus' Name. Amen.</p><div class="tl-lightgrey mt20 pt20 flexbox-row-wrap jc-around"><div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">AdditionalVerses</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="ro+12:9-18">Romans 12:9-18</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="ro+14:19">Romans 14:19</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="pr+12:20">Proverbs 12:20</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="mr+9:50">Mark 9:50</span></li></ul></div>

<div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">Questions to Consider</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li>What are we to do?</li><li>Are you a peacemaker?</li></ul></div></div>

Let a little light into your soul every day with this wonderful devotional from English pastor Selwyn Hughes.

Every Day Light with Selwyn Hughes

"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." (v. 1)

<p> <sup class="verse-number">19</sup> Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.</p>

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

Romans 14:19

 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

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Apocrypha: Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate.

Romans 14:19 KJV

Romans 14:19 KJV

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