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GRACE AND PEACE

Text: Philippians 1:2

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

"... *Grace* to you and *peace* from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." (Romans 1:7).

 *Grace* be unto you, and *peace* , from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 1:3).

 *Grace* be to you and *peace* from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.(2 Corinthians 1:2).

Over 18 verses of Pauline's epistles prayerfully greeted the saints and believers with grace and peace. Apostle Paul was quite deliberate about this.

This prayer of God's grace and peace upon your life actually means God's  presence over your life. There is no place on earth where you can find grace and peace except in God. 

Jesus Christ once said that " *Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you...." (John 14:27).* 

While the world can  offer you favour and Peace, God's unmerited Favour (grace) and Peace are nothing to be compared to that of the world.

The only reason the believers in the first century were able to gladly pass through persecutions without caving in was because of the grace and peace of God upon their lives.

The moment you know that you are under God's unmerited Favour, then whatever situation you find yourself, you will simply be at peace. 

What really made it possible for Paul and Silas to be singing while in prison was because of their knowledge of the grace and peace of God   in their lives. (Acts 16:25).

Apostle Paul was never afraid of being killed in Jerusalem because God's grace and peace was upon him in abundant measure.

Though the Holy Ghost Himself spoke through prophet Agabus about the ordeal that is awaiting Paul in Jerusalem, the believers pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem, but his response showed that he was a man full of grace and peace. 

Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." (Acts 21:13).

This is simply grace and peace at work. 

May you always be at peace always even while being confronted with a challenging situation.

May you always be assured that you are under God's Favour.

May you always be conscious of God's presence that is with you in Jesus name 

May you not frustrate  God's grace that is at work in you and over your life in Jesus name.

May the grace and peace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ be upon you. (Amen).

*BIBLE READING* : 

 Acts 21: 5-14.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

Father, cause your grace and peace to always multiply in my life in Jesus name.

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