Day 12: Peace with God
“and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in hea...
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<p>In its simplest form, a “covenant” is an agreement to do or to not do something. Covenants are unconditional promises found in contracts. When God made a covenant with Noah not to destroy the earth by flood again (Gen 9:11), He tokenised this covenant with the rainbow. God's covenant with Noah and the earth was a covenant of grace because the performance of that covenant by God is not dependent on how well Noah behaved.</p>
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<p>In Is 54:7-10, God made a covenant of peace with Jesus which we can appropriate. It is a covenant of grace where God has promised not to be angry with us or rebuke us. This is the covenant of shalom that God has made with us, His people. God’s covenant promise is that His shalom (“peace, prosperity, success, wholeness, and well-being”) will be our portion all our days on the earth.</p>
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<p>Get this: God is never angry with you. He’s not disappointed in you. He sees you as you were meant to be and He doesn’t hold anything against you. Here are the affirmations based on the Covenant of Peace as per Is 54:7-10:</p>
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<p>God will never forsake me.<br>God will never hide His face from me.<br>God will always be kind to me.<br>God will never be angry with me.<br>God will never rebuke me.<br>God will always love me<br>God's covenant of shalom is always with me.<br>God is always merciful to me<br>Halleluyah</p>
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