Where is Peace?

<table align="center" style="padding: 0px; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><td align="center" valign="bottom" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><img style="width: 100%; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; display: block;" alt="" src="https://img1.daumcdn.net/relay/cafe/original/?fname=https%3A%2F%2Fd626yq9e83zk1.cloudfront.net%2Febread%2F2015%2Fdevoimages%2Fodbdevo_20181025e.jpg" border="0"></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(139, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><td align="center" valign="top" style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><table width="640" align="center" style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134); 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color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 1.5em; font-family: "PT Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300;'><p style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "PT Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'>October 25 <span style="padding: 0px 2px; display: inline-block;">|</span> Bible in a Year: <a name="scriptureref" title="scripture reference verse" style="color: rgb(30, 54, 95); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://links.rbcministries.mkt6605.com/ctt?kn=2&ms=MzY4NTcxOTkS1&r=MTA2NTEwMTI5MDU1S0&b=0&j=MTM4MjMxNTk4NAS2&mt=1&rt=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Jeremiah 6-8;</span> <span style="white-space: nowrap;">1 Timothy 5</span></a> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table width="100%" align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(139, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><td align="center" valign="top" style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><table width="640" align="center" style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><td width="640" style="padding: 0px 5px; color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><table width="630" align="center" style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134);" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><td valign="top" style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><table width="630" align="left" style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134); border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><td align="center" valign="top" style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134); padding-top: 20px;"><table align="center" style="margin: 0px auto; color: rgb(139, 134, 134);" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><td align="left" valign="middle" style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 40px; text-align: center; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 1.5em; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300;'><h1 style='color: rgb(76, 153, 225); line-height: 1.2em; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 1.9em; font-weight: normal; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 20px;'>Where Is Peace?</h1><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 1.2em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 2px;"><em>We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.</em></p><p style="margin: 0px 20px 15px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; font-size: 0.9em;">Romans 5:1</p><p style='background: rgb(76, 153, 225); padding: 8px 10px; border-radius: 28px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: 2px; font-family: "PT Sans", Arial; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; margin-right: auto !important; margin-left: auto !important; max-width: 350px; -webkit-border-radius: 28px; -moz-border-radius: 28px;'><a name="scripturelink" title="scripture reference verse" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: 2px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" href="http://links.rbcministries.mkt6605.com/ctt?kn=6&ms=MzY4NTcxOTkS1&r=MTA2NTEwMTI5MDU1S0&b=0&j=MTM4MjMxNTk4NAS2&mt=1&rt=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">READ <span style="white-space: nowrap;">JEREMIAH 8:8–15</span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" align="center" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(139, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><td align="center" valign="middle" style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><table width="640" align="center" style="margin: 0px; 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padding: 0px; color: rgb(139, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><td align="center" valign="top" style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134); padding-bottom: 20px;"><table width="640" align="center" style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><td width="640" style="padding: 0px 5px; color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><table width="630" align="center" style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134);" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><td valign="top" style="padding: 0px; color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><table width="630" align="left" style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134); border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134);"><td align="center" valign="top" style="color: rgb(139, 134, 134); padding-top: 0px;"><table align="center" style="margin: 0px auto; width: 100%; color: rgb(139, 134, 134);" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><td align="left" valign="middle" style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 1.5em; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 300;'><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px;">“Do you still hope for peace?” a journalist asked Bob Dylan in 1984.</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px;">“There is not going to be any peace,” Dylan replied. His response drew criticism, yet there’s no denying that peace remains ever elusive.</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px;">About 600 years before Christ, most prophets were predicting peace. God’s prophet wasn’t one of them. Jeremiah reminded the people that God had said, “Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people” (Jeremiah 7:23). Yet they repeatedly ignored the Lord and His commands. Their false prophets said, “Peace, peace” (8:11), but Jeremiah predicted disaster. Jerusalem fell in 586 <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">bc</span>.</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Peace is rare. But amid Jeremiah’s book of dire prophecies we discover a God who loves relentlessly. “I have loved you with an everlasting love,” the Lord told His rebellious people. “I will build you up again” (31:3-4).</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px;">God is a God of love and peace. Conflict comes because of our rebellion against Him. Sin destroys the world’s peace and robs each of us of inner peace. Jesus came to this planet to reconcile us to God and give us that inner peace. “Since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,” wrote the apostle Paul (Romans 5:1). His words are among the most hope-filled ever written.</p><p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Whether we live in a combat zone or dwell in a serene neighborhood with nary a whisper of war, Christ invites us into His peace. </p><p style='color: rgb(30, 53, 95); line-height: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 15px; font-family: "PT Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px;'>By <strong>Tim Gustafson</strong></p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 25px 0px 5px;"><div style='background: url("https://d626yq9e83zk1.cloudfront.net/enews/2018/ln27.png") repeat-x 0% bottom; margin: 0px; line-height: 27px; font-size: 1em;'><span style='color: rgb(30, 53, 95); letter-spacing: 2px; font-family: "PT Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;'></span> <div style="text-align: center; line-height: 27px;"><span style='color: rgb(30, 53, 95); letter-spacing: 2px; font-family: "PT Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;'><span style='padding: 0px 10px; letter-spacing: 2px; font-family: "PT Sans", Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);'>REFLECT & PRAY</span> </span> </div></div></div></td></tr><tr style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><td align="left" valign="middle" style='margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 1.5em; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 300;'><p style="margin: 6px 0px 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.5em; padding-bottom: 15px; font-weight: bold;">God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. C. S. Lewis</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p>