{"id":1763,"date":"2025-06-21T00:08:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T07:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2025-06-19T21:15:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T04:15:51","slug":"may-21praise-pause-day-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/may-21praise-pause-day-21\/","title":{"rendered":"June 21–Praise Pause–Our Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Praise His Name: OUR PEACE<\/strong>
\nFor He Himself is our Peace…<\/em> Ephesians 2:14 (NKJV)<\/p>\n

Today’s Thought:<\/strong>
\nJesus brought peace to mankind by reconciling us to God and also by uniting Jew and Gentile as one.
\nHe brought freedom, harmony, order, and serenity into all believers lives. He is not only a Peacemaker, but He Himself is Our Peace.
\nAt His birth the angels announced that Peace had come to earth for all men, (Luke 2:14)
\nSo, let’s pause to praise Him today for being Our Peace.<\/p>\n

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ<\/em>, Romans 5:1 (NKJV)<\/p>\n

Today’s Praise Pause:<\/strong>
\nDear Lord, I am so glad You are my Peace. You have brought reconciliation, restoration and unity into my life.
\nYou are the One who gives me security, and serenity. You are the One who brings harmony and order into my days.
\nBecause of You, I have freedom from things that might cause me to worry because I can give them to You and be set free to live in Your Peace, which surpasses all understanding.
\nI thank You and praise You every day for being my Peace!<\/p>\n

\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Praise His Name: OUR PEACE For He Himself is our Peace… Ephesians 2:14 (NKJV) Today’s Thought: Jesus brought peace to mankind by reconciling us to God and also by uniting Jew and Gentile as one. He brought freedom, harmony, order, and serenity into all believers lives. He is not only a Peacemaker, but He Himself…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2756],"tags":[1195,201,2855,215,430,3305,214,2858,2859,429,1400,2757,2856,2857,1397,30,32,47],"class_list":["post-1763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-praise-pause","tag-born-again","tag-daily-devotional","tag-ephesians-214","tag-faith","tag-harmony","tag-june-2025","tag-justified","tag-new-life","tag-order","tag-peace","tag-peace-that-passes-all-understanding","tag-praise-pause","tag-reconciliation","tag-restoration","tag-romans-51","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you","tag-unity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/PP-21-PEACE.jpg?fit=1110%2C966&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1701,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/september-3-praise-pause-day-3-author\/","url_meta":{"origin":1763,"position":0},"title":"June 3–Praise Pause–AUTHOR","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"June 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Praise His Name: AUTHOR \"...the Author of eternal salvation...\" Hebrews 5:9 (NKJV) \"...the Author and finisher of our faith...\" Hebrews 12:2 (NKJV) Today's Thought: God is the Author of our faith, peace and eternal salvation. 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