"In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
John 16:33
"Too often the peace of God is thought of as if it were essentially a feeling of inner tranquility, happy and carefree, springing from knowledge that God will shield one from life's hardest knocks. But this is a misrepresentation...The peace of God is first and foremost peace with God. It is the state of affairs in which God, instead of being against us, is for us. God's peace is pardon and acceptance into covenant-that is, adoption into God's family."
J.I. Packer, Knowing God
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