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Peace, Perfect Peace

Evelyn Griffin is a retired pastor’s wife. She and her pastor-husband have four children and 14 grandchildren.

WHO COULD POSSIBLY DO more for our mental health and peace of mind than our faithful, loving God and our compassionate Redeemer? God’s Word is full of beautiful promises to us . . . and God always keeps His promises! Would you like to commit to memory some of them for encouragement and peace, now and in the future?


“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isaiah 26:3).


“For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs” (Zephaniah 3:17, NLT).


“Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. . . . The Lord is good to those who depend on Him, to those who search for Him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord” (Lamentations 3:23-26, NLT).


“May the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. God will make this happen, for he who calls you is faithful” (1 Thessalonians 5:23, 24, NLT).


“I am with you, and I will take care of you. I, the Lord, have spoken!” (Jeremiah 1:19, NLT).


“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you” (Deuteronomy 31:6, NLT).

“For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:11, 12, KJV).


“The Lord says, ‘I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name. When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation’” (Psalm 91:14-16, NLT).


“For God has said, ‘I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.’ So we can say with confidence, ‘The Lord is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?’” (Hebrews 13:5, 6, NLT).


“I am the Lord, the God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me?” (Jeremiah 32:27, NLT).


“The Lord will deliver me from every evil attack and will bring me safely into his heavenly Kingdom. All glory to God forever and ever!” (2 Timothy 4:18, NLT).


“Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice! Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon. Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand” (Philippians 4:4-7, NLT).


“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (John 16:33).