Jesus’s Sword

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.”
-Matthew 10:34

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What does Jesus mean when he says he came to bring a “sword”?

What Jesus is referring to is words. He is referring to the Word of God.

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“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
-Ephesians 6:17

“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
-Hebrews 4:12

One Day

One day of the week you can sing & shout,

One day of the week you can cry & pout.

One day of the week feel the highs & lows,

One day of the week you can stop or go.

One day of the week do whatever you wish,

Because you’re on your way, game winner, you swish.

“For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”
—Exodus 20:11

The Power of Prayer

What is prayer but a conversation with God?

This is exactly what prayer is, and it is powerful.

“The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”
― James 5:16

First let me define God for both believers and atheists. God cannot be defined with 100% accuracy because God is formless yet inhabits form. God is both the metaphysical & physical world (all of it), and not only this but God’s realm is infinite – It is all encompassing throughout the limitless Cosmos, but people try to put God into a box (a human box…a man-made box…). They want to label God & create religions and cause wars because of God – that’s probably very funny to God.

God is not a male. God is not a female. Yet God is within both. Like I said, God is formless yet inhabits form (which might be the Holy Spirit).

Through the Holy Spirit we can communicate with God in the form of prayer.

God is very much listening: all-seeing, all-knowing, all-everything.

A good prayer to begin with is “Your will be done God, your will be done.”

and if your prayers are in accordance with God’s will, thy will be done.

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.”
1 John 5:14

Your prayers are up to you. Here are some prayer suggestions for the globe:

“I pray for World Peace”

“I pray for Understanding”

“I pray for us to save ourselves”

“I pray for the Earth to be healed”

“I pray for love”

You can pray for whatever you want, but ultimately God’s will – God’s plan, will be done.

Amen