Dear Friends,
The one word that comes to mind as a result of the last few days news is
panic, yet, as today’s attached devotional shows, the Christian should
be marked by peace. Meditate on it until that peace is yours. God bless you.

Because of Calvary,
John Janney

• John 14:27 (ESV)

  27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

“The prosperity gospel appeals to the deep longing of every human heart for peace, health, wealth, and happiness. There is nothing wrong with wanting a good and happy life, but the prosperity gospel uses Jesus Christ as a pawn in its get-rich-quick scam. The prosperity gospel sells salvation and false hope. But true and lasting peace can be found only through faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ.” [Costi W. Hinn, God, Greed, and the Prosperity Gospel, (Grand Rapids: Zondervan 2919), p. 155]