{"id":7592,"date":"2019-10-07T07:46:01","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T11:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=7592"},"modified":"2019-10-07T07:46:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T11:46:34","slug":"and-let-the-peace-that-comes-from-christ-rule-in-your-hearts-colossians-315a-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/and-let-the-peace-that-comes-from-christ-rule-in-your-hearts-colossians-315a-nlt","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts&#8221; (Colossians 3:15a NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST UMPIRE YOUR HEART<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"38a5e\" data-offset-key=\"637uj-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"637uj-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"637uj-0-0\">Paul said that we are to let the peace of Christ &#8220;rule.&#8221; The Greek word for rule is \u03b2\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u03b5\u03c5\u03ad\u03c4\u03c9 (<em>brabeuet\u014d<\/em>). It literally means to &#8220;umpire, arbitrate, to let make the call.&#8221; When our circumstances appear to overwhelm us, we are to let the peace, the &#8220;<em>shalom<\/em>,&#8221; of Christ act as our umpire, determining what&#8217;s in or out of bounds. In this way, Christ filters how we respond to life&#8217;s circumstances, so that we alway walk in His peace.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"38a5e\" data-offset-key=\"7i4u2-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"7i4u2-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"7i4u2-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"38a5e\" data-offset-key=\"3ni6c-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3ni6c-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3ni6c-0-0\">PRAYER: Dear Father, thank You for the Spirit of Christ which always abides in us to rule over our hearts. We do not want to respond to the difficulties of this life in our own fleshly manner, but with the constant, over-ruling peace of Christ. We love You, Lord. In Jesus&#8217; name, amen.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST UMPIRE YOUR HEART Paul said that we are to let the peace of Christ &#8220;rule.&#8221; The Greek word for rule is \u03b2\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u03b5\u03c5\u03ad\u03c4\u03c9 (brabeuet\u014d). It literally means to &#8220;umpire, arbitrate, to let make the call.&#8221; When our circumstances appear to overwhelm us, we are to let the peace, the &#8220;shalom,&#8221; of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1318],"scripture-chapter":[1336],"oyb_day":[1807],"location":[],"class_list":["post-7592","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-colossians","scripture-chapter-1336","oyb_day-october-7"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/7592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7592"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=7592"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=7592"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=7592"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=7592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}