We revisit the angel’s announcement:

Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men! (Luke 2.14, NKJV)

And in Jesus we have peace with God:

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 5.1, ESV)

Tuesday, we saw that prayer contributes to joy, but I cut the section off in the middle. Prayer also gives us peace…the peace of God.

The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4.6, 7, ESV)

Jesus is our peace.

For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity. And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near. (Ephesians 2.14 – 17, NKJV)