By the shield of our faith in Jesus Christ, we become peacemakers, quenching—meaning to calm, cool, or extinguish—all the fiery darts of the adversary. 2 As we do our part, His promise is that we will be called the “children of God.” Every person on earth is the “offspring” 3 of God, but to be called the “children of God” means much, much more.

Being a Peacemaker | Crossings Church “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” Matthew 5:9 DEVOTION This beatitude most of us have heard all of our lives calls for peacemakers. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never seen a time when we needed peacemakers more than we do at this moment.