Speaking God’s Peace Over Homes

November 18, 2025

Luke 10:5–6 

“When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house.’”

In Luke 10, Jesus sends out seventy-two of His followers into the towns and villages He intended to visit. Their first instruction wasn’t about strategy, miracles, or even preaching, it was about peace. Before anything else was said or done, they were to speak a blessing: “Peace to this house.”

Now this was just some traditional cultural greeting like we use today, for example the "Hey, how is it going." The blessing wasn’t a polite formality. It was a declaration of God’s shalom, His deep, restoring, reconciling peace that puts broken things back together. It was an invitation for God’s presence to settle over a household and change the atmosphere from the inside out.

I believe a key take away for us today might be not just a invitation to pray for our neighborhoods, Jesus’ gives us a clear pattern to live by reminding us that we are to be carriers of God’s peace.
Our words, our prayers, and even our presence can bring the peace of Christ to the doors, families, and stories that fill the streets around us.

Here are a few thoughts on why this is so important,  

1. Peace is God’s Starting Point
   Jesus doesn’t begin with judgment or correction—He begins with blessing. When we speak peace over a home, we align with the heart of God, who desires that every house become a place where His presence dwells.

2. Peace Recognizes Every Home Has a Story
   Behind every door is a mixture of joy and pain, needs and hopes, faith and doubt. We may not know what goes on inside, but God does. Praying “peace to this house” hands those unseen burdens to the Lord and asks Him to work in ways we cannot.

3. Peace Is a Doorway for God’s Work
   Jesus adds that if a “son of peace” is there—someone open to God—His peace will rest on that home. If not, it returns to you (Luke 10:6).
   In other words, no prayer is wasted. Where hearts are receptive, God moves. Where hearts are not ready, He still protects and honors the faithfulness of our prayers.

4. Peace Declares Christ’s Kingdom
   Every time you pray peace over a home, you’re saying:
   “Lord, let Your kingdom come here. Let Your love, order, and presence push back every force of darkness.”

 As I see it when God’s people speak His peace, heaven moves over ordinary places.

Let's Pray

Lord Jesus, make us bearers of Your peace. As we walk and pray through our neighborhoods, let Your presence rest on every home. Bring comfort where there is sorrow, hope where there is fear, and reconciliation where there is division. May Your peace transform our streets and draw hearts toward You. Amen.