Day 8-"Help me be relaxed." Phil. 4:6,7

"Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be known to God.(7) & the peace of God which passeth all understanding shall keep your hearts & minds through Christ Jesus." Phil 4:6,7 (kjv)

prayer-a petition=earnest request
supplication-" "
peace-quietness, rest, set @ one again, one.
keep-to be a watcher in advance, protect

I don't know about you but this life of mine has my peace disrupted lately but this verse is telling me that it is my fault my peace is disrupted. My peace is not determined on what does or doesn't happen to me. My peace is based on prayer. God is telling me not to try and control everything and do it all on my own (be carefull for nothing) but to pray & be thankful in doing so because He hears me. That assurance through Him will keep my mind @ ease and at a level that is so high it isn't understandable by carnal minds. But I have to pray. No matter what the issue prayer=peace. I recall a time when I prayed that God would help me decorate my house; that I wouldn't overspend & get impulsive. I almost bought a $600 rug from Pottery Barn..it must have sat in my cart online for about 3-4 months...God just kept telling me to wait. Every time I'd go to check out, I wasn't peaceful about it. So I didn't. In the end, I ended up buying a rug from them that goes better with my home and was on clearance for $300.00. The same thing happened with my tv, my entertainment center, my patio furniture, and my outdoor fans among other things. I've had peace over bigger issues because He showed concern for an issue so small. Notice I said the word HAD. The variable has been my prayer life, not my situation. I took my mind off Christ & quit talking to Him.

Romans 8:6"For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life & peace." I believe that what dies is a positive mind-set equalling depression.

carnally-human, relating to or given to sensual pleasures & appetites
spiritually-vital principal, mental disposition or superhuman, divine.

I think Phil. 4:6,7 & Romans 8:6 tie in with the study I did on day 6; "Help me be focused." The bottom line, I have to pray. Prayer=peace.
1 Thessalonians. 5:17 "Pray without ceasing." If all it takes to have peace is prayer then I'm in luck because I can do that!!! Because I stopped praying & started seeking peace in temporal things my supernatural, God given peace diminished. The peace I once had I received through daily communion with God. The peace I had cannot be found here & it doesn't take medication or cost me a dime! Excuse me but I have to go pray.


My Prayer-Dear Lord, I recall the peace I had when Treaty died & the scripture you gave me before I got to the hospital. I found myself comforting everyone else. I had a peace that blew my mind. I recall when I was pregnant & Treaty came home & said,"You are going to be upset." He handed me a letter stating that his worker's comp had ended. I was so at ease. I wasn't moved by any circumstance. I had peace through you that you would take care of everything...you did. My dad told me one time that it seemed that I didn't care about anything. I remember saying,"No, it's just that I know God is in control." Those were times when I walked with you with every fiber of my being. I prayed all the time about EVERYTHING. I remember when I needed a hand mirror and asked you for one because mine broke. Daddy came over a little later so we could go out to eat and he said,"Look what I found in my yard." You gave me a hand mirror God. My dad had lived in his house for 6 years & all of a sudden found a perfectly good hand mirror in his grass the day I needed one & asked you for it. Remembering those times makes me cry. I'm sad because I stopped praying. I stopped walking with you after all you had done for me. Forgive me Lord. I just got angry over losing Treaty. Treaty alive or dead still can't erase your goodness and how far you have brought me. Truth be told, you did enough for me on the cross. I want that supernatural peace back so bad I'm starving for it. Keep me on my knees, keep me praying. Keep me thankful...be my peace again. In Jesus' name, amen.