Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you (1 Peter 5:7; NLT).
Worry can so easily sweep away our awareness of God’s constant presence. As the Bible says: “Worry weighs a person down” (Proverbs 12:25; NLT), so today’s blog is a step-by-step guide to fostering a sense of inner peace, no matter what life brings.
Eight steps to inner peace
Say, “Yes”, to whatever God brings into your life.
Thank him for it, no matter how bad it seems.
Remember that God brings good from everything, without exception.
Tell God about your worries, and ask him to help you face each difficult situation.
Then put your trust in him to help you through.
Place your worries squarely into God’s hands, with prayer.
Each time you realise that you have taken your worries back, and started fretting about them again, return them to God’s hands immediately. Practice refusing to worry.
Keep on thanking him for whatever you are having to face, and for helping you through it.
With practice, we can make a habit of putting our worries into God’s hands, and repeatedly giving them back to him every time we realise we are fretting about them again. In this way we can learn to develop our sense of His presence no matter what we are experiencing, and therefore to increase our inner peace.
The Dayspring from on high has visited us; to give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace (Luke 1:78-9; NKJV).