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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Calm (emotionally) (09/13/07)
I was in bed one night trying to go to sleep and began to worry about something I had already done and couldn't change and I had no desire to worry and knew that God tells us in His Word not to worry. Always remember that Ephesians 6:10-13 tells us that worrying is wrestling and we are not wrestling with ourselves. I finally said, “Lord these aren't my thoughts and I have no desire to worry and want to go to sleep.” I started praying for everyone I could think of and before I knew it I was waking up refreshed and ready for a new day. Philippians 4:6-7, “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
Matthew 6:24-34, “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
And why take you thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith.
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”
No matter how bad things get or how much ground I give satan to operate, God always provides my needs. He will never forsake you once you have put your trust in Him, but you might feel forsaken, but you aren't. No matter how fierce the battle gets I am always aware of the presence of God's precious Holy Spirit. I have God's Word in my heart and the Holy Spirit will bring it to my remembrance and sometimes I will get to fussing and complaining to God and I can feel a peace within me. I feel lost and undone and like everything is about to come apart and He is always there with an inner peace that is hard to describe. He will remind me of the Word, and God’s love, and God’s plan and purpose for my life to set the captives free, and that satan is fighting me and He will tell me to never give up and don’t quit.
First Peter 5:6-11, “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”
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Jan Ackerson
09/23/07
Thank you for presenting this study on peace.

A few suggestions: Take a look at your first sentence, and make it into a few shorter ones. And in the section after the scripture from Matthew, sometimes you're in 1st person and sometimes you're in 2nd person. It's best to stick with 1st person, in my opinion.

Thanks for sharing your heart with your readers.