But GOD . . .

LORD our GOD, please teach me how to seek YOUR Face.

How to be alert and aware of YOUR Presence.

How to receive YOUR Peace.

Please, help me let go of my worries and anxieties.

LORD, that the only thing I hold on to will be YOUR Promises.

Please, will YOU hold to my hand?

I remember when our kids were little ones, and we would be walking somewhere with me holding to their hands. How often they would strive against me holding their hands – they wanted to be “free”.

But because I saw farther, and understood more, I held firmly to their hands.

I only allowed them to be “free” when it was safe enough.

LORD, please.

Hold to my hand.

Don’t let me be “free”.

Please, Sweet Holy Spirit – order my day and control my thoughts.

The mind controlled by the SPIRIT is Life and Peace.

Please, please – order my day and control my thoughts.

Please, help me make the correct choices today – that I may know YOU, and YOUR Peace, more and more.

GOD, it is so easy to worry.

Humanity screams to worry, to fret.

Please, teach me how to Trust YOU, LORD, when I am afraid.

Not as a last resort, but as a first choice.

In JESUS’ NAME I ask . . .

: Romans 8:6 – For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

• LORD, I need this. LORD, I want this. Please, teach me.

: Numbers 6:26 – The Lord lift up His Countenance upon you and give you peace.

• Yes LORD, amen.

: Psalm 46:1-3 – God is our Refuge and Strength, a very present Help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling.

• BUT GOD . . .