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Introduction
Illustration: Peace of God for our mental health (especially during this year’s Christmas season)
Stress has been identified as one of the great killers of our day.
It causes physical problems such as high blood pressure, headaches and ulcers, as well as emotional problems like depression, irritability and burnout.
Illustration: CNN’s What Matters section December 18, 2021
The reality of the pandemic is settling in.
So is America's anxiety
Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN
Transition To Body- Paul Joyfully Addresses the Philippians‘ anxiety issue
Body
Prayer Is Anxiety’s Antidote- v6
Illustration: Journey: Stress Less In No Time
Day 2/10
Having a grateful heart can help you build resilience.
That's your ability to "bounce back" from hardships and to manage stress.
With more resilience, you can be more productive and less stressed.
Gratitude isn't about denying troubles.
It's about focusing on what's good in your life.
The U.S. Army uses resiliency training to prepare soldiers for the traumatic events that can be part of their jobs.
It helps reduce depression and PTSD.
To become resilient takes practice.
Start today by naming what you're grateful for.
Tell a friend about what you’re grateful for.
What a friend we have in Jesus
Take it to Jesus in prayer
Paul Prayed for the Philippians
The Philippians Prayed for Paul
Now the Philippians need to Pray for Themselves
By Prayer
talk to God
Have a little talk with Jesus- the LORD is at hand?
at hand- in close proximity, spatially near, close to
Anxious- to be apprehensive, have anxiety, be anxious, be (unduly- excessively, overly) concerned
By supplication
urgent request to meet a need
With Thanksgiving
the expression or content of gratitude, the rendering of thanks, thanksgiving
What are thankful for today?
Let your requests be known to God
Peace Is Prayer’s Outcome - v7
Divine Peace
Comes from God, not man
Transcendent Peace
Excellent & cannot fully be understood I.e.
makes no sense in the flesh
Heart & Mind Guarding Peace (in Christ)
“Guard” is a military term, implying that peace stands on duty to keep out anything that brings care and anxiety.
For these reasons, prayerful people are peaceful people.
Heart- feelings and emotions
peace of Christ controls us
Mind- what we think, our thinking
the faculty of processing thought, mind, understanding
Transition To Close- Guard In Christ
Illustration: To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind.
To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world.
Presidential message, December 25, 1927
Calvin Coolidge
—Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States and apparent Christmas scholar
Illustration: “Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day.” by Helen Steiner Rice
Close- God of Peace
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