Day Four
Rest for Your Mind
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you.
Your usually organized thoughts jump one to the other like a pinball machine. At moments you can’t distinguish where one thought ends and another begins. Life seems like an endless train never reaching the station. Frazzled one, come receive rest for your mind.
Today I Pray for You:
· To focus your mind on the most important tasks and lay unnecessary things aside
· To declutter your schedule and find spots of sweet serenity and hear from the One who loves you.
Today You Pray:
Prince of Peace, I slide my mind into Your hand. Reign there and eradicate the strain. Invade my brain with Your serenity. Gather my scattered thoughts to Your heart.
Help me free my calendar and my mind to enjoy these days of preparation. I focus my mind on You, Prince of Peace. I trust You with every detail. My mind is set free by Your perfect peace.
Needed the prayer for thoughts. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteAlways just what I need - first day back to homeschooling. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMorning Shannon,
ReplyDeleteThe verse you used today..... is one I use quite often when I begin to feel my peace flying out the window!! lol
Loved the prayer...........full of wise thoughts!
Thanks for coming by Thankful Thursday, and for
your sweet comments, they blessed my heart!
May you have a Blessed week hon,
Nellie
Amen! Thank you for your open heart to share truth and encouragement. I love praying God's word over my life and those I care about. My husband has an interview for a new ministry position this week, I need some peace!
ReplyDeleteHi Shannon - amen, this is so good. I love how you say, slide my mind into your hand... Excellent prayers
ReplyDeleteGod bless
Tracy
I just read through these four posts on rest ( not sure how I missed the others). Really good. Something I needed today. And i needed the prayer to focus and set my mind at the task. Thank you. Tweeting it.
ReplyDeleteSusan, I can see you putting your mind in God's hands and know He'll be faithful to bring you peace.
ReplyDeleteMary, praying for the minds of the teacher and the students today.
ReplyDeleteNellie, oh how many times my peace has flown out the window. Praying we both roll up the window todays and keep God's peace close at hand!
ReplyDeleteOh Beck, praying right now that God would give you perfect peace as you contemplate, explore and seek God's face.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tracy, for stopping by. You always bless me when you do!
ReplyDeleteShanda, you make my world a better place, sister. Thanks for your sweet encouragement and tweet. XOXO
ReplyDeleteMuch needed encouragement today! I love that I can place my trust in Him to decide what I should focus on. I only need to allow myself to be led.
ReplyDeleteRebekah, Wow - "I only need to allow myself to be led" - that is so powerful! Lead me, Lord.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE it! I spent a lot of time each day working with other social networks that are all about, "give me give me give me"(aka, they are businesses that want to be promoted or sell stuff..which isn't always bad) But it is very nice to stop over here and see such a peaceful and uplifting message! Kudos!!
ReplyDeleteI find myself too often in my prayers just saying the usual
"thankful for my children, thankful for my home, thankful for the sun today"..which are wonderful and I really am thankful for them, but I say it so often, I think sometimes it really loses it's meaning.
I think one thing that could definitely be a good "FOCUS" is to focus when we pray. Really think about what we are saying and not just saying it.
Stopping by to say hi!, Love your positive and peaceful messages! Found you via Voiceboks Members to remember. :)
Amber, love your thought about focusing when I pray. I need to let God gather my thoughts around Him so I can find the rest I long for.
ReplyDeleteShannon, I just love your prayer guide -- so grateful you stopped by my place to say hello yesterday. These posts on prayer and rest are much-needed by me!
ReplyDeleteThese prayer guides are coming a few months too late for me, my dear. I finally graduated from college in June and was a little stressed all year! While I am Catholic, I'm not very consistent with praying and reading the bible and all that. I bet this would have helped me get through finals, frustrating assignments, a full schedule, and grad stuff. Thanks for this :)
ReplyDeleteShannon,
ReplyDeleteThis is so good! I love the prayer, all of it. But...invade my brain with Your serenity. WOW! Can't wait for tomorrow.
Blessing...Chelle
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ReplyDeleteHave a great week!
Awwww, thanks, Michelle. I am always blessed when you stop by and so thankful the prayer guide is meeting you where you are.
ReplyDeleteSarah, we need to find something new for you to stress about then - jk. Congratulations on your accomplishment. I know you must be so proud and as your friend, I am as well!
ReplyDeleteChelle, so thankful this prayer guide is an oasis for you. Praying with you for the invasion... :)
ReplyDeleteJessyca, wow I'm so honored you stopped by and jumped in on the conversation. I pray you are refreshed whenever you visit.
ReplyDeleteSweet Blessings to you today!
Love today's post! I'm certainly benefiting from your prayers right now.
ReplyDeleteThank you, friend...
Stefanie, love praying for you friend.
ReplyDeleteThank you for praying Shannon, Chris has been asked to candidate at the church! We'll be flying out in the next month to visit with church leaders. It's a bit of a scary transition, it's a 3 year old church plant, we've never done that before. As an associate he's typically been at medium churches, so this is uncharted territory. But exciting!
ReplyDeleteBeck, please keep me posted as I lift you both to the Father.
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