Reflecting On Peace with Us Toward God

Saturday is a day to reflect on all that God has been speaking to you this week, and how it will affect your life going forward.

From those of us on the Tree Church Daily team, we hope that you have had an impactful week in your time with God! We pray that you were challenged and encouraged by God’s word and His presence in your daily life.

Today, we want you to do something simple yet important. We want you to take time to write down your thoughts, or record a voice memo in your phone, answering the prompts below. This does not need to be profound, poetic, or polished. It is a record for you to visit later to see and remember all that God is doing in your life. Journaling is a way to remind you of what God is speaking to you. Speaking something out loud or writing it down makes what we are thinking tangible and makes us accountable to it. If God has challenged you or called you to do something specific this past week, making it tangible makes it real. So don’t skip today…today is about faith building, and that is what we pray happens for you.

Before you get started though, let’s pray together:

God, we are so thankful that even in the midst of our pain in life, You are present. Thank you for using the pain that we experience in life to draw us closer to You. Help us to turn to You to find peace, rather than turning to what the world offers. Thank You for being our friend and God.
 
Here are today’s prompts for you to process through in your written or voice journal:

First, focus on God’s promises to you. Take a few minutes to think about ways in which God has been faithful to lead you through tough situations in your life. Thank God for His faithfulness. Remind yourself of this truth, found in Philippians 4:6-7: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Second, focus on your current reality. Is there something in your life that is making you feel anxious or is stealing your peace? What are you turning to in order to find peace during this time? The only way we can experience true peace is to take our anxiousness to God, through prayer, and remind ourselves of His promise to be present and involved.

Lastly, focus on a step you know God is challenging you to take. It can be so easy to slip back into our own ways of coping with anxiousness and lack of peace in our lives. Decide beforehand to instead:

• Thank God for the blessings in your life
• Tell God what is making you feel anxious
• Ask God for peace that only He can give
• Trust that God will give you peace and walk out what He is calling you to do.