Do you have a place where you feel more at peace? Your home? Your room? The beach? Fishing on the lake? Your church? The gym?
Somedays, if you can just get to your ‘peaceful place’, you’ll be okay. But, unfortunately we don’t always have access to our sanctuary when we need it…
That’s why God gave us the priceless benefit of access to Him through prayer.
I think one of the reasons that God allows trouble is to encourage us to come to Him…
Psalm 50:15 (NKJV)
15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”
When we praye, we’re supposed to shut out the world and focus on an intimate conversation with our Heavenly Father(Matthew 6:6).
When we learn to to this, there is an unspeakable peace that comes from that conversation.
We discover that in His presence there truly is the fullness of joy…
Psalm 16:11 (NKJV)
11 You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore
In His presence is the fullness of joy.
The awesome thing is you can pray anywhere, anytime…
Working at your desk…
While driving with your eyes open…
In the middle of a meeting…
While getting a speeding ticket…
You don’t have to get on your knees. You don’t have to talk out loud. You just have to reach out to God. It doesn’t have to be a deep conversation full of complicated theological terms…just a sincere conversation. Even a simple, “Lord have mercy on me” can speak peace into your chaotic day.
Think about all of the unhealthy ways some people ‘escape’ reality…
Drugs…
Alcohol…
Sex…
Food…
Shopping…
The beautiful thing about prayer is that it is the only ‘escape’ from reality that can either…
Solve your problems…
Give you the strength to deal with your problems…
Or, give you peace in your problems…
So no matter where you are…at work, in a stressful meeting, school, running errands, stuck in traffic – it doesn’t matter…
You always have access to your ‘peaceful place’.
BE BLESSTIFIED!
BE BLESSTIFIED! 
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