Finding a More Peaceful Way of Life

by Joyce Meyer


Here are seven practical ways you can immediately increase your peace.

1. See the value of peace. Maybe you need to take peace a little more seriously. If you don’t think it’s a big deal to lose your temper, worry all day or get stressed out, you may have underappreciated the gift of peace more than you realize. See 1 Peter 3:11.

“ Jesus designed us to be fruitful, not busy.”

2. Take inventory of where you spend your time. Do you have an unsustainable life? Maybe you have way too much on your plate, but you keep saying yes to things and filling up your calendar. Remember that Jesus designed us to be fruitful, not busy. So cut away the branches that are not bearing fruit.

3. Trust God. Believers in Christ are supposed to believe, right? That means we trust what He says in His Word and completely give everything over to Him. When we do that, we enter His rest (peace). See Proverbs 3:5.

4. Decide not to be a people pleaser. It’s impossible to keep all the people in your life happy all the time. This doesn’t mean you should be rude to them. Just don’t try to please someone at the expense of displeasing or being disobedient to God. Live to please Him first.

5. Mind your own business. I’ve learned that usually, the less I know about other people, the better off I am. Being nosy and spending energy trying to learn what others are doing or saying produces anything but peace in life. See 1 Thessalonians 4:11.

6. Let peace be the umpire of your life. If you are thinking about doing something, but you don’t have peace about it, don’t do it—because if it’s not peaceful, it’s not God.

7. Do whatever you can to work toward simplicity. I’ve learned that the busier you are, the more important it is to have simplicity, which means sometimes it’s best to let things go instead of starting a war over something petty. Also, it might be simpler to not own so much stuff. Trying to take care of too much can just overwhelm and frustrate you.



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To be trustworthy one must examine the quality of one's thought and words.  How truthful are those words? There are varying degrees of being untruthful. Outright lying to subtle omissions and the real truth lies in one's intentions.  One would like to think that they can leverage their influence with others based on what they say.  Would you be willing to follow a leader that demonstrates a lack of honesty and credibility in the workplace, neighborhood, and among friends and family?  Be truthful; believe in your own integrity and others will want to follow in your footsteps.



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Stop Doing These 3 Things to Transform Your Life

Stop Doing These 3 Things to Transform Your Life

Would you like to live a life that you love? Well, here's a thought. Maybe, all that is standing between you and your dream life are just a few, old learned behaviours that you are better off without.... So, what would happen if you could stop doing them?

In this article, I share 3 things to stop doing right now so you can create a life that brings you real joy, meaning and happiness….

1. Stop trying to please other people.

From a young age, children are conditioned to make their loved ones happy. Society teaches us that when we are ‘good’ we get rewarded but make Mummy or Daddy cross and you get into trouble. This kind of programming becomes engrained in our biology, and evidenced in our thoughts, actions, habits and behaviors.

For those of you that would like to live a life that you love, it is necessary to take a look at this conditioning and let go what is no longer serving you. When I quit my corporate job to follow my heart and go to Art School, my Dad was so angry he didn’t speak to me for months. But, with time, he was able to accept my career decision and now is really proud of what I have accomplished.

2. Stop comparing yourself to other people.

Remember that life is journey and each of us has our own unique journey to experience. Don’t waste time or energy trying to compare your life to anyone else’s. Realize that along the way of life there will be times when the journey is smooth sailing. The wide, large and open roads will be easy to travel. But other times, when the roads are smaller, narrow, windy and steep it might be more challenging.

If you can stay in tune with your own journey then you can live a life that you love. Don’t focus too much attention on the destination or on the other ‘cars’ on the road. Simply let yourself enjoy the journey, knowing that this is your journey, not anyone else’s.

3. Stop looking for permission from other people.

If you are waiting for someone else to give you permission to do what you want to do, then maybe today is the day to stop doing this.

Many people are unconsciously waiting for someone else to validate their dreams. Are you doing this? Are your dreams on hold? Let this awareness give you the courage to stop searching for approval from someone else so that you can give it to yourself right now.

 

And now, a couple of things to start doing…

Now this article would incomplete without a couple of things to start doing as well!

1. Say YES to you.

Whenever life presents you with an opportunity to grow, to shine or to do something different, just say YES! As your comfort zone expands, so too does your courage and confidence to try new things as well.

 

There is so much to do in this life. Be a part of the adventure. Take risks. Do things that you have never done before. When you live like this, you get to experience the juiciness of life. This will ensure that you live life without regrets. Your life is right now. Be brave and say yes to it. That will allow you to live a life that is meaningful and full of purpose.

2. Trust that everything will be okay.

As you say yes to life, you will be faced with the unknown. The unknown is often scary and can bring up feelings of fear. Remember though that your fear is only False Expectations Appearing Real. Your fear appears real, but remind yourself that it is illusory.

 

In these moments you are going to be called to trust that everything will be okay. And, when you approach life using this philosophy usually things work out better than you could have ever imagined. When you are unsure as to how everything is going to unfold, step deeper into trust and simply affirm, ‘everything is being divinely orchestrated.’

3. You can live a life you love.

If you are ready to live a life that you love, you are going to have to face your fears. Dig deep and connect with your inner courage so that you can stay true to yourself, your truth and your passions. Allow uncertainty to help you to grow and expand so that you can live a life you love.

 

 

 

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Credit: Katrina Love Senn,  Hatha yoga teacher, author and founder of 'Yoga Girl Revolution'

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