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Don't Forfeit Your Peace

Don'tcha just love Elisabeth Elliot? It would not be possible to exaggerate the importance hymns and spiritual songs have played in my spiritual growth. One of the latter, familiar to most of you, has this line: "O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer" (Joseph Scriven). Prayerlessness is one of many ways by which we can easily forfeit the peace God wants us to have. I've been thinking of some other ways. Here's a sampling: Resent God's ways. Worry as much as possible. Pray only about things you can't manage by yourself. Refuse to accept what God gives. Look for peace elsewhere than in Him. Try to rule your own life. Doubt God's word. Carry all your cares. If you'd rather not forfeit your peace, here are eight ways to find it (antidotes to the above eight): "Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them" (Psalm 119:165 KJV). "Circum