A prayer for more of God's peace and less stress, by Betsy de Cruz, read by Lea Martin.

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

For you did not receive the Spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received

the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, Abba, Father, Romans 8, 14 to 15.

On busy days, I live more like a stressed out drill sergeant than a Jesus girl.

Instead of going through my tasks with the peace of God, I go into overdrive, as if everything

depended on me.

And I imagine I'm not the only one who occasionally feels anxious about getting everything done.

When our to-do list gets longer than we can handle, it's easy to lose sight of our heavenly

Father.

Our shoulders tense as we try to power through our tasks on our own strength, and then

we feel stressed by unfinished work.

Before we know it, we're living like slaves rather than the children of God.

In Romans 8, 14, Paul reminds us to let the Holy Spirit lead us rather than fall into fear.

Earlier in Romans 8, Paul presents a contrast between walking in the flesh and walking in the

Spirit.

Those who walk in the flesh set their minds on things of the flesh.

Those who walk in the Spirit allow themselves to be led by God, as they set their minds

on things of the Spirit.

I've been thinking for a moment, what does it look like when you walk according to the

flesh?

Personally, I become anxious and worried.

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