In a world that glorifies hustle, noise, and constant comparison, peace can feel like a luxury. But God calls it a promise.
Colossians 3:15 reminds us to "let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts" — and that means protecting your peace isn’t selfish... it’s sacred.
Here are 10 ways to protect your peace this week — spiritually, emotionally, and practically:
1. Start Your Morning With God, Not Your Phone
Begin with scripture, worship, or prayer instead of scrolling. What fills you first, forms you most.
2. Set Spiritual Boundaries
Not every conversation, invitation, or opinion deserves access to your spirit. Ask: “Does this draw me closer to Christ or drain me?”
3. Guard Your Inner Circle
Surround yourself with people who speak life, not chaos. Peace grows best in safe, God-centered community.
4. Take a Walk and Breathe Deep
Even Jesus stepped away from the crowds. Fresh air and quiet are spiritual disciplines too.
5. Say No Without Explaining
Your yes means more when your no is healthy. Protecting your peace may require disappointing people — and that’s okay.
6. Pray Before You React
Before you reply to that text, that comment, that conflict — pause. Ask God for peace first. Then respond.
7. Keep Worship Music Playing
Peace can ride in on the sound of praise. Fill your space with what reminds your spirit who’s really in control.
8. Limit Your Input
Not every headline, TikTok, or DM needs your mental energy. Peace sometimes means logging off.
9. Journal It, Don’t Just Hold It
Write your fears, your prayers, your gratitude. Giving your thoughts to paper helps release them to God.
10. Remember Who Holds the Outcome
Anxiety whispers, “You have to figure this out.”
Peace declares, “God already has.”
Rest in the truth that the Prince of Peace is still on the throne.
PEACE isn’t the absence of problems — it’s the presence of Jesus in the middle of them.
This Mental Health Awareness Month, don’t just chase peace… protect it.
Let it rule in your heart. Guard it like the treasure it is.
📝 Protect Your Peace with the Faith Over Fear Journal
As you learn to guard your mind and heart, create a sacred space for your thoughts to breathe.
Our hardcover Faith Over Fear journal is designed to help you process, pray, and speak life — one page at a time.
Let your journal be a place to release what’s heavy and remember what’s true.
Because your peace is worth protecting — and God is always listening.
