HUSH
Learn to Settle
Be still (cease striving, settle down) and know that I am God… Psalm 46:10
Settling Struggles:
--Mind running in a bazillion directions—Keep a 3x5 card or paper with you. Jot down the issues which arise, or things to be remembered, or requests to be made. Declare them to be dealt with later, that they are not on this moment’s agenda.
--Distractions will come; it’s to be expected. Beware of being trapped twice by them. First you may spent time mulling over them. Second you may waste time berating yourself for being distracted. Either way Satan wins.
--Restlessness is fidgety, noisy and distracting. Speak the name of Jesus as prayer, as question, as worship, as love, to draw you back to Him. You can use the Lord’s Prayer slowly, meditatively to overcome a restless spirit.
Speak the continuous prayer which transformed a Russian Orthodox Jesus seeker, 'Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me a sinner,' to cause your adversary to flee and allow you to refocus.
Anonymous, The Way of the Pilgrim