01/11/2025
God, You know the corners of my heart where fear still lingers — the places where panic finds a door left open, where old worries creep back in when I thought they were gone. You see the racing thoughts, the restless nights, the moments when my chest tightens and my prayers feel like whispers against the noise. You see it all, Lord. And even when I try to hide it behind strength, You know the trembling underneath.
So tonight, today, right now — I ask You: breathe peace into those places. Not just a surface calm, but a deep, quiet peace that reaches into the anxious corners of my soul. Let it flow like a steady breath, filling the hollow spaces where fear has taken root. Let Your Spirit move through me gently, like wind through a weary heart, reminding me that I am safe in You.
When panic visits, help me remember that it’s just that — a visitor. It does not own me. It may knock at the door, but it cannot stay where Your peace abides. Let Your presence fill every room of my mind until there’s no space left for fear to live. Replace the frantic heartbeat with stillness, the racing thoughts with rest, and the “what ifs” with “even if.”
Lord, teach me to breathe again — slowly, deeply, with awareness that every breath is a gift from You. When my lungs feel heavy with worry, remind me that You are the breath of life itself. When my thoughts spiral, ground me in truth. When my faith wavers, hold me steady until peace returns.
Your Word says, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not be afraid.” (John 14:27) Let that promise echo louder than my panic. Let it calm the storm before it even rises. Let it become the rhythm of my soul — steady, sure, unshaken.
Lord, breathe peace into the places where my past still haunts me. Breathe peace into the memories that hurt and the moments that replay when I least expect them. Breathe peace into the future I can’t control and the present I sometimes struggle to trust. Let Your peace be more than a feeling — let it be a presence, alive and unending, anchoring me when fear tries to pull me away.
When anxiety tells me I’m not enough, let peace remind me that You are. When panic says, “You’re alone,” let peace whisper, “I am with you.” When my heart beats too fast, let Your Spirit slow it with the comfort of knowing You are near.
And Lord, not only in me — but through me. Let Your peace flow outward to the people I love, the spaces I inhabit, the conversations I carry. Make me a vessel of calm in a world of chaos. When others are anxious, let them find gentleness in me. When the world trembles, let my faith stand firm — not because I’m strong, but because I’m held by You.
Sometimes peace doesn’t come like a flood; sometimes it comes like a single steady breath — quiet, small, enough for the next moment. Help me to welcome it, even in pieces. To trust that You are healing me in ways I may not yet see.
Breathe peace into the places panic still visits, Lord — into the corners of my mind that are too loud, the wounds that haven’t fully closed, the fears I haven’t fully named. Breathe until stillness returns. Breathe until I remember that peace was never gone — it was simply waiting for me to be still enough to feel it again.
You are the calm within my storm, the rest after the rush, the light that no fear can dim.
So breathe, Lord. Breathe Your peace deep into me —
until panic loses its power,
until my heartbeat matches the rhythm of Your grace,
until my soul rests once more in You.
Amen.
