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Resolved:

• I will let the peace of God which passes all understanding guard my heart and my mind in Christ Jesus;
• I will employ the joy of Yahweh as my strength
• And therefore, I will have a relaxed attitude which (apparently) will lengthen my life.

Therefore, I will not be grieved, worried, dejected, vexed, or angry about anything, but will instead pray about everything, listing my concerns to God and thanking Him for all that He has done.

Supporting Verse Analysis

Philippians 4:6-7

4 I tell you, be earnest and regular in being calmly happy in your inner man and be cheerful in your interpersonal relationships, greeting others joyfully. I say it again for emphasis: be calmly happy in yourself and cheerful with others. 5 make sure that absolutely everyone knows and has evidence from experience that you are appropriate, patient, gentle, and considerate in all you do. The Lord, our Master and the controller of all things is near to us and readily available. He will soon return. In fact, He has put a limit on the time until He intervenes. 6 don’t be careful; don’t be anxiously holding back; don’t delay your plans or activities because of distracting circumstances or concerns you have. instead, in absolutely every manner and issue, get away into God’s presence and earnestly pray to God and list your concerns before Him, earnestly begging and entreating Him for guidance, but with an attitude of gratitude, using actively grateful language, worshipping Him as God, and thanking Him for all He has done and is about to do. ask God for attention to your requests, making known to Him your heart and concerns I this way 7 and you’ll find that His prosperous peace, and His quiet soul rest—the kind that is so far above and superior to and more excellent than absolutely anything that our human intellect can decipher or our feelings and will can comprehend—will be your advance guard, the mounted sentinel that hems you in with a garrison of protection around the innermost places of your intellectual thoughts and feelings as well as your disposition, perceptions, and purposes through the work of our Messiah and Savior, Christ Jesus.

Nehemiah 8:10

…instead of grieving over the realization of your situation and being vexed, displeased, and worrying about it, remember instead that you are fortified, defended, and strengthened by rejoicing in Yahweh and finding your gladness in Him.

Proverbs 14:30

A sound, tranquil, yielding, placed heart that brings a relaxed attitude is a curative wholesome medicine that brings and maintains fresh life and strength to your body and even your family.

However, jealous and envious zeal causes rottenness and decay to your bones and the very substance of your life.