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Hello and welcome back once again. We're so happy to have you back with us. And for today's devotion, we're looking forward to sharing with you on a topic that I think that most of us are knowledgeable of, but we can always gain a little more insight. And so I'm hoping that you will take time to read Dr. J's thoughts and the motivation behind this particular devotional will hopefully illuminate your minds and your hearts and that it will become beneficial. It's entitled The Art of Cultivating Inner Peace Through Meditation. The Art of Cultivating Inner Peace Through Meditation. Philippians 4 verse 7 from the NIV version is where we will receive our scripture. Let us receive it at this time. And the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. You know, you will find that what I'm about to share with you is exactly what you're going to read when you first start to read your devotion. But it says in the hustle and bustle of modern life, inner peace often seems like an elusive dream, something reserved for hermits in remote caves. You know, when we start talking about this topic of meditation and taking time to really practice self-care and look at it as an art that has some scientific components to it, but an art, an art of cultivating inner peace through meditation. You know, mindful time management is one of the first things in the devotion that I talk about. It's number one. And number two is mastering your thoughts. How many of you know that the Bible says it's not what goes in a man or a woman that defiles him or her, but it's what comes out. But if we're truly honest with ourselves, it cannot come out of us if it never got in us. So we have a responsibility to not allow anyone or anything to treat us in such a way that we can be viewed as a disposal, a garbage disposal, where trash can be dumped. We have to be mindful, mindful of time management, mindful of the importance for taking out time for ourself and mindful for not allowing just anything to be a part of our conversation. You know, as we matriculate through this life, experiencing the joys, the victory, we come face to face that if we're going to have inner peace, it's going to have to start with Jesus. It's going to have to start by meditating on his word both day and night. But it's also going to have to be done both naturally and spiritually from an understanding that we're not going to be able to separate ourselves from ourselves and just take care of the spiritual being. We got to take care of the natural being. The Bible lets us know that man and woman is a spirit that lives in a body that possesses soul. We got to have a holistic approach if we're going to have truly success at its best. And so I encourage you to read today's devotional. Take a look at mindful time management, number one. Number two, take a look at mastering your thoughts. And then number three, take a look at simplifying your life. And I would say one of the most important ones, take a look at number four, allocate time for inner peace. It's important. And as much as those are important, respecting the boundaries that you have within your life, within your love reality. Understanding oneself holistically is key to having success at its best. Thank you so much for this time. I truly hope that as you begin to reflect on the art of cultivating inner peace through meditation, you will be mindful of our scripture reading and the peace of God which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your mind in Christ Jesus. If we are to have peace, it must be in Christ Jesus and we must abide in him and allow him to abide in us. And that we, so that we can trust him with all our hearts, lean not on our own understanding, but in all our ways acknowledge him so that he can direct our path. God bless you. Thank you for being here with us today on this devotion. The art of cultivating inner peace through meditation. This is Dr. J. Have a super fantastic day. God bless you.