START YOUR JOURNEY TO PEACE- THINKING LIKE GOD By Durrell Dixon | Faith-Based Personal Development Coach & Christian Psychology Advocate Why Peace Is So Hard to Find Have you ever noticed how easy it is to focus on the negative first? Maybe you were excited about your day, but a small setback entirely derailed your thoughts. That’s because our minds are wired to weigh negatives more heavily—this isn’t new. It’s called the negativity bias , and research shows it’s still at work in many areas of life today. Even positive news doesn’t stick as strongly as negative—it takes conscious effort to notice the good (Zhang et al., 2024). This bias often steals our peace, leaving us restless and anxious—even when God’s promises are real and present. Peace from the Inside Out: A Biblical Perspective Isaiah 26:3 offers a lifeline: “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” This verse isn’t asking us to feel peace before trust—it f...
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