Finding peace

I had a very good devotional reading this morning from Dr. Charles Stanley’s Pathways To His
Presence.

Philippians 4: 8
8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.
We all want peace in our lives. When you ponder your life, you come to realize that the very best moments have been those when you have been overcome with pure peace. Is there a way to have more peace in our lives? Yes, this scripture reading holds the key. The enemy wants to rob our peace and throw us into a prison of anxiety and fear, but we can “break out” with this sagely advice from Paul.
There are seven categories of kinds of thoughts that the enemy uses to rob us of our peace, they are; sinful, negative, erroneous, unrealistic, rebellious, obsessive, and enslaved thoughts. Any of these kinds of thoughts can soon drive peace away. So how do we combat this? At the first recognition of these kinds of thoughts, reach out to God in prayer and ask for His help in turning away from them. Dwelling on these thoughts can drive you deeper into despair, but thinking those thoughts that are; true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy will build a wall of spiritual protection around your mind and heart.
God wants you to have a life filled with joy and peace, it is not His will that you be enslaved. He sent His Son to free you from a world of sin. You must however take an active part in staying close to Him and avoiding the traps set by the Satan.