Dear God, pls protect me and give me peace...

hihi... writing to all of you to appeal for prayer support. :P

Have been feeling worried and scared over this for the past few weeks...

A friend of mine, who stayed in the same area as I do, encountered something horrible a few weeks ago. She was walking home one night when she was being approached by 3 gals. They asked her for 50 pence. My friend refused and they demanded to see her wallet. Ignoring them, my friend went inside a nearby Chinese canteen, hoping that they will go away. But they didn't. They waited outside the canteen for her. After half an hour, a staff of the canteen offered to help her ask the gals to let her off. So my friend left the canteen to walk home, while the canteen staff went over to the gals to talk to them. My friend were merely 100 metres away from the canteen when she heard the canteen staff shouted "RUN".. and to her horror, the 3 gals were chasing after her! She ran all the way to her home (on the 2nd storey) and the 3 gals followed her to her flat (but did not follow her up to the 2nd storey). Then they cursed and swore at her, asking her to "be careful" coz they knew where she was staying... luckily for my friend, she was actually going to move to another place to stay that following week and hence she was not worried...

I told my housemate about this and she said she encountered those gals on Halloween. She met them in the Chinese canteen and they asked for money. She refused to give them. They swore and cursed but did not do anything to my housemate...

I feel very scared coz the place where all these happened is only 2 minutes away from my house and I have to walk past that place everyday. I think it will be a very traumatic experience for me if I were to be approached by them... when I first heard about this, I wanted to cry..

Then I realise that I can only rely on God for protection. I have prayed about this; I trust that God has the power to protect me and if indeed this happens to me, God is in control and He will carry me through. Why do I still worry and have so much fear in my heart? Is Satan trying to intimidate me with these stories? I need to place my trust in God and God alone. I need to have the peace of heart and mind that He alone can give me.. I need to pass my burden to God and let Him carry it for me.

The verse (my favourite song :) ) came to mind: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus". (Philippians 4:6-7)

Fear go away!!!! My God is an awesome God and He will be with me!

"Dear God, please take this fear away from my heart. Instead, fill my heart with joy and peace from you and praises for you. Watch over me and guide me steps . Deliver me from harm. And help me be strong. Your little daughter praying in Jesus' name. Amen."