In a way, we all have walls in our hearts. Sometimes, for whatever reason, we are too overprotected. These fortresses can keep out love — love from God, love from a neighbor, even love from the self.
Inner Peace
I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28)
If I try hard to be better, putting forth effort, perhaps my effort itself will be credited to me as righteousness.
Feeling Bruised and Faint (Isaiah 42:3)
The Chosen One knows you are useful and he’s got a place for you in his kingdom.
Our God Is the God of Jacob (Genesis 32:10)
Sometimes the worst thing that we fear does not come to pass, but rather blessings arise out of the darkest moments of our lives, as Jacob learned firsthand in his face-to-face meeting with Esau.
Revenge (Romans 12:19)
If someone treats us wrong, we need to be kind and be an example to them.
Kept in Perfect Peace (Isaiah 26:3-4)
Why should we trust in the LORD? He is an everlasting rock—the Rock of Ages.
Agonize the Good Agony (1 Timothy 6:12)
The phrase reminds us that our lives can be full of struggle and strain. We do have some influence over what we will struggle and strain over.
He Denied It and Said, “I Am Not” (John 18:25)
He had tried to serve Christ. He had failed. Jesus knew that he would. Jesus also knew that Peter would be restored.
God Working in Us (Hebrews 13: 20–21)
It is God who equips me to do the things that please him.
