You guard your heart to protect it from pollution that could cause issues in your life. One of the ways to guard your heart is by peace. Peace is a security protocol for your heart.I t is a protection strategy for the heart that is troubled, worried, afraid or weary.
To be of good courage means to be strong, to stand your ground, or to “kwechiri”, as we say in Igbo. To hold on, to take up strength, to not allow anything to defeat your heart.
Sometimes we remember the Lord only when we have tried everything we know how to try and failed. When nothing seems to be working, that is the time we often tend to turn to God. He won’t turn you away, but wouldn’t it be nice to have saved our energy and sought Him first?
here are some fears that to overcome them you have to deliberately seek God you have to go into the secret place, before the presence of the Lord, and seek Him. It might require that you set some time apart for fasting and prayer because this particular fear needs attention, it demands your focus and may require that you fight to get it out.
Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God (I will praise His
You are not permitted to fear any evil because the Lord God Almighty is with you. His rod and His staff are comforting, directing, and correcting.
I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O LORD, make
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of
God did not want you to struggle to know and accept that you are His, so He gave you His Spirit. That Spirit in you is the confirmation of your new status in Christ and the seal of His adoption. Now you are no longer an orphan; you are His child. You belong in His family, and you bear His name.
Some people find themselves in relationships where every conversation circles back to what is wrong with them. You are too emotional. Too quiet. Too ambitious. Not ambitious enough. Nothing about them is simply accepted or celebrated. It is always correction, adjustment, criticism. And this is not how God treats us.