“My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.”
John 17:15 NIV
Peace
Palliative “Peace”
The only peace I can “imagine” is not the one John Lennon sang about,
but the one Jesus Christ offers.
“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
John 14:27 NKJV
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Waiting On God
“But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:31 NKJV
Flyers
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
John 3:17 NIV
Take One
“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.”
1 John 3:16 NIV
Picnic Table
Leave it behind. A life of peace awaits.
“Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.”
Isaiah 55:7 NIV
Going Right
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
Solitude
“For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.”
1 Corinthians 2:11 NIV
Broken Wing
Sometimes, a bird gets caught in a trap.
“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”
Hebrews 12:11 NIV
Testimony
“Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.”
Psalm 116:2 BSB