Reviewing the Heart Again

Once again the Lord is asking us to search our hearts and let Him change it.  The Body of Christ is at a most challenging moment and the enemy is pulling out all the stops in order to try & abort the movement of God's Church and His Kingdom. And our assignment as His Bride has intensified in warfare but we are encouraged by the Word of God (the sword) the battle is already won.  We cannot stop praying, we cannot stop fasting, we cannot stop loving and WE CAN NOT GIVE IN.  Saints we have to run the race, win the prize and declare that God's Kingdom Come, Thy Will BE Done.

Enjoy the Meditation verse below, and be blessed today!  YOU ARE MORE THAN A CONQUEROR THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD.

Today's Verse

from the New Living Translation

"Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. 'Listen,' he said, 'and try to understand. … For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.'"

Matthew 15:10, 19
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encouragement for today

Sin originates in the heart and is manifested in our words and actions. Get your heart right, and right actions and words flow naturally. Trying to simply change or control what we do or say does not work. We will always express what's in our hearts. So if you want something in your life to change, look for the heart matter that is contributing to it. It could be anger; unforgiveness toward others; needing forgiveness from God or others; or believing lies about yourself, God, or life. Ask God to heal the heart issues, and the actions take care of themselves more often than not.
—Diane Eble, author of Abundant Gifts: A Daybook of Grace-Filled Devotions

It's time to Mature

While spending time with the Lord this morning I asked Him, "Lord teach me what it means to deny myself, pick up my cross and follow you."  I remembered Jesus speaking to Peter saying, if anyone comes AFTER me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and FOLLOW me! Matthew 16:24.  And as I keep communing with Him, he showed me that my plans, goals, dreams, and hopes are to be laid down, and in full faith and confidence in Him, I take those things that He desires.  His thoughts becoming my thoughts, His heart becoming my heart, His plans for the day becoming my plans.  Not that having my own plans is a bad thing, but it is the Lord who orders my steps and lay the path for me to take. 

The Holy Spirit revealed areas in me where I was still immature.  Not in the sense of being childlike in my actions but in the way I thought.  He revealed to me that I am full of knowledge, and Word and Wisdom but instead of empyting myself fully into the lives of others, I hold onto it taking on the nature of a child asking "show me more, teach me more," but what I have done with what He has already shown me or taught me?  Why was I bold to speak to some people but not everyone about the goodness of the Lord?  Why did I feel as if I was unskilled in the Lord?  But He taught me, gave me His mind and His Word, yet I still felt that I needed to be taught instead of being the one to teach.  Hebrews 5:12-14 talks about being spiritually immature only being able to digest milk. ¹² For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. ¹³ For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. ¹⁴ But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

So the Lord encouraged my heart today - by letting me know that He has taught me, He has equipped me, I have His mind and now I have His mission.  Become skillful in Me, teach the people what the "I the Lord" says, teach them who "I" am. This is maturity!!!  Once that has been poured out, then the Father will fill me again with more of Him to learn and grow in and then teach to the nations.  And the nations can represent anyone, it can truly be the nations, or your community, your state, your neighborhood, your family members, your co-workers. 

What was received from this moment, it is "time to mature."  "It is time to be skillful in the things of the Lord."  After all Saints, the earth waits in great expectation for the manifestations of the Sons and Daughters of God.  Let's not keep her waiting, Let's Mature together!!!  :-)

Love Wisdom

"Wisdom has built her house;
  she has carved its seven columns.
She has prepared a great banquet,
  mixed the wines, and set the table.
She has sent her servants to invite everyone to come.
  She calls out from the heights overlooking the city.
'Come in with me,' she urges the simple.
  To those who lack good judgment, she says,
'Come, eat my food,
  and drink the wine I have mixed.
Leave your simple ways behind, and begin to live;
  learn to use good judgment."

Proverbs 9:1–6

I love the way wisdom woes us to come and eat with her.  There are so many issues and circumstances in life where we can honestly say, "we did not use wisdom." And if we had, we could have avoided a many mistakes.  Well, be of good cheer, the Lord does not condemn us.  If we made mistakes, let's confess them before the Father, then seek after Wisdom.  She will see to it that we do not lack good judgment and as the scriptures tell us she has even set the table in preparation of us spending some time with her.  So let's do so!!!  Let's eat at Wisdom's table, she has gone through great preparation for us.  This truly is the beginning of life!!!