My Heart

Last week I undertook a challenge out of a response from being quite strongly convicted about my evasive tendencies to sit still in the presence of God. Why do we resist so much or find it difficult to receive the greatest love that we will ever experience??...

So I started a Purify Study, but rather than talk about my outcomes and lessons learned…. My desire is to encourage you to take your pulse, investigate the condition of your heart, and finally jumpstart it to beating full force with life and excitement for God. Take time to reflect on these questions, answer them in honesty, and discuss with the Father.

-What is in your heart?
-Do you have a foreskin over your heart?
-What is the outpour of your heart?
-What things or stuff do you keep in your heart whether good or bad? And how does this affect your relationship with God, self, others?
-How is your LOVE WALK? - Handicapped? Limping? Or Full strides?
-Is God kept in a box in your heart or does He have full total control?

The heart is a major vessel of life…directs blood flow to major arteries and organs throughout your entire body. You are a vessel that has been blessed with the ability to give life. The generations that will come from you are the hope…God’s hope for continuous lighting of a dark world. Many times we allow the enemy to string our hearts and play it like a yo-yo…I bellieve that submitting to God takes away our personal responsibility for our heart’s healing. At the end of my fast I realized my efforts at best always result in masking the hurt and often fueled by fear and other wrong motives. At first they may seem to succeed, but that desire, longing, wanting, needing for something to fill that void consumes and overpowers, resulting in evident failure.

My prayer for you is that God will give you Grace to submit your yearning heart to Him. May His Holy Spirit search your heart and flush out all that doesn’t belong. May the Love of Christ consume your heart, leaving no room for self. Causing an organic response of a heart that leads you to true self-surrender. May this Love overflow into all areas of your life and infects all those around you. That you will truly walk out God’s command of ridding "...yourselves of all the offenses you have committed [or have been committed against you], and get a new heart and a new spirit” (Ez 18:31). Relinquish the guilt of the past, relinquish past offenses, and take on your new identity. God promises to sprinkle and cleanse you…He will finish the work in your heart (Ezekiel 36:25-26). For the fruit of Love comes as a result of a Pure Heart, Good Conscience, and Sincere Faith (1 Timothy 1:5). Lay your heart on the altar, for you are fearfully and wonderfully made, you will forever be God’s Beloved, honored and precious in His sight…He made uniquely you perfectly…Never forget that…

Next week I’ll be sharing on “Prayer” or better yet “Heart-to-Heart” with God.

One luv (in Christ)
James 4:8