Is the love
of God reigning in your heart?
It is
what’s in a person’s heart that really counts.
God is concerned about what is in your heart not your outward appearance. He is not concerned about the rituals you
observe or participate in at church.
The Apostle
Paul tells us that not all who have the Law are justified. Spiritual circumcision is not an outward
ritual, it is something that takes place within a person’s heart.
Spiritual
circumcision is an inward work within the heart.
There are
many who are trusting in the outward observance of the Law, where in realty
what really matters is what’s in a person’s heart.
Most
churches today are hindered by a growing coldness in their relationships with
one another. They have become loveless.
Church has become a social event rather than a place to pursue the
Living God.
The world
is full of wounded people that Pastors and ‘Christians’ have manipulated,
abused or neglected in a time of spiritual need.
A
compassionate church is a healing environment, a place where acceptance is
extended to those who are wounded and hurt.
A
cold---loveless church dies twice! First
inwardly and then outwardly. The Holy
Spirit is absent in a legalistic, cold, judgmental church. Sadly, people will continue to gather out of
habit, out of duty—but when they die, the church dies with them. Spiritual death and then physical death.
“Dear children, let’s not merely say that we
love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.” 1
John 3:18 (New Living Translation)
How does God see your
heart?
Is there anything
hidden in there? …..huummm….maybe a
little: unforgiveness, hatred,
bitterness, jealousy, lust, addictions, greed, anger, selfishness, lies, pride,
…anything else????
What could be hidden
deep within your heart that you are trying not to acknowledge or have you just
learned to live with it?
When’s the last time
you asked God how He sees your heart?
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