Especially when our storms are bad, we are more likely to get bitter, hard, cold, isolated, even feel hate. It's a struggle sometimes, it really is. It's easier to envelop ourselves in darkness then to cling to the light.
Yet we have to guard our heart the most. It's all about the heart. What's in your heart comes out of your mouth. What you say, is what you mean. Seriously. That's why we have to guard our hearts the most. It determines so much, not just our outlook on life but on how others see us. (Proverbs 4:20-23)
The other reason to guard our heart is to consider Matthew 13 and the seeds. Let me explain that the way Ken did. I knew some of what it meant but not like this. If you dont know this chapter, I encourage you to read it. It is about how the Word is taken.
Soil = Hearts Seed = God's Word Bird = devil
We are to plant the seeds into the hearts of others but there are five types of soil.
1. v. 19 Calloused heart - cold, hard, unresponsive
2. v. 20 Careless heart - shallow, impulsive, Sunday Christian, Holiday Christian, rarely reads the Bible, rarely prays,
3. v. 22 Crowded heart - clutter in life, preoccupied, confused, fearful, worries, consumed with the things in life
4. v. 23 Christ-Like - full of fruit but some don't give as much. Seen HERE Fruit being things we do, works to show the love of Christ. Do we serve like we should? Do we love others as Christ loved us?
5.v. 24 to 32 Counterfeit Heart - act everything like a Christian but NOT saved.
Here was the revelation I had: Listen! That's why the narrow road has so few yet the road to destruction is so wide......
God gave us his Son's heart so that we may live. I don't mean live physically but to live spiritually. How will you choose? The narrow, hard way that leads to Heaven or the easy way with the majority of the crowd to destruction? In order for us to live, someone had to die. Christ died for every single one of us. Every single one.
Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6 (NIV)
John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
Whether you are old or young, rich or poor, a liar, a thief, an adulterer, a murder and so on, if you truly repent with a sincere heart and accept Jesus, YOU WILL BE SAVED…. It begins with faith in God, confessing we are sinners and that we mess up...., professing faith that Christ is our Lord and savior, and saying it.
We have all sinned and deserve God's judgment. God, the Father, sent His only Son to satisfy that judgment for those who believe in Him. Jesus, the creator and eternal Son of God, who lived a sinless life, loves us so much that He died for our sins, taking the punishment that we deserve, was buried, and rose from the dead according to the Bible. If you truly believe and trust this in your heart, receiving Jesus alone as your Savior, declaring, "Jesus is Lord," you will be saved from judgment and spend eternity with God in heaven.
Pray with me: "Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen."
I now encourage you to find a local church where you can be baptized and grow in the knowledge of God through His Word, the Bible. Pray about where God wants you to be.
Please leave me a comment if you were touched by this post or accepted Christ.
John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
Whether you are old or young, rich or poor, a liar, a thief, an adulterer, a murder and so on, if you truly repent with a sincere heart and accept Jesus, YOU WILL BE SAVED…. It begins with faith in God, confessing we are sinners and that we mess up...., professing faith that Christ is our Lord and savior, and saying it.
We have all sinned and deserve God's judgment. God, the Father, sent His only Son to satisfy that judgment for those who believe in Him. Jesus, the creator and eternal Son of God, who lived a sinless life, loves us so much that He died for our sins, taking the punishment that we deserve, was buried, and rose from the dead according to the Bible. If you truly believe and trust this in your heart, receiving Jesus alone as your Savior, declaring, "Jesus is Lord," you will be saved from judgment and spend eternity with God in heaven.
Pray with me: "Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen."
I now encourage you to find a local church where you can be baptized and grow in the knowledge of God through His Word, the Bible. Pray about where God wants you to be.
Please leave me a comment if you were touched by this post or accepted Christ.
Most of all, don't be worried about what the world thinks, only of God. So hard but we will stay better on the path that way.
Blessings!
~ Special Momma ~
My next post will leave you never looking at things that glow in the dark the same.
Blessings!
~ Special Momma ~
My next post will leave you never looking at things that glow in the dark the same.
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