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Heart Maintenance~Part One

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Ephesians 4:29 says, ‘Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.” In my book, “Victorious Heart” chapter five is entitled “Honey-Laced Words.”

The chapter title is taken from Proverbs 14:24. It says, “Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.” I looked up why a honeycomb was connected to bones. Copied from the internet. The inside of bones is structured like a honeycomb. This honeycomb mesh structure gives the bones their strength.

Buried unforgiveness will rot our bones. Here is a verse from a new song called Rejoicing Bones ~ When I thought about my circumstances I became gloomy inside.  My heart was getting heavy and my peace destroyed. Then in Your Word You revealed the secret of health. My bones are affected when my heart is in despair.

God’s Love: Unconditional

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This is my online devotional

GOD’S LOVE: UNCONDITIONALFEBRUARY 7 2024, WRITTEN BY MARILYN ADAMS
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.ROMANS 5:8
The word unconditional means that it is absolute and not subject to change in any way. Not one sinner is exempt from God’s love. God’s unconditional love made a way for every one without exception.

Why did Jesus die on a cross? God cannot just overlook our sins, our wrong attitudes, words and deeds and still be perfectly holy and just. All sin deserves punishment. Jesus was the perfect sacrifice for our sins, because he was incapable of sinning. Therefore all your sins and mine were laid on Jesus. He took our place. He died to set us free from the bondage to sin.

I like to look back to the account of Saul of Tarsus in Acts chapter 9. He was a murderer. He did everything he could to imprison those who believed in Jesus. He wanted to make sure that they were put to death.

He was on his way to Damascus to capture more followers of Jesus, when God stopped him in his tracks. He was saved and so radically changed, that folks did not believe he was the same man. He who once persecuted believers, wrote many of the New Testaments books.He fully understood God’s unconditional love. It cannot be earned or worked for in any way. It is a gift that cost Jesus his life. Have you received it for yourself?

Oh Father, your love cannot be fathomed with our finite minds. There is nothing to compare it to. It is unconditional, unchangeable, steadfast, and abundant. Thank you Lord Jesus for dying for us, and for redeeming us with your shed blood. Oh that we might be instruments of righteousness to effectively share your love with others. Amen

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God Watches Our Hearts~Part One

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I love 2 Chronicles 16:9. It says, “For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him…” In Philippians 1:8 Paul wrote, “For God is my witness…”

As I was thinking about this verse, my mind went back to Acts 24:16. Paul wrote, “…I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.” He wrote to the folk in Philippi from his own example.

Philippians 1:10 Amplified says, “So that you may surely learn to sense what is vital, and approve and prize what is excellent and of real value (recognizing the highest and the best, and distinguishing the moral differences), and that you may be untainted and pure and unerring and blameless (so that with hearts sincere and certain and unsullied, you may approach) the day of Christ (not stumbling nor causing others to stumble).”

Praying With Joy ~ Part Two

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Philippians was written in AD 61. My heart  was captured as I thought about how much Paul loved the folks in Philippi. In verse 3 he said that he thanked the Lord every time he thought about them.

He joyfully prayed for them. Verse 5 clues us into the reason for that joy. It says, “For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now.” At the least, we are talking about a nine year relationship, though apart physically.

Verse 7 says, “…I have you in my heart…” Verse 8 says, “For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.” Paul loved the Lord. He loved the folks in Philippi with the same love, because of their fellowship with him in the furtherance of the gospel. Verse 4 awakened a desire to explore praying for others with joy ~ fellowship through the gospel.

Praying With Joy ~ Part One

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I began my journey to meditate through Philippians. The Holy Spirit arrested me at verse four. It says, “Always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy.” This is why I love meditating through a book. He shows me things that were hidden before in my reading.

Let me ask you: do you pray with joy for the ones you pray for? I haven’t. I’m usually so intent on presenting others to the Lord with their dire needs. I went back to Acts 16:6-10. Paul and his team had intentions to go preach the  gospel in Asia. Forbidden. They tried to go to Bithynia. Not permitted.

Then, in a vision, Paul received the Macedonian call. You can read what happened in verses 11-15. As I looked at the map in the back of my Bible, Philippi was way at the tip of his journey. The time was dated as AD 49-52.