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DATE: SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
TOPIC: YOUR HEART, THE CONTAINER OF INFORMATION
TEXT: MARK 7:20-23
KEY VERSE: MARK 7:21-22. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Take heed; be careful that this heart does not deceive you. The heart is the container that receives information. Be careful that nobody gives you deceptive information. It is the number one seat of deception. Your eyes can deceive you, but because you see somebody, you thought it was this, no, it is not that person. You know it, you agree to that.
You look at something, you think you are seeing this, but you came to discover it is not like that. Oh, so my eyes were deceiving me. The heart is above the eyes in deception. The deception of your eyes is not equal to the deception of your heart. Now you are here, your heart might still be saying, this is not the place.
Which Christianity am I seeing here? Deception of your heart. Be careful. Otherwise, where are you going to go again? All this while, the Lord brought you here, but the heart is trying to reject it. It is not here. This is not the place. Yes, deception. Note that the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked.
The wickedness of the heart is in a great percentage. Desperate comes from the word despair. Despair comes from the word discourage. So, it is wicked to the point of discouragement. What can I do? I cannot do anything. I have been like this. I want to change, but I have not been able to change. So, what will I do? You are at a point of despair. And that is actually the state of your heart.
Who would have told you that this man will just come before you and all your strength is gone? You follow him like a sheep going for the slaughter to go and commit sin. It is later you say, ‘Is it me? After all these years and commitments? That is the state of your heart. That is why God says, give Me your heart, I will work on it. That's why God came Himself to handle the case of your heart.
Thought for the day: Keep your heart with all diligence
Song for the day: Purify me sanctify me O Lord 2X
Bible reading for the day: Ezekiel 41-43
#Horemow.
