Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,
Apply your mind to my knowledge;
18 For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
That they may be ready on your lips.
19 So that your trust may be in the Lord,
Proverbs 22:17
Those four little words: Keep them within you. Not "without" like external behavior but "within" internally dealing with the intentions of your heart.
If I could say what God is dealing with my heart this very moment, it would be this.
"You are free not to do everything right and not to do whatever pleases you in the moment. You are free to love." Larry Crabb
May we be more concerned about loving God, loving others, than living for our own comfort, pleasures.
God is moving.
PRAYER FROM PSALMS
Dear Father, Help us to apply our minds to knowledge and recognize that this is not about changing our minds, changing our behavior. There is Something, Someone, deeper than our thoughts. God, with Your Mighty Arm you have redeemed my life. There are places still yet to be discovered in my heart. Move to whollyJ Love and fully Live.
If I could say what God is dealing with my heart this very moment, it would be this.
"You are free not to do everything right and not to do whatever pleases you in the moment. You are free to love." Larry Crabb
May we be more concerned about loving God, loving others, than living for our own comfort, pleasures.
God is moving.
PRAYER FROM PSALMS
Dear Father, Help us to apply our minds to knowledge and recognize that this is not about changing our minds, changing our behavior. There is Something, Someone, deeper than our thoughts. God, with Your Mighty Arm you have redeemed my life. There are places still yet to be discovered in my heart. Move to whollyJ Love and fully Live.
Lord, I want my desires, comfort, and pleasures to be found more deeply in You and not in the things of this world.
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