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#128: Inside Out

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it springs the issues of life. (Proverbs 4:23) Many processes in life have a course that they take - a direction that they must follow. For example, fluids will always flow from a region of higher pressure to a region of lower pressure, gravity will always pull everything towards the center of the earth, water will always flow downhill and heat will always flow from a hot object to a cold object. The writer of Proverbs also points us to a very important truth that most times we ignore or do not pay attention to. This truth is that the issues of life flow from inside out. But what does this mean to us? We actually spend the bulk of our life paying attention to the outside life (Matthew 15:11-20) and we wonder why we never get better with time. But Jesus addressed this when He said you brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right. For whatever is in your heart determines what you say. A good per...

#127: Grateful Heart

Today is a special day as we mark the first Sunday in the year 2020. It is not by our own efforts that we’ve been able to see this day, but for the grace and mercies of God. 2019 might not have been the best year, but in all, we thank God for Life. Psalm 100 Amplified Bible (AMP) Shout joyfully to the  Lord , all the earth. 2  Serve the  Lord  with gladness  and  delight; Come before His presence with joyful singing. 3  Know  and  fully recognize with gratitude that the  Lord  Himself is God; It is He who has made us,  [ a ] not we ourselves [and we are His]. We are  His people and the sheep of His pasture. 4  Enter His gates with a song of thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, bless  and  praise His name. 5  For the  Lord  is good; His mercy  and  lovingkindness are everlasting, His faithfulness [endures] to all generations. · ...