JANUARY 24
MATTHEW 5:8_Blessed are the pure in heart…
The amazing heart seldom receives its full due. If you think in scientific terms you know it keeps blood pumping. Essential to life. Leviticus 17:11 (KJV), ‘”For the life of the flesh is in the blood.”
When you think of the heart as the center of your emotions, you see love, joy, panic, and fear. The beating heart keeps hormones producing and functioning. Have you discovered something significant? There is a reason deep sorrow and sadness are called heartbreak.
The Bible teaches much more about the heart. The heart is the very center of decision making. When the heart is filled with bitterness, you become a bitter person. You may not even realize it, but the people who know you see it plainly. If your heart is full of hate, you become hateful. A heart filled with unbridled hate may even be moved to murder. The heart instructs the brain, not the other way around. Even though this is not popular science it is what the Bible teaches.
Proverbs 23:7 (KJV), “For as he [mankind] thinketh in his heart, so is he…” What you dwell on in your heart is who you are.
Another thing to count on is what your heart dwells on will eventually come out of your mouth – guaranteed!
PRAYER
Father in Heaven, I know what rules my heart will rule my life. I want that to be goodness and purity. Please help me obtain it. In the powerful name of Jesus, Amen.
Christ wants my heart clean—He will cleanse it!
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