Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, you who are now far from my righteousness.
Isaiah 46:12
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matt 6:21
Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?
Matt 9:4
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Matt 12:34
For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.
Matt 13:15
When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
Matt 13:19
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Matt 5:8
Spiritual authority, reality, truth only comes in Christ from a pure heart.
Your heart is who you really are.
It directs and controls everything you are.
This is where salvation happens, healing, cleansing, change, love, truth.
So many grow up becoming what others want of them and not what they
actually are. They ignore their own identity, likes and dislikes and loose
contact with themselves. Deep hurts remain unresolved and they become
a frozen person, not ever quite surfacing. Over this hard shell, religion,
being a nice person is built.
If the defence is never lowered and trying very hard to become something
else is pursued, nothing is ever truly resolved. All the religious words, or claims
of gifts or spiritual wonders will never change the lack of connection with
who they really are.
Brokenness is not a good description of who we are when we come to Christ.
We are undefended, we admit our defences defend a failed life, and we need
Christ, we need love, we need all Jesus offers and we are prepared to follow
His ways and rest on His promises.
This was the hardest thing I have ever done, to give it all up, to not try to
claim anything, but let Christ work in me, and for me to dwell in His love.
Those who oppose my sharing appear to be all defended heart people, who
cling on to themselves with a shell of entitlement in Christ yet without the
real work deep within, shown by the lack of love, or even empathy.
It shows simply in the language is not of the heart, but Jesus alone with
only continual failure and defeat from their actual experiences.
And I am labelled their enemy, evil, anti-christ, unsaved etc.
It makes sense in their world, the heart is evil and the enemy of the flesh,
which must be ignored, while their identity is the spiritual, which is who they
would like to be, but have no idea how to become.
My friends, this is a serious spiritual mistake and not the gospel of Christ.
You need to walk the path of pain, honesty and facing your darkest fears,
but with Christ the redeemer, holding and supporting you.
Dear Lord, bring your peace and love into all our lives, so we can know who
we truly are, and accept your forgiveness and purification through your blood
shed upon the cross, Amen.
Isaiah 46:12
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matt 6:21
Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?
Matt 9:4
You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Matt 12:34
For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.
Matt 13:15
When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
Matt 13:19
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Matt 5:8
Spiritual authority, reality, truth only comes in Christ from a pure heart.
Your heart is who you really are.
It directs and controls everything you are.
This is where salvation happens, healing, cleansing, change, love, truth.
So many grow up becoming what others want of them and not what they
actually are. They ignore their own identity, likes and dislikes and loose
contact with themselves. Deep hurts remain unresolved and they become
a frozen person, not ever quite surfacing. Over this hard shell, religion,
being a nice person is built.
If the defence is never lowered and trying very hard to become something
else is pursued, nothing is ever truly resolved. All the religious words, or claims
of gifts or spiritual wonders will never change the lack of connection with
who they really are.
Brokenness is not a good description of who we are when we come to Christ.
We are undefended, we admit our defences defend a failed life, and we need
Christ, we need love, we need all Jesus offers and we are prepared to follow
His ways and rest on His promises.
This was the hardest thing I have ever done, to give it all up, to not try to
claim anything, but let Christ work in me, and for me to dwell in His love.
Those who oppose my sharing appear to be all defended heart people, who
cling on to themselves with a shell of entitlement in Christ yet without the
real work deep within, shown by the lack of love, or even empathy.
It shows simply in the language is not of the heart, but Jesus alone with
only continual failure and defeat from their actual experiences.
And I am labelled their enemy, evil, anti-christ, unsaved etc.
It makes sense in their world, the heart is evil and the enemy of the flesh,
which must be ignored, while their identity is the spiritual, which is who they
would like to be, but have no idea how to become.
My friends, this is a serious spiritual mistake and not the gospel of Christ.
You need to walk the path of pain, honesty and facing your darkest fears,
but with Christ the redeemer, holding and supporting you.
Dear Lord, bring your peace and love into all our lives, so we can know who
we truly are, and accept your forgiveness and purification through your blood
shed upon the cross, Amen.