My heart is not proud, O Lord, my eyes are not haughty; i do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. (Psalm 131:1). God wants us to be humble & gentle in heart. Humility is a heart issue & not an outward appearance issue. God wants us to imitate the humility of Christ. What is humility? Humility is regarding yourself one step LOWER than others. Humility comes before honor. What about pride? Pride is regarding yourself one step HIGHER than others. Pride comes before a fall. God opposes the proud & gives more grace to the humble. It is written: The humble will inherit the earth. Prayer: Father, I thank you for Jesus. I thank you for you always hear & answer my prayers. I pray that you make us single-minded. Remove the spirit that makes us religious & double-minded from our lives. Make us righteous, holy, pure in Jesus name. Make us humble. I put to action angels under our complement. Let them guard us & minister to our deliverance needs today. In Jesus mighty name we pray & give you thanks, Amen. Immanuel: God with us. Heaven Rules.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds & write them on their hearts. I will be their God, & they will be My people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying: Know the Lord, because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:10-11). If our hearts are not changed, following God's rules will be unpleasant & difficult. We will rebel against being told how to live the Christian way. The Holy Spirit, however, gives us new desires, helping us wanting to obey God. With new hearts, hearts of flesh & not hearts of stone, we will find that serving God is our greatest joy. Under God's new covenant, God's law is inside us & not outside, ie, on a tablet of stone. No, it's written in our hearts. It is no longer an external set of rules & principles. The Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ's words, activates our ...
Comments
Post a Comment