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Tag Archives: whole heart
Whole-Hearted Prayer
Mark 12:30 (NIV) Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. [also Deuteronomy 6:5] Whole-hearted prayer is filled with love for God.
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Just Whole-Hearted
Following up on yesterday’s half-throne . . . . . . Seriously now, can you picture our “no-other-gods-before-me” Lord of the universe sharing your heart’s throne with anyone or anything? Matthew 22:36-37 (TLB) ‘Love the Lord your God … Continue reading
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My Heart’s Throne
“Take my heart, it is Thine own, It shall be Thy royal throne.” Frances R. Havergal, 1874 If I love God half-heartedly, he has only half a throne.
Heart Condition
A long-ago lesson on the first three kings of Israel sticks in my head: Saul=hard-hearted, David=whole-hearted, Solomon=half-hearted. Over-simplified? Absolutely, but easy to remember. And easy to apply to my own life. So what about you? Which king are you most … Continue reading
Heart Check (Thursday)
From Blaise Pascal, mid-1600s: “There are two kinds of people one can call reasonable: those who serve God with all their heart because they know him, and those who seek him with all their heart because they do not know … Continue reading
Heart Check (Wednesday)
Confession: I have a consistency problem when it comes to whole-heartedness. It’s a daily (hourly?) problem. Nobody even listened my idea, Lord. I’m soooo frustrated! (it’s all about me — no heart) Oh, Lord God, you don’t seriously expect me … Continue reading