Having a Heart in a Sometimes Heartless World
Day 224 – Week 32 at a glance
Scripture focus: God-defiers are always in trouble; God-affirmers find themselves loved every time they turn around. Celebrate God. Sing together – everyone! All you honest hearts, raise the roof! Psalm 32:10-11 The Message
This week’s devotionals focused on the 32nd Psalm, and reminded us of the following concepts:
· “Mulligans” began with God.
· Essential to the fresh start process will be: the need to hold nothing back, a willingness to come clean and tell the truth about or failures, and an acknowledgement that the world is never going be an easy place to step as God speaks.
· A spiritual journey is best traveled with companions. If we aren’t always going to do well, if people are not going to treat us right, and if the world can be a heartless place to reside – it’s best to experience all this with good friends.
· A couple of definitions to help us along the way include –
Walk – live – Greek word is peripateo – to habitually walk around in one general vicinity; a person who has walked in one region for so long that it has now become his environment, his place of daily activity, the sphere that encircles his existence
Repentance – “A religious term referring simply to a deep change of one’s mind and heart.” [David Eckman, p.88, Becoming What God Intended]
If we want to have big hearts in this heartless world, we’re going to need a firm commitment to living within earshot of the voice of God.
You have completed your two hundred twenty fourth day of a 365 journey. May your walk keep you in the vicinity of God!
Recommended reading: Nehemiah: 1 - 3 in the morning; 1 Corinthians 7 in the evening
This week’s devotionals focused on the 32nd Psalm, and reminded us of the following concepts:
· “Mulligans” began with God.
· Essential to the fresh start process will be: the need to hold nothing back, a willingness to come clean and tell the truth about or failures, and an acknowledgement that the world is never going be an easy place to step as God speaks.
· A spiritual journey is best traveled with companions. If we aren’t always going to do well, if people are not going to treat us right, and if the world can be a heartless place to reside – it’s best to experience all this with good friends.
· A couple of definitions to help us along the way include –
Walk – live – Greek word is peripateo – to habitually walk around in one general vicinity; a person who has walked in one region for so long that it has now become his environment, his place of daily activity, the sphere that encircles his existence
Repentance – “A religious term referring simply to a deep change of one’s mind and heart.” [David Eckman, p.88, Becoming What God Intended]
If we want to have big hearts in this heartless world, we’re going to need a firm commitment to living within earshot of the voice of God.
You have completed your two hundred twenty fourth day of a 365 journey. May your walk keep you in the vicinity of God!
Recommended reading: Nehemiah: 1 - 3 in the morning; 1 Corinthians 7 in the evening
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