September 18: “It’s What’s In Your Heart that Counts”

September 18, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

Isaiah 29:13 (NLT): “And so the Lord says, ‘These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote.’”

March 16: “It’s What’s In Your Heart That Counts”

March 16, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

It is quite possible that we could be so careful in our speech that we appear to be spiritual giants. Yet, our hearts will provide a much truer assessment of our spiritual condition.

January 24: “It’s What’s In Your Heart that Counts”

January 24, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

As we try to live a life of integrity, we tend to focus on our actions and words. Yet, God focuses on our hearts. If we follow God’s lead and focus on our hearts, the rest will generally follow.

November 17: “A New Heart”

November 17, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

5 Minute Read + Scripture readings TODAY’S BIBLE READING: Ezekiel 35:1–36:38 James 1:1-18 Psalm 116:1-19 Proverbs 27:23-27 TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE(S): Ezekiel 36:26–27 (CSB): “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will place my […]

March 25: “One Way to Know the Condition of Your Heart”

March 25, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

6 Minute Read TODAY’S BIBLE READING: Deuteronomy 4:1-49 Luke 6:39–7:10 Psalm 68:1-18 Proverbs 11:28 TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE(S): Luke 6:45 (CSB): “A good person produces good out of the good stored up in his heart. An evil person produces evil out of the evil stored up in his heart, for his mouth speaks from the overflow […]

It’s What’s In Your Heart That Counts

August 2, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Followers of Jesus (if we aren’t careful) will settle into a kind of Christianity that looks like this: We are trying our best to abstain from what the Bible says is sinful but our heart isn’t in it. We say we have forgiven those who hurt us but our fake smile when we encounter them […]

Stress and the need to get away

June 21, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Sometimes the stresses of life can overwhelm us. Stresses at work. Stresses at home. Stresses of relationships. Stresses of money. Etc., etc., etc. As a former Bible teacher used to tell me (using the King James Bible phrase ‘come apart’ which means to separate yourself from your present situation): “Come apart or you’ll come apart.” […]

It’s What’s In Your Heart that Counts

January 24, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

TODAY’S BIBLE READING: Genesis 48:1–49:33Matthew 15:29–16:12Psalm 20:1-9Proverbs 4:20-27 BIBLE VERSE(S) FOR TODAY: Proverbs 4:23 “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S BIBLE VERSE(S): It doesn’t take long as we read the Bible before we realize that God cares deeply about our hearts. Over and over […]