Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of images from Micah Tyler giving testimony and singing his song … Different … poignantly testifying in song how he desires for God to change his heart in order that he can handle the challenges of life.
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Highlight Verse[s]: 1 Samuel 16:7 [NLT] … 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
… Creation gives the birds a place to nest and raise their young as we can in this great creation God has provided for us all.
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Highlight Passage [context]: 1 Samuel 16:1-7 [NLT]… USE THIS LINK …
… Samuel searches the hearts of Jesse’s family to find the heart of a king.
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Reference Passage : … Psalm 15:1-3, 19:11-13 [NLT]… USE THIS LINK …
… The Psalmists sing of the key to worship of God is the purity of our hearts.
Reference Passage : … Proverbs 4:23, 23:7 [NKJV]… USE THIS LINK …
… We must guard our hearts … for as we think, so we become!
Reference Passage : … Matthew 5:8, 6:21 [NLT]… USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus preaches truth about the condition of our hearts being the key to our relationship with God.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Lisa Samra, uses a family story to illustrate how what is beneath the surface is so often so much more important than what we see on the outside. The ODB author wrote: Our children needed a little coaxing to believe that it was worth putting on snorkeling gear to peer beneath the surface of the Caribbean Sea off the shore of the island of Tobago. But after they dove in, they resurfaced ecstatic, “There are thousands of fish of all different kinds! It’s so beautiful! I’ve never seen such colorful fish!” Because the surface of the water looked similar to freshwater lakes near our home, our children could have missed the beauty hidden just below the surface.
If you’ve taken the time to hear Micah Tyler’s song, the Bible story of God choosing David as king, and the reference Scriptures from the Old/New Testaments above, I think any reader of discernment will see the message here … that God looks at our hearts much more so than what we show on the surface.
If there is beauty in our hearts, God sees it, even if our lives are in turmoil on the outside. And if there is darkness in our hearts, it will find its way to the surface; … but God sees it before it ever does. And we can be sure that God will do whatever it takes to help us change our hearts if we need to do so to worship Him with our choices and pursuits.
I pray that all who read here are on in serious pursuit of a purified heart which will yield a fruitful life for God’s glory.
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You staying with me to help purify my heart.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … Purify my heart, Lord, that I may be able to worship You with my choices today. … Amen
Blogger Note: Everyday during this year, my daily devotional blogs are influenced by the reading and study of the online devotional blog entitled “Our Daily Bread,” distributed online via email by RBC Ministries. If you GO TO THIS LINK on the date of my blog, you can read/study the ODB blogs; or you can subscribe to the blog via email at that site.
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