Devotionals on The Heart

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• Take heart, the Lord is waiting to give you a deeper knowledge and revelation of Himself.
• Wives and Widows Are you a wife or widow who has no man as your covering and feels like giving up?  Take heart, the Lord is your husband..
• Take heart..
• there were times when I wept with joy at the grace that God shows towards us – and there were also when I wept with pain as I realised how much we must have hurt the heart of God.  I pray others will find blessings in looking deeper into the pages of Job..

• The more fully and thoroughly hearts are cultivated before conversion the more healthy and fruitful they will be after conversion.
• It is a silent, unsuspected work, not in mind and heart, but in the unseen realm behind these.

• The discipline of the way teaches this; but if He, in His love, strikes the furrows in the heart, it is that He may sow the seed which shall ripen in glory.
• How slowly one learns that His sympathy is not expressed in removing the affliction but in raising one above it to Himself, so that He becomes so endeared to the heart that He is more an object to the heart than oneself. -J.B.S.
• The hand of God never deals but in concert with His heart of infinite love towards us. -J.N.D.

• I, the Lord, search the heart (Jeremiah 17:10).
• The sense of His goodness removes the guile of heart that seeks to conceal its sin. -J.N.D.

• To supply the need is a small thing; but to supply it in such a way as to make us feel in each seasonable supply the Father's heart never withdrawn from us, the Father's heart ever employed about us - that is what He means.

• He asks ALLthe nations into His heart.

• This is a thing which is so evident: the greatest fruitfulness has always come from the lives most devoted to the Lord, the people of the undivided heart.
• This covenant has two sides.... The New Testament takes many warnings from the history of Israel, and we may fail of all that that covenant means if our hearts are divided and we try to live life in two worlds.
• We never lose anything when the Lord has everything, and that is what it means to have a circumcised heart.

• The LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart”1Samuel 13:14
• Loving Obedience God is seeking a man; a corporate body; a race; a peculiar people – a new creation. God is seeking a man after His own heart..
• so Christ was sent to be that Man after God’s own heart – walking in loving obedience.
• Christ was sent by the Father to show how a man after God’s own heart should live.
• The desires of God’s heart reflect the substance of His righteousness and truth.
• And such are the qualities that God seeks in the man after His own heart.
• But a man that entirely reflects God’s moral nature – to God’s own satisfaction. A corporate man after God’s own heart – walking in loving obedience… A body, communicating His perfect character to a dying world in sin. And the goal of that corporate body is, “Christ in you - the hope of glory.”

• He seeks to raise questions and doubts in our hearts as to the reaching of the goal, telling us that our labor is in vain.
• To them that love God,to them whose heart is taken up with God and the fulfillment of His purpose, all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to His purpose.That is a definite statement showing believers are called into a Divine purpose.

• Sovereign Purpose It astounds our soul and amazes our heart that we should be so blessed and honoured..

• And so too of David the man after God’s own heart, for who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, 1 Sam.22:14.

• And Peter urges us to:- sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you..

• Gracious God Once He set His heart on redemption, it exploded into myriads of additional graces: Love; Joy; Peace; Long-suffering; Kindness; Goodness; Faithfulness; Gentleness; Self-Control.
• May He open the eyes of our hearts with a fresh understanding, of what it truly means to be accepted in the Beloved Son of His love.

• in trouble or in joy The praises of my God shall still, my heart and tongue employ.
• Simeon had hope in his heart that his promised pledge would come to pass.
• Long-Suffering I believe, with all my heart that in the fullness of time we will understand why the Bridegroom ‘tarried’… for we know that all things work together for good to those that love God. All things – even things we don’t understand and the things that grieve us: all things; ALL things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.

• This reality is forever engraved on the heart of God in heaven’s council chambers.

• Pray and Praise For you tarnish your life with much fretting. You spoil your walk with much worry. Fretting and worry crush the treasures that the Lord has to offer, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, confess your faults and your needs, and His peace that surpasses understanding will guard your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus.

• It seemed that the heaven was closed, that there was no way through, no answering voice, no sense of a listening ear; and with deep heart exercise about the matter you have been tempted to doubt the promise, question the faithfulness of God, raise questions as to the truth of His Word.
• All that I ask is to know that it is Your will, and, given that, then I accept it from my heart.

• And throughout the gospel of John, we see beautiful glimpses of His heart for everyone.
• Self-righteous Pride Nicodemus, a pious Jewish leader, struggled with the idea of grace rather than human merit to gain God’s acceptance. Self-righteous pride may be the most difficult obstacle to overcome when free grace is offered, for one relies on the merits of man while the other rests on the grace of God. The constant strivings of the religious man to become acceptable to God by works is a far cry from the submitted heart of a broken sinner, who is thirsting for salvation.
• so that the glory of God’s grace is hid from view. But the heart reaching out to God’s grace by faith is rewarded with joys from above.
• A Heart Matter Works of the law are unacceptable to God and unreachable to man, but the logic of legalism persists in trying to obscure God’s gift of grace. But trusting in God is not a matter of the intellect but a matter of the heart.. for with the heart man believesth unto righteousness.

• Call of the Lord He longs to tell you the precious thoughts of His heart… as He did with Abraham - shall I tell Abraham that thing which I do? But are we too busy to draw near in faith?  Are we too fearful to open our ears – to hear His whispers of love?  Happy is the one whom God chooses and draws into His counsel.
• Resting in the Lord It is by precious communion that this sacred intimacy is fostered. It is by daily intercourse with Him that this blessed fellowship is cultivated. It is by resting in Him that we prove ourselves to be His friends. It is obedience that pleases Him; that draws us ever closer to His heart.
• Friends of the Lord Distrust in the inner recesses of the heart disqualifies us from being His friend.

• Wrong Perspective How our hearts cleave to the dust of this world. How frequently we become unduly occupied with the things of this world. How we cling to the properties and possessions of this life. How we focus on the interests of this life at the expense of the life to come.
• Focussed Attention Are your affections too easily taken up with the froth of this world system? Are you preoccupied with the goods that chain hearts to this realm? Are you choked with the junk and wares that demand your affection? It is true that all good gifts around us are indeed sent from the heavenly Giver, and we thank Him for the day by day protection and provision that He affords us.
• Heavenly Perspective How we need to continually lift our hearts heavenward. How we need to look away from the world to the One Who truly provides.
• How we need to focus our hearts on Him, Who is our Provider.

• Men’s hearts are failing, for fear of what is coming onto the world, for lack of knowledge, and the hearts of many believers today are also being shot to pieces – because they have not yet accepted their secure position in Christ.
• Seek Him with all your heart to secure them into the depth of your very being.

• No, though sadly some believers do worry that they are not truly born again. Get once and for all the gospel truth ever firmly fixed in your mind and heart.. believe… just believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you are saved – forever. No, the majority of truths in Paul’s epistles are for the saved man or woman, so that we can live the life that is best for us, as directed by the Holy Spirit.
• Godly Thinking He had a Single Mind – in spite of all the problems and circumstances of life. He had a Submissive Mind – regardless of the way that people behaved towards him. He had a Spiritual Mind – where he set his heart on the right thinking. He had a Secure Mind – where worry and fear was replaced with trust and love. He had a Surrendered Mind – where each thought was captured and given to God.
• Godly Love Jesus initially touches on the secret that was given to Paul and expounded by him:- You must love the Lord your God with all your HEART – and Paul tells us HOW. You must love the Lord your God with all your SOUL – and Paul tells us HOW. You must love the Lord your God with all your MIND – and Paul tells us HOW. Paul tells us how our thinking and thought processes must love and trust the Lord.. with every part of your being.
• Godly Focus When Paul’s heart and soul and mind was set on the Lord Jesus, his life was one of victory, joy, faith and love... despite life’s circumstances.
• God will change your heart, but He will never change your heart until you address the issues of your mind – until you change your thinking.

• Central Thought Paul the apostle to the gentiles had singleness of mind – he had a single mindset. In spite of his many problems and great difficulties, Paul’s mind was set on Christ. Search through any of his letters and discover how often he refers to the Lord. In his thought and in his conversation his heart and mind was set on the Lord.
• A divided heart and a divided mind is one that has self placed at the centre.
• Hosea and James Hosea points the finger of accusation at Israel, their heart is divided, he warns, while James reminds us that: a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways, and the result is distress, disease, disturbance of heart and mind and soul.
• But a single mind and an undivided heart makes for a sound mind and pure heart, and James tells you what to do to achieve this: draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
• Cleanse your hands, ye sinners – purify your hearts, ye double-minded.
• The Apostle Paul And Paul tells us how to achieve this:- set your thoughts and your mind and your heart on the Lord Jesus..
• pray without ceasing and pray about everything and verbalise your heart to Him.
• Give thanks in all things knowing that all things work together for good. And Paul says that if you do this… the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
• Wise Instructions Have you noticed something here –  every instruction starts with a thought, and every thought allows you a choice… FIRST: Set your thoughts and your mind and your heart on the Lord Jesus. If you choose to set your mind on Christ, you will experience inner peace.
• If you chose not to, you’ve chosen not to guard your heart and distress will follow.
• Divided Heart Indeed, it’s impossible for a divided heart to undertake any of Paul’s instructions, and the instability of an unsound mind is the disastrous result.
• Single Heart I could go on….
• but distress, disease, and disturbance of heart and mind comes to the divided heart.
• The Peace of God is only available to the believer that has an undivided heart.. the one that fixes his heart and his thoughts on Christ, bringing every thought into captivity – to the obedience of Christ. 2Cor.10:5

• Secret Disciple Nicodemus was a man with the veil of the Law shrouding his heart – but the light of the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ shone down on this needy man – that dark night. And later we discover him to be a secret disciple – at the tomb of his Lord.

• Resurrection Reality What joy filled the hearts of the apostles and other believers after the resurrection.
• Coming Kingdom How their hearts must have stirred as they heard Christ speak of His coming kingdom. For centuries the little nation of Israel had been expecting their promised Messiah, and for three days and three nights their hopes must have been dashed to the ground – for the One they thought was to redeem the nation – lay cold in a borrowed tomb.

• too readily spring back up to choke lovely flowers – like hearts-ease and other precious things.
• Weeds in the Heart Redeemed from trespasses and sins.

• Errant Nation For many centuries the errant nation of Israel had wandered far from their God. They worshipped other gods and felt God’s rod of discipline on their back in Babylon. They abandoned their mission to proclaim to the nations the One and only true God. They had become proud in their foolish hearts and missed the visitation of their God.

• Right at the very heart of Christendom as we have it today is the desire to be recognized.

• Tested Warriors But the Lord also delights in obedience – watchfulness – faithfulness – vigilance, and He tested His warriors, removing all who did not keep watch for the enemy. And so the numbers were slashed to a mere 300 fighting men. Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and lean not to your own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.
• So trust in the Lord with all your heart, that you enter not into unbelief.
• A true witness is born out of suffering and pain and anguish of heart.
• The indwelling Spirit of Christ is that treasured Light, within each believer’s heart.

• Faith Not Sight Let us not rely on feelings, but on faith..  faith in His unswerving fidelity. And though we see Him not – and though His presence is shielded from our eyes, let us talk to Him and open our hearts to Him.

• God, whomade His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:6 NIV)
• We stand by revelation, God who shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• The people who are going to stand are those in whom this thing has become a living revelation; God hath shined in our hearts, this is one side.
• It is God who hath shined in our hearts... in the face of Jesus Christ, therefore you can go through and survive.
• Nothing can carry us through but the revelation of the Lord Jesus by the Holy Spirit in our hearts; an inside knowledge of Him - not mental assent to a creed or a doctrine, but a living, vital reality in our very being.

• Growing In Grace - STUDY But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were taught, and having been liberated from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness.Romans 6:17-18
• Slaves of Righteousness But Paul reminds the Christians in Rome that although they used to be slaves of sin and serve the sin-nature they were born with, they believed the gospel of grace, trusted Christ and obeyed from the heart.

• Let not your heart be troubledJohn 14:1
• He knew there was one way and one way alone that they could overcome – Abide in Me – Remain in Me – Keep your heart fixed unrelentingly on Me.
• Heart Decision Abiding in Him is even deeper than rest - t is a decision of the heart.
• Come not in terrors, as the King of kings, But kind and good, with healing in Thy wings, Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea— Come, Friend of sinners, and thus bide with me.

• They know not that the life of grace is always and only a life of faith, and that in the relationship to the Lord Jesus the one daily and unceasing duty of the disciple is to believe, because believing is the one channel through which Divine grace and strength can flow into the heart of man.

• If we are going to be affected by that which is present in other people, all those features in Christians and in Christian work and activity which are repugnant to us, we are going to close up and withdraw in heart and nothing is going to be done in the way of mutual helpfulness and edification.
• We have to look through all that to the heart, and be reminded every time that the Lord looks on the heart.
• But the Lord looks on the heart; He sees if there is something deep down under all these preponderances, if there is a real heart love for Himself, and He knows if this is really the endeavor to express that love.
• He is going on, He is not giving up; He is making all He possibly can of the least bit of heart love for Himself and for all men.

• Consider what I say, and the Lord give thee understanding in all things (2 Tim. 2:7).  hungry-heart-10-16

• God’s Abstract Goodness One salty saint of God explains it this way: he wrote:- This is how the Holy Spirit reasons: He shows us what we are – and that is one reason why He often seems to be very hard, and does not give peace to the soul, as we are not relieved until we experientially, from our hearts, acknowledge what we are.

• Am I still accepted by the one I love? Does He still love me? These are the assurances every wife and lover yearns to have from her beloved. These are the eternal questions buried deep in the heart of every-woman….
• You are accepted in the Beloved. “Help me- I have allowed pride to seep in and conceit is lurking deep within my heart” God never changes.
• You are accepted in the Beloved. Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, Who has loved us and given [us] everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17. For you are accepted in the Beloved.

• God expects us to believe what He says and seek Him with our hearts – for without faith it is impossible to please Him.
• Underlying Hope Perhaps there is no greater yearning in the heart of everyman than to love and to be loved..  to be accepted, truly accepted – to be really and truly and honestly accepted.
• Acceptance by Man But we know the condition of our own heart and the fickleness of every man. We sometimes do things to be accepted and sometimes say things to become accepted..
• but in our heart, we know our acceptance by others teeters on very insecure ground.  And one day we find we are removed from their acceptance list, that meant so much – for when we base our being accepted on human terms, we will be disappointed.

• To find that we are objects of consideration to the Lord Jesus is an infinite solace, and it brings Him before our hearts in such a way that we are sustained above the consideration of ourselves.

• I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you. (Ephesians 1:18 NIV)

• We are free, by the finished work of the Cross, from the domination of the man who is now so repugnant to us, and we discover with untold delight that the One who so attracted our hearts is our very life. -C.A.C.

• In all these circumstances he is calm and trustful; he is not only sure of ultimately going to heaven, but already abides there and enjoys something of it in his own heart.

• Satan’s Siftings The Hebrew Interlinear translation of this verse says it this way - And Jehovah said to Satan, have you set your heart on My servant Job?  Just as Satan set his heart on Peter, to sift him as wheat, so Satan desired Job.

• True Maturity God never leaves us floundering, but He does wait until we come to an end of ‘self’. He waits until we realise there is nothing we can do to help to make us spiritually mature. It is only a heart that is prepared by the Spirit of God that will move into true maturity.
• We have to invite the Spirit of God into our hearts to examine us.
• The Seeking Heart The seeking heart permits God to examine His rebellious, carnal heart.
• The seeking heart allows God into the holy of holies, to teach him these truths.

• Moreover, such a workman is not carried beyond what he has received from the Lord, so that his ministry finds sanction in hearts without any pressure. -J.N.D.

• When we trust God’s promise of eternal life, it delights His heart: for without faith it is impossible to please Him,
• No Condemnation God has promised no condemnation to Christians that believe, but unbelief destroys their joy in the Lord and peace in their heart.

• Petitions which identifies itself with the SINS of God’s people - Prayers which also identify with the PLANS outlined in God’s Word – Supplications that reach right into the HEART of God’s will and purpose.
• Daniel’s Example Daniel was an example who pleaded with God in prayer and supplications:- we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies Dan.9: Intense Supplications came from the heart of Daniel as he pleaded for his nation:-HEAR….

• But Scripture must become a heart-belief.
• All Scripture is God’s Word and must be a heart-belief, not just head-understanding.

• It is Christ Who will lift us out, Christ Who will set us free; but let me say this, that it will not be by His coming and putting His hands under us and lifting us out, but by being revealed in our hearts.

• And thus it makes the one in whom it operates free from the law of sin and death.' It gives the consciousness that divine goodness is an unfailing resource for our hearts, and that all the treasures of that goodness are stored up in Christ Jesus, that we may learn them there, and find the life of our spirits in the growing knowledge of Him. -C.A.C.

• In allowing fear to ‘seize your troubled mind’ we allow it to seize our hearts, our faith, our lives, The wonderful part of Amazing Grace is the promise that Father God’s grace can relieve your fears, if you cast your cares upon Him – and if leave your worries and fears at the foot of the cross.

• What thoughts must have passed through her throbbing, aching heart.  Surely her thoughts must have raced back to that penetrating prophecy – a prophecy of promised glory but a pledge of pain, from the aged Simeon: Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; Behold, this child is set for a sign which shall be spoken against. Luke 3:34.
• Loving Words As she stood in anguish and pain, gazing at her dying son, a sword indeed pierced through her own aching soul, leaving her heart bloodied and bruised, and probably bereft of hope.  Despite the sins of all humanity that weighed so heavily upon the shoulders of our blessed Lord; despite the bitter pain, affliction and anguish He bore, for your transgressions and for mine, He saw His own dear mother, in her deep and gaping grief, and His own breaking heart of compassion reached out, in love, to her.

• Spirit and Truth You are abiding in Christ if God’s Spirit DWELLS in you – is at home in your heart.
• Like Christ We are all called upon to live as Christ lived, and it is not an impossible task. We are all commanded to abide in Him and we are given the means to do so.  But we can only live as Christ lived when we abide in Him and rest in Him – and we can only abide and rest in Him as we live as Christ lived. We can only abide in Christ when His Holy Spirit is at home in our hearts.
• Every believer has the INDWELLING Spirit of God in their heart.
• From that moment on the Spirit will never, ever leave that believer’s heart..
• but the Spirit of God is not at home or comfortable in all believers’ hearts.
• Although they are saved, the Spirit does not dwell in their heart – or abide in them.
• An Abiding Reality Only as Christ dwells in our hearts, can we abide in Him as an abiding reality.
• And the more comfortable we are with Him the more He dwells in our heart.

• Spiritually Alert We too must grasp the spirit of Christ’s earnest entreaties to watch and pray. We too must be unceasingly spiritual alert maintaining an unbroken attitude of heart. We are to clothe ourselves with a temperament of anticipated watchfulness. We are to develop a perspective of ceaseless prayerfulness. We are to watch and pray in spirit and in truth, at all times and without ceasing.
• Prepare Hearts Should we not take the warnings of Christ as seriously as His precious promises?
• We are to guard our heart – in thought and word and deed and motive.
• We are to obey His warning – and prepare our hearts for the days are evil.

• Needs of Individuals What very precious and heart-warming words were written in this little verse: He must 'needs go' through Samaria.
• places that may break our hearts - but where “needs must go… places that are hard and arduous – but we need to be there..

• He gave us Himself, as the ultimate example of a man after God’s own heart.  And whatever He did He did only to the glory of God – for He is our perfect pattern.

• Position of Christ The real work of God is measured by the position of Christ in a believer’s heart.

• You find a company or lives welded together in an indissoluble, indestructible oneness and you will find there the love of God wrought very deeply into the heart.
• Yes, this matter of Divine love touches so many points all the way round, and why is there such a passion in our hearts as we do speak in these days about this matter?

• Inner Ministry I doubt the disciples could have imagined that Christ, going away as He did, would have resulted in something even better for them– for the Lord Jesus could only walk beside His disciples – while the Holy Spirit indwells the very heart of a believer. This intimate, inner ministry of the indwelling Spirit, surpasses our wildest thoughts.
• Guide and Helper Never let us forget Who we have dwelling within our heart, teaching and training us.
• Holy Mystery Let us wonder at the mystery of the divine Person that has chosen to take up residence in our heart and become our Teacher, Advisor, Advocate, and Instructor and Who is leading and guiding us into all truth and most importantly – is at this moment conforming us into the image and likeness of the lovely Lord Jesus Christ, Himself.

• His Heart..
• touching your heart.

• It’s all about Jesus and keeping Him the centre of our heart and life.

• if you are prepared to change your heart, God will change your mind.
• But, God will never change your heart until you change your mind!
• but to stir expectation in the human heart. The new was the full revelation of Himself in Christ: I and My Father are One.  And for 4000 years God prepared the way for the dawning of the Day-spring.  And 2000 years ago the Day-star from on high visited man.
• Perfect Choice This is a choice that will affect the eternal position and destiny of a Christian, and God outlines in minute detail what needs to be done in His Word. But you must submit to Him entirely and He will change you – entirely. If you are prepared to change your heart... God will change your mind, but God will never change your heart, until you change your mind.
• Faith and Faithfulness Remember, it all depends on faith and faithfulness. Do not fall short of the grace of God by refusing to listen to Him. Take heed of Israel’s shortcomings and loss – and be warned. Remember – He will change your heart if you just change your mind. But you must first be prepared to change your mind, and if you are… just let Him know.

• Or is it really by revelation of Jesus Christ in the heart?

• Comforting Words And so He comforted them with some precious words of comfort: Let not your hearts be troubled.

• Seeing the blackness of my heart provides the perfect backdrop for the bright and shining glory of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is my life.
• The learning of what I am and of what I have been in Adam, is truly humbling; but it need not be distressing if I see that all those conditions which have been present with me have just been the occasion for my Father to bring to light what is in His heart concerning me.
• every self-discovery makes His perfection more a necessity to my heart.
• For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 4:6).

• His stewards are to be men of understanding, who can touch the various needs, who can reach the heart, so that the Lord's children are saying: That just fits me!

• The kissing cousin to faith in God’s word, is appropriating the truth in our heart.

• Doubting Salvation They do not have God’s assurance in their heart. They do not enjoy the security of His promised provision.
• Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, is the Bible’s clear instruction, for there can be little or no stability in the Christian life when this truth is doubted – but until this is resolved in a believer’s heart there can be little spiritual growth.

• This cooperation is a matter of heart-attitude, of spirit, and means that we go quietly on, cheerfully and faithfully glorifying the Father where we are, not fretting or praying to be moved somewhere else. -T.

• It is not that I abhor my sins; indeed I may have been walking very well; but it is I abhor myself.' The Holy Spirit shows us what we are, and that is one reason why He often seems to be very hard and does not give peace to the soul, as we are not relieved until we frankly, from our hearts, acknowledge what we are.
• And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Phil. 4:7)

• It has not dawned upon them that at the heart of these very circumstances they are to find the Lord Jesus, find His grace sufficient, find the life more abundant. -L.E.M.
• My Father was not looking for any good in me, and had the Lord Jesus Christ before Him, the perfect and infinitely acceptable Object of His heart.

• It fell from His lips as He sat on the mount and opened His heart to His own.
• Yet Paul exhorts us, let the peace of God rule in your hearts  Colossians 3:15
• Peace of Christ The first word to His trembling disciples after Calvary was PEACE… The heavenly Man who ascended to His Father’s throne left peace with his disciples: peace I leave with you – my peace I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled.
• Spirit of Peace This spirit of peacemaking is divine and is imparted via the Spirit of Peace. To be peacemakers, we must strive to be at peace with all men:- if it is possible, pleads the apostle Paul – if it is possible, be at peace with all men. Rom.12:18. When Christ is made Lord of all He takes the heart and makes it one with His heart, and we have been given the mind of the Prince of Peace.

• Greater Purpose But lips that have pleaded in agony of heart for years do not go unnoticed. Eyes that wept tears of pleading, until numbness replaces hope do not go unheeded..
• as hearts grow faint and weary and faith flickers dimly as God still delays.
• I know not what He seeks to correct and train and perfect in your life, but I must ask Him to search my heart to discover what needs to be changed in me.
• I must ask:-  Do You see pride in my heart, Lord – as I step outside of Your will?

• Fires of Suffering If the understanding love of the Lord is to be shed abroad through your mean life; if you long for patience of spirit and humility of heart, you must needs be tried in the fires of suffering.
• from fruit to more fruit to much fruit, until purity of heart and godly righteousness become the inner clothing of your heart – and the outward garment of your being. And still the fires of affliction and the furnace of adversity are heated.
• They are heated seven times hotter… where not only life’s little actions and the words of your mouth are scrutinised by Purity’s eyes of refining flame, but thoughts of the mind and motives of the heart are squeezed through His mangle of purification.

• The Church is His eyes and ears; His hands and His feet; His heart and His life… just as our own physical bodies stand in relation to our own inner beings.

• Silently comes the kingdom into the heart of a man, and who can judge the heart of a man and witness the new birth save the Lord alone?  But the results of that silent birth should by degrees be visible, until Christ be formed in you.  And then cultivate silence for God often speaks in silences.

• Restlessness Is your heart restless?

• He gives rest in ravaged hearts.

• Humility of Heart The greatest prophet born of woman declared his unworthiness before the Lord: “I am not worthy to unloose His shoe. He Who comes after me is preferred before me”.
• This humbleness of heart is what is sorely needed today, in each of our lives, Like John we should, in humility of heart, cry, “I am nothing and He is everything.”
• We watch men’s heart’s failing and see our own world crumbling before our eyes..

• Is the living Person now in heavenly glory really the Object of our hearts?
• For some time after I knew the Saviour I used to think of Him as One who had lived and died on earth long years ago, and I well remember the day when I knelt down with a dear brother who prayed that we might know the Lord Jesus as a living Person in heavenly glory, and it dawned upon me that there was a present Object for my heart in heaven.
• Our hearts will never be satisfied until that glorified Lord Jesus becomes our Object bright and fair. -C.A.C.

• Great Divide The necklace of pride that chokes man’s thinking and darkens man’s mind emanates from a heart that has confidence in its own abilities to meet the righteous criteria that is laid out by the Father – a confidence in his own abilities and based on human merit.

• a change of attitude – a change of heart. An integral part of scriptural repentance must include believing on the Lord Jesus… salvation – a gift of God – by grace alone – through faith alone.

• Oil and perfume make the heart glad, so a man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.Proverbs 27:9
• If true love in the heart has but zeal and courage enough to show itself in dealing plainly with our friends, and reproving them for what they say and do amiss, this is really better, though for the present they are painful as wounds. It is a sign that our friends are faithful indeed, if in love to our souls, they will not suffer ill upon us, nor let us alone in it.
• Humility of Heart In Hebrews the words ‘chastening’ and ‘child-training’ have deep roots.. ‘Chastening’ and ‘child-training’ have roots – deep in HUMILITY. Humility of heart is the Grace that graces all graces when chastening is concerned.
• Humility is born from the Supreme Good – LOVE.  Humility is the Garment of Grace.  Humility is the Adornment of the Heart.  Humility requires us to submit to the Spirit to search out our Secret Sins.

• Or will I allow a malformed perception of the Father-heart of God, to distort my own broken image of His Person?  Am I truly prepared not only to learn the truth of Him with my ears..
• but am I really ready and willing to recognise Him with my spiritual eyes?  Am I not only prepared to speak of Him in truth, with my lips – or am I really prepared to understand Him deeper within my heart.  That I may KNOW Christ.

• in humility of heart and in submission to the Spirit of God.

• United As One This was the heart-cry of our Lord – as He prepared to return to His heavenly home.
• Should it not be our own heart-hunger – that the body of Christ be united as one?
• Should we not examine our hearts in humility to see if we are living His life in us?

• “Walking in dependence upon the Holy Spirit, He leads up our hearts to where we are in the Lord Jesus.
• This is true Christianity-the heart drawn off things here, and lovingly occupied with the One who is our Christian life.”

• Thus would our minds be solemnized, our spirits calmed, our hearts subdued. -C.A.C.
• He will train and sustain every individual branch, the needs of each are upon His heart.

• Food for the Human Heart No bread that is grown on earth will furnish food for the human heart. No nourishment for the body can suffice the deep need of the believer’s soul. Jesus alone can satisfy the longings and desires of the hungry man, for He is the Bread of LIFE.
• Rom.3:8 – yet through His Spirit, Christ satisfies the hungry heart that aches for holiness.
• Those who seek Me shall find me when you seek Me with all your heart.

• How often we have murmured under trial only to see later the preparation of the Lord Jesus of our hearts that we might be His ministers of comfort in an hour of need in the life of another (2 Cor. 1:4).
• This process is necessary because of our tendency to think more of working for the Lord Jesus than becoming a channel for the outflowing of heavenly bread to broken hearts on every side. -H.R.
• Others come to us in their deep need, and, with our hearts breaking, we are called upon to give out of our emptiness and loss what we seem to need ourselves.

• Faith is not the fancies and fleeting feeling of the heart.
• Faith purifies the heart: purifying their hearts by faith.

• The Lord Jesus presses on our hearts that He brings us into association with Himself.

• Wherefore I was grieved with this generation and said “they do always err in their hearts and they do not know my heart1 Corinthians 10:6, Psalm 95:10
• Finger of God As I’ve discovered the value and meaning of scriptural types, my heart has rejoiced.
• And as I’ve understood the value and meaning of scriptural types my heart has trembled..
• as I have seen the physical walk of Old Testament saints translated into spiritual reality – I have seen the finger of God – pointing accusingly at MY bloodied heart.
• Jacob had a rebellious heart, a stained heart, a lonely heart.
• Jacob had a heart of rage, bloodied and unbroken and overwhelmed with doubt.
• Oh Jacob was successful in a worldly sense – but his heart was hardened.
• Fleshly Jacob had a heart that was hardened towards his Lord, and the birthright and the promise and the blessings were his, but the birthright and the promise and the blessings were held, in abeyance: as it is written: God loved Jacob…with an everlasting love:

• Through all the changing scenes of life,in trouble and in joy,the praises of my God shall stillmy heart and tongue employ.

• Sonship in our Father's mind is to have people who are reliable and responsible, who know in their own hearts what is right and what is wrong, and do not have to be constantly told and admonished.

• And it is this: Today if you will hear His voice, harden not your heart.

• One Way There is a need in the life of all mankind for God – for His forgiveness and love,  and multiple methods have been designed in an attempt to reach humanity’s goal.  But the futility of those that are searching for a bloodless way is tragic and pitiful – for Christ not only told us the Way, but He alone is the Way – the only way to God – and all the questions that are deep in the heart of man have been answered in Him.
• Christ is the answer to each hurting heart, for the spilt blood of Christ alone can address each need and comfort each heart – the shed blood of Jesus alone can calm each cry and heal each hurt.
• One Sacrifice But the multiplied, un-bloody methods of man are more appealing to his prideful heart.

• Are our hearts set upon God having that which is wholly of Himself?

• That is if it came into the heart by the Spirit's power with the effect of a revelation in the same way as the Apostle Paul came to see who Jesus of Nazareth is, then a Christian-Judaism, or Judaistic-Christianity (which Christendom so largely is) would be impossible; as it became in his own case.

• Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by Thy name, O Lord God of hosts (Jer. 15:16).

• Humble Heart We must return to a place where we are prepared to expose our inner souls to Christ.
• We must invite Him to examine the inner recesses of our ignoble, rebellious hearts.
• We must allow Him to humble our hearts before His throne of grace.

• If we were to begin to analyze ourselves and take stock of ourselves, that would be a terrible business, a wretched business, and it would be endless - think of it, beloved, with all that we know of ourselves, all that God knows about us - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
• I the Lord search the heart.

• We must be circumcised in heart to do the will of God, ready to let go and let God determine the way to accomplish it.

• Paul said it quite emphatically, i>Neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh... circumcision is that of the heart(Rom. 2:28-29).
• It is a spiritual thing, an inward thing; it is of the heart.
• Stephen, in that matchless discourse of his which resulted in his murder, cried at one point to those who were persecuting and about to stone him, i>Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart(Acts 7:51).
• What did he mean by i>uncircumcised in heart and ears He just meant this, that they were only willing and minded to have what they wanted and nothing more.
• Prejudice is a certain mark of an uncircumcised heart.
• Bigotry is the same, and anything that you can find that made up the situation which brought Stephen to his death is a mark of an uncircumcised heart.

• Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart.Psalm. 6:2
• We read in 1Corinthians 11:28 “But let a man examine himself.”  Self-examination is not a focus on self. Self-examination is not an unhealthy introspection, but an examination of the inward heart.
• A searching of the heart, guided by His Holy Spirit; a testing of the mind and the soul; a proving of our attitudes and motives; an examination of our ways and our walk in case we stray from His chosen path.
• desiring His inspection of the hearts deepest secrets..
• to uncover lurking lusts of fleshly inclinations. It is yielding as He searches the heart to detect any wicked way or wrong attitudes.
• Discover any evil lurking in my heart.” Psalm 139:23
• Test the Heart Scriptural self-examination is conducted in His presence – a testing of the heart, presided over by the purer eyes of the Lord.
• An examination of the soul carried out in the light of His Word. It is a probing of the innermost secrets, examined through His eyes of ‘flaming fire – for we are reminded that we are to examine ourselves and explore our hearts.
• for God looks on the heart.
• Inner Cleansing Let us permit this scriptural self-examination in our lives. Let us submit to His examination of the inward parts. Let us consent to Him exposing each secret sin. Let us seek an inner cleansing and sanctification. Let us draw near to Him with a true heart.
• “Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalm.139:23-24

• ..and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.Philippians 4:7
• Come away and rest – rest awhile with Me – remain in Me and rest in Me and quit your struggling and quiet your heart.
• for hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us.
• Mk.6:31 …and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your heart, and your mind through Christ Jesus.” Phil.4:11

• Men’s hearts are failing within them..  believers and non-believer alike.
• Lack of Peace Despondency contracts the soul and withers the heart.
• Depression renders one unfit or unable to receive His inner peace. Discouragement magnifies the burden and renders it too heavy to bear. Distress is the outcome of a heart that has not anchored itself on the Lord.
• It is His loving grace that truly refreshes the heart.
• Focus of Rest 'But how  you ask. 'How do you reach the rest that He has promised you?' Turn away from the visible,  if you would possess the invisible. Take time with the Lord Jesus and gaze on His loveliness. Fix the eyes of your heart on Jesus and away from the world’s ugliness. Turn away from your own efforts and from faith in yourself, and allow Him to occupy your thoughts until He is resting within your heart.  Come away from all else and set your heart, your thoughts, your mind on Jesus.

• Spiritual growth, requires a heart-hunger for an intimate relationship, and an intimate relationship only develops as we get to know Him Whom our soul loves.
• does not your heart glow within you as you assimilate these gracious truths?

• On the other hand, where one has been brought into this principle, there will always be a measure of brokenness, softness, and tenderness of spirit; and not only so, but also largeness of heart, and that lovely tendency to rise above those petty, selfish considerations, which so sadly hinder the work of God.

• Whether it be for the initial revelation to our hearts of divine things, or amid the discipline that must follow ere those divine truths become a part of us, we shall find it necessary to turn again and again to this gracious comforter of our infirmities.

• It is something that threatens your very life, to slay, and this in principle and essence, beloved, is idolatry; because its ultimate effect is that even the Lord cannot have what His heart is set upon and get His people spiritually where He wants them, because they are so bound up with His things.

• A walk in the Spirit demands a circumcised heart, a heart in which the severance has been made between flesh and spirit, Christ and self.

• Forgiveness Benefits Many believers recognise David, as a man after God’s own heart.
• David may be a man after God’s own heart, by faith – but like us, he needed to confess his sins.
• Let us follow the example of David and search our hearts to identify anything that has grieved our Lord, or quenched His Spirit in our lives, knowing that, if we confess our sins God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness – and He will return us into sweet fellowship with Himself, once again.

• And in so doing He has eternally satisfied the heart of God – and eternally saved the souls of men.

• Chosen by God The eyes of the Lord had been upon the young Mary for many a year, for she was called and chosen to be His special vessel for His Unique Son. The righteousness of this woman had not gone unnoticed before the Lord, for the eyes of Mary had been upon the Lord for many a year during her short life. Her devotion to God dictated an equal devotion to the Son of His love. Her poverty and lowly state were no barrier to the Lord, for her delight was in the Lord. Indeed, her humility of heart and modest estate was what attracted His attention: for who can find a virtuous woman?
• Diminishing Remnant There were many beautiful women in Israel at the time Mary was called and chosen, but she was one of a diminishing remnant – waiting for the coming of the Lord.  Only the one whose heart was perfect toward the Lord can be used by the Lord. Only the one who is watching and waiting for the Lord is called and chose, for the LORD's eyes behold and his eyelids try, the children of men – for many are called but few are chosen.
• The eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him.  Psalm 11:4 & 2 Chronicles 16:9
• My life was raised in the gutter and my heart has been bloodied in life’s cruel walk.  How?
• But there is one little clue that each of us should take to heart as we look at Mary.
• This young handmaiden was of low estate and lowly of heart.
• Her heart was ever open to the Lord’s examination.
• How do we KNOW that she was humble of heart?  Well, God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.

• Spirit of Contentment For to be in the place of His choosing, makes for quiet contentment of heart.
• Cautionary Tale A story is told of a king who went into his garden one morning, and found everything withering and dying.  He asked the oak that stood near the gate what the trouble was.  He found it was sick of life and determined to die – because it wasn’t tall and beautiful like the pine.  The pine was all out of heart because it couldn’t bear grapes, like the vine.  The vine was going to throw its life away because it couldn’t stand erect and have as fine fruit as the peach tree.  The geranium was fretting because it wasn’t tall and fragrant like the lilac; and so on through all the garden.
• Learning Contentment Coming to a heart’s-ease, he found its bright face lifted as cheery as ever.
• Well, heart’s-ease, I’m glad, amidst all this discouragement, to find one brave little flower.
• No, I am not of much account, but I thought that if you wanted an oak, or a pine, or a peach tree, or a lilac, you would have planted one; but I knew you wanted a heart’s-ease, and I am determined to be the best little heart’s-ease that I can be.

• And we are to watch with grateful hearts – hearts of thanksgiving and praise to God.
• We are to pray to the Father with a grateful heart and attitude of thankfulness..
• But let us pray with a thankful heart.

• You may not need to be emancipated from anything like Judaism or legalism, but the principle is this, that for all increase, progress, enlargement, growth, and maturity, it is essential that there should be in the heart a continuous unveiling of Jesus Christ, and you and I will never get to the end of that unveiling.
• An increase of the revelation of Jesus Christ in the heart is an increase of the love of the Lord Jesus, the fruit of the Spirit.
• You are conscious that your heart is coming more and more under the constraint of His love and that unloveliness is becoming subordinate to His love.
• That is spiritual growth: t pleased God... to reveal His Son in me....It is so important that there should be this continual, living unveiling of Christ in the heart if we are to reach God full end.

• There are two hearts that we learn in the process of suffering: our own sinful heart, and our Father's loving heart.
• Then we find that this world is not the sphere in which the Father can bless us fully; but that there is no place where our own heart is more thoroughly learned, and the heart of the Lord Jesus, as in the wilderness journey. -F.G.P.

• David repented, while Saul was only bothered about his own skin - not God’s reputation/  Unlike Saul, David was a man after God’s own heart.
• Certainly not! David was not perfect for he had blood on his hand and lust in his heart. Was David faultless?
• But David was a teachable man whose heart was open towards the Lord.
• David was a man after God’s own heart and his life can be summed up this way:
• Accountable But only one was a man after God’s own heart, who was jealous of God’s holy name.
• Only one had a right attitude of heart towards God.
• Search Me Search me, O God, thoroughly and know my heart: try me, test me, examine me deeply and know my thoughts –  and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23

• And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts (Gal. 4:6).
• When the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin, it is to remove self from the throne of our hearts.
• When the Holy Spirit fills us, it is to place the Lord Jesus on the throne of our hearts.

• Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith (Heb. 10:22).

• John 4:34. But assault after assault was made upon His faith and His obedience… sometimes through the direct taunts and attacks of the tempter and sometimes subtle suggestions of family and His dearly loved friends… to leave His path of total dependence on the Father. Sometimes through the persistent criticism and accusations of religious leaders – whose hearts were set to discredit and denounce Him.

• confused and numb with pain… take heart and remember – when we think He is far away, He is often the closest.

• The burden over the need of others develops our hunger of heart to be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the Master's use, and prepared unto every good work (2 Tim. 2:21).
• But the true end of evangelism is the establishment of the Lord Jesus' sovereignty in hearts.
• How many of the Lord's people are seeking to touch the living God and fail to find Him and satisfy their heart-hunger for true fellowship with Him.
• Many teachers, but not many willing to suffer, and to bear others on their hearts, until they are borne through their babyhood stage to maturity.

• How do I respond to this inquiry to my heart?

• Salvation Joy Did you experience overwhelming joy, delight and glory when you first believed? Did you tell all and sundry the wonders of God and the message of salvation? Were you one that for a time was seated on the top of the mount of transfiguration? Did you tell the world of all the joy and thankfulness that was in your heart..?
• Faithful Shepherds It seems these men, like David the shepherd king, were men after God’s own heart, as night after night and maybe year after year – these ones were unseen but faithful – unseen by multitudes, who daily flocked to the temple to seek YHWH’s forgiveness. Seen by the One who daily covered those sins – until the fullness of time came in.
• Faithful Endurance But do not lose heart, and do not be disobedient to the heavenly vision” of former days…”but be thou faithful even to the point of death, and I will give thee a crown of life.” Rev.2:10.  Be faithful… not only to the point of physical death... but to the death of Self – death of the old sin-nature itself.

• We dwell much upon the side of being filled with joy, but let us not forget there are broken hearts all round us, and if we are to be channels of divine comfort to them, we must learn something of the fellowship of His sufferings in our own experience.

• What relief for the heart amid rebuffs and disappointments!

• Are there sorrows that sorely test our hearts?

• Laodicean Disinterest I don’t think there is anything more destructive to the human soul than disinterest. I don’t think anything hurts a human heart more than a 'couldn’t care less' attitude.
• But the Christ and Saviour of their soul, was kept outside the door of their heart. What disinterest in the One that loves and cares so deeply as to give His all.
• Christ arrived, despising the badges of rank by which men indicate greatness. He wore the insignia and seal of poverty and meanness. He bore the pain and embarrassment of humiliation and ignominy. Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7
• make sure the Spirit dwells supreme, within your heart.
• Make sure your heart is regal in its own intrinsic, inner character.
• Make sure you are prepared for His next call,  in this even darker night of disinterest, for… we have also a more sure word of prophecy; where unto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your heart. 2 Peter 1:19

• Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12 NIV)

• Men are placed under the New Covenant which does not go beyond remission of sins and the law written in the heart.

• These trials give us opportunities of linking on to the mighty promises of God and finding through the trials come blessing that wonderfully glorifies Him, or else, missing God, turns the blessing into a burden that fills the heart with weariness and pain. -G.W.

• They are absorbed in something else, and this not only distracts them from their work, but when they do set themselves to it, there is not that maturity, that finished condition of soul, that knowledge of hearts, and of the way in which the Word suits itself to their needs, which gives lasting value to ministry. -J.N.D.

• No matter how long it takes, our Lord allows the necessary time for a heart to be prepared of the Spirit in order that it might be truly born of the Spirit.

• create an inward tension in the heart of the believer, by their demands!
• We desire that wrath and judgment be meted out to the wicked, yet we know the heart of God towards all His creation.

• Ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you (Rom. 6:17).

• He will restore your soul and He will refresh my heart.
• He will heal your heart and He will comfort my soul.

• Chastened Heart Only when silenced by the plethora of such considerations about God can we begin to contemplate the enormity of Who He is.
• Only with a chastened heart that is disciplined and stilled before His throne can we whisper with Job in the fullness of our time.

• He has been revealed alive in my heart.

• O Light that followest all my way,I yield my flickering torch to thee;My heart restores its borrowed ray,That in thy sunshine’s blaze, its day –May brighter, fairer be.
• O Joy that seekest me through pain,I cannot close my heart to thee;I trace the rainbow through the rain,And feel the promise is not vain,That morn shall tearless be.

• My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge – and I say this, lest any man should deceive you with enticing words.Colossians 2:2-4
• Paul’s Epistles Paul’s epistles give us much to rejoice our heart, for we are positioned in Christ. We are seated with Him in heavenly places and have been endowed with eternal life. We have become children of God, joint-heirs with Christ and in-dwelt by the Spirit.
• Paul’s Teachings Paul outlined in great detail these glorious positional truths to encourage our hearts. His desire was that we are united in love and understand the riches of God’s grace. He longed that we have complete assurance of the mystery of God – namely Christ: in Whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Colossians 2:3  Paul’s epistles certainly are overflowing with much to rejoice our heart, but he also gives us some severe warnings, which encourage spiritual alertness.
• Ever-Present Problem Paul’s gives every generation of believers much to rejoice our hearts in this epistles, but the warnings of false teachers applies to all believers of all time, in this age – from the early church to the present day this has been an ever-present problem.
• Secure Faith Well, one of the things that rejoiced Paul’s heart at Colossae was their secure faith.
• more is added.  For those who take to heart and apply these truths to their lives, there is more, for just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow Him.
• Words of Wisdom Paul’s epistles give us much to rejoice our heart, for we are positioned in Christ. Paul’s words of encouragement rejoice our heart – and Paul’s words of wisdom provide us with some very timely warnings.

• The Church would be wise to prepare her heart for Christ’s any day return for His body.
• Hardened Hearts Pharaoh is an example of a man who heard God’s truth but stopped listening.
• Pharaoh hardened his own heart when God’s truth was first presented to him.
• Three times we read that in pride and arrogance Pharaoh hardened his heart.
• But finally, God sent a famine of hearing His words, to Pharaoh – finally God Himself hardened Pharaoh’s progressively desensitising heart.

• to His children. He may reveal Himself in a blinding flash, as He did to Paul on the road to Damascus. He may unveil His magnificence in the quiet dawning of understanding, but it is He and not man that uncloaks His truths and enlightens the heart. This knowledge and understanding that is revealed in the person of the Lord Jesus, enlightens the mind; sanctifies the soul; and rejoices the heart.

• Eternal Desire The Bible is a-flood with what is at the root of God’s heart and His desire of us.
• So what is this eternal desire in the heart of God...?
• Greater Horizons To satisfy God’s heart in His eternal plan is greater than man’s initial salvation.

• He knows the way we should go and has set this eternal principle in our heart.
• so God set need of Himself deep in the bowels of each believers’ heart - a need to know Him;  a need to love Him; a need to need Him.
• God knows that the only path to growth for His children is their need of Him, for He has set a need of Himself deep in the bowels of each believer's heart - a need to know Him; a need to love Him; a need to need Him.
• One saint of God expressed this 'need' that God places in our hearts like this:- It is more than comforting to realise that it is those who have plumbed the depths of failure, to whom God invariably gives the call to shepherd others.
• God has set eternity in the heart of man, and this is eternal life..
• God knows that the only path to growth for His children in their need of Him – for He has set a need of Himself deep in the bowels of each believer's heart..

• When the Lord opens eyes you see what happens, the eyes of your heart being enlightened, that ye may know this is the result of opened eyes.

• For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart (Heb. 4:12).

• Identified With Christ God’s gracious heart of love gave His only begotten and dearly beloved Son for us. God’s bountiful gift of grace provides a way for us to be clothed in His righteousness.

• Gentle Pressure The Lord still whispers in His small and gentle voice… a still voice can hardly be heard; a still voice must be almost felt; a still voice is like a steady, gentle pressure upon the heart and mind – a still voice is like the touch of a morning zephyr on your face.
• A still voice is a small voice, quietly, almost timidly spoken in your heart.
• until there comes a Heart to heart suggestion that almost has in it the force of conviction – give heed and “mind the checks!”.
• Perfect Direction Let God form your plans about everything in your mind and your heart, and then let Him execute those plans through you – but in His way.
• Anchored to Christ In this time of earthquakes and many other terrors that are coming on the world, men’s hearts will fail unless their heart is anchored to His voice of love.
• Listen for that still small voice of the Lord that whispers deep within the heart – and mind the checks !

• No man's heart will ever be gladdened by the joy of divine acceptance until he has learned that there is not a single bit about him, as a man in the flesh, that does not deserve the judgment of God. -C.A.C.

• Self-discipline and flagellations will never draw the un-crucified heart closer to the Lord.
• Preaching and proselytising of itself, is of none-effect – for God knows the heart.
• a heart that is truly, totally, utterly and completely broken before the Lord – a life that has reached the absolute end of ‘MY-self - to focus upon HIM-self.

• It is often that word of comfort and encouragement that gladdens the heart.

• Just as the two despairing disciples on the road to Emmaus were instructed, oh slow of heart to believe all that the prophets wrote… Just as the arrogant Pharisees were rebuked..

• Always give God's Word first place, for the Word of God liveth and worketh, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, yea, to the inmost parts thereof, and judging the thoughts and imaginations of the heart (Heb. 4:12, Cony.).

• We cannot too highly value and appreciate heart-hunger for the Word.

• It is fixing God’s truth in your heart as well as your head.

• For Us or To Us All scripture is written FOR us – but not all is written TO us. Let us take to heart the main essentials of Paul’s’ teachings. Let us follow carefully the faith fundamentals in Paul’s epistles.

• Faith the essential key – the key to unlock our hearts to His grace.
• God so loves that whosoever believes shall be saved… Faith is the key to unlock our hearts to His love.
• Yes, faith is the key to unlock our hearts to growing in grace.
• But we must reckon it to be so and we must yield to the Spirit’s leading, and so faith is the key – the key to unlock our hearts to pleasing God.
• believing is the key to unlock our hearts to His love and His grace.
• Faith is the key that unlocks the heart to God’s forgiveness.
• But faith is the key that unlocks our hearts to His precious promises.
• John 15.9 So faith is the key that unlocks our hearts to His unconditional, agape love.
• Faith is the heart acting upon the promises of God.
• Faith is the key that unlocks our hearts to His love.
• How vital is believing what He tells us, for this delights His heart: for without faith it is impossible to please God.
• Faith and belief and trust is not the utmost need of our hearts, But faith the gracious gift we have all been given to realise our ultimate desire.
• Faith is the key… Believing is the crucial tool that unbolts our hearts… Trust is the essential element that unlocks our hearts, lives and being..
• Trust is the essential key to unlock your heart to His love.

• Faithfulness is after God's own heart.

• Constantly misunderstanding the heart of another, can cause a relationship to die.
• God’s Word is True Have you ever so questioned God in your heart like this, and made assumptions?

• Forgiveness was God’s heart of love towards the perpetrators of this heinous crime..
• What Think Ye Christ’s substitutionary death at Calvary paid the price for the sin of the world. His precious pardon was prayed over every guilty person, Jew and Gentile alike. Forgiveness is Father-heart of God’s great love towards every guilty sinner – believing on the Lord Jesus Christ is the only requirement – What think ye of Christ?

• Ahh, we may sorrow, at times and our hearts may grieve as we say farewell..

• The facts and realities of life can cause the stoutest heart to shrink back in horror.

• The Bible is our guide regarding what is to happen in this life and the life to come, but the Word contains truths that must chill the heart of the unsaved, sinner..
• a day when God will judge the secrets of mans’ heart: the works of mans’ hands.

• Penitent Heart OH!
• – by ‘confession’, I do not mean attending a man-made confessional,  but coming to the feet of the Father with a humble and penitent heart, A heart that is broken before the Lord is the heart that is cleansed and restored.
• Fruitless Intercession Intercession is fruitless without a heart that has been cleansed of all sin.
• Intercession is fruitless without a heart filled to overflowing with the love OF Jesus.
• Intercession is fruitless without a heart filled to overflowing with love FOR Jesus.
• Effective Intercession Effective intercession rests on fellowship with God and demands a clean heart. Fellowship with the Father – is through the Son – in the Spirit of love and truth. This is the reason that it is critical to understand what is behind 1John chapter 1.

• Let us feel the need and lay it to heart.
• Cleaving to the Lord Jesus and His Word with purpose of heart can never be in vain.
• The hour will surely come when out of our hearts, too, will flow rivers of living water.

• That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom, and revelation in the knowledge of Him; having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know... (Ephesians 1:17,18)

• Usefulness is not activity; it is not merely being used, but it is fitness, cleanness, preparedness, and separation of heart, singleness of eye, the affections set on things above - all, in fact, that proceeds from the judgment and denial of self, and the manifestation of Christ in the life by faith.

• The love of God shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit (Rom. 5:5).
• You are the Lord servant right enough if you have an adequate love for Himself in your heart.
• All our value to the Lord depends upon the measure of our heart-love for Himself.
• It is the power of endurance through the years, and it is an awful thing to come to a Christian life which has got to be kept up without that love for the Lord in the heart.
• I am quite sure that in the case of the apostle, with all his suffering and all he had to meet, the thing that kept him going was that flame of love in his own heart for the Lord Himself.

• Aspects of Omniscience God is all-knowing, and He knows everything, everywhere, every-time – forever. He knows the number of hairs on our head. He knows the thoughts of our hearts and the choices we will make before we do.

• This reality is forever engraved on the heart of God in heaven’s council chambers.

• Christians must fix the truth in our hearts that God never changes towards us.
• Fix in your heart His purpose for you is to conform you into His image, and that He uses every circumstance of life, good or ill, for our eternal benefit.
• Once we understand His eternal plan and purpose for us…  once we realise He is preparing us through a process of child-training, our confidence and trust in His love towards us is multiplied. These are foundational truths and eternal facts that must be fixed in our hearts.
• Eternal Truths If eternal truths remain head knowledge instead of established in the heart..  they are nothing but empty truths.
• Hudson Taylor: “Since Christ has thus dwelt in my heart by faith, how happy I have been!

• We were Gentiles in the flesh, corrupt idolaters with dark, evil uncircumcised hearts.
• Reality of Sin Our head-knowledge of the cross must spill into our beings and pierce our heart.

• But again, if only we can bring Christ... with all His divine significance and meaning and comprehensiveness to them and the Holy Spirit can reveal Him in their hearts... oh, that will do it!

• The heart is constantly looking to God to give a testimony about itself; but the Father is giving a testimony concerning His Son, and not about what we are; if He were to give a testimony about us, it must be about our sin and unbelief of heart.

• The Holy Spirit ministers the truth of the Word via the mind, that we may share the One who is Truth via the heart.

• For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace (Heb. 13:9).

• The learning is at one time (head), the proving (heart) at another. -J.B.S.
• But then it is through the chastenings of His hand, through the trials and sufferings of our path, that He weans the hearts of His own from other objects, that the Lord Jesus Christ alone may fill the vision of our souls. -E.D.

• But it is of greater benefit finally to us, and much greater glory to God, if we simply accept His Word and learn to walk in the power of it by naked faith; which asks no longer certain ecstasies, but being sure of God's truth because it is His truth, maintains an attitude of faith therein; attitude - a fixed heart.
• It is God's written Word that supplies strength to the heart of faith. -W.R.N.
• If the heart is not fully occupied with the Lord in the Word, something is taken on board to fill up the void.

• But take heart fellow believer, the trials of your faith will be found unto praise, honor and glory at the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Pet. 1:7).

• One is the Sacrifice of Praise and forgiveness is one of the main requirements for a heart of praise.
• The other is the sacrifice of a Broken and Contrite Heart.
• Broken Heart Forgiveness is one of the main requirements of a broken heart, for forgiveness helps address the other elements needed for a broken heart. Forgiveness can help to identify self, pride, anger, lust, jealousy – regret.

• I pray... that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints. (Ephesians 1:18 NIV)

• Man's religious systems have brought about that confusion and multitudes of honest people believe with all their heart that the thing that they are in is of God, and it is just possible for them to get such an awakening to see the whole thing was man-made and not of God at all; ...much rubbish.Paul was one of those.

• You cannot find it in your own thoughts or expectations; it cannot be found anywhere save in our Father's heart.

• Beauty and Sustenance Gathered up in this one plot was all the good from God’s heart; prepared for man: - beauty to behold; sustenance for man’s food; pleasantness to warm man’s heart.

• The Word delights the heart, but till the eye of your spirit has rested on the Person of Christ, you have not the model for the Word to take; there is no formation.

• And the truth of God and His tremendous goodness hides behind the walls of doubt..  and God’s Father heart of love is tainted by man, through self-imposed twisted thoughts.
• Such reasoning builds us a false perception of the Father heart of God.
• Right Thinking Every attitude displayed and every word you speak starts with a thought: for as a man thinketh in this heart so is he.

• Grace of God Pouring into the hearts of those that love Him - His own sweet spirit of gentleness and grace.
• He reassures my fainting heart by reminding me of His love.  He tells me “My delight is in you..”  – this One that loves me so dearly - this One that loves you so dearly too.

• Promised Seed What an astonishing sign was given to Isaiah regarding the promised Messiah. His birth had also been foretold in the beginning, for the seed of the woman was to become the Saviour of humanity and crush the head of that old serpent – the devil. The ‘Seed’ gives the clue that He would not be conceived in the ordinary way. This was to be no typical pregnancy, but a mystery configured in the heart of God.
• And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba!

• I believe it depends on the attitude of a Christian’s heart..
• How can our hearts be unfeignedly thankful for life’s deep embarrassments?
• We would never guess that His best treasures are hidden in deep distresses, and yet we are often required to walk the path of pain and perplexity, with no explanation and a heart that would fain but break.
• He breaks our hearts to anoint us with His love.
• He does this to prevent our foolish hearts from self-dependence: “For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2Cor.12:10

• Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.John 14:27
• Let not your heart be troubled, believe in Me.

• The heart of man is so often perturbed about the unknown, unpredictable future – but the Word clearly tells us.

• Caring God It seems beyond mortal credibility that the great God of the universe cares. It is past understanding that the Almighty should care for one person – one who has so often grieved His heart and quenched His Spirit. It beggars belief that the eternal One should seek out and love one person – one among the billions of mortal souls.. one so unworthy..
• Truthful God May the Holy Spirit of TRUTH unfold these things more fully and more powerfully to ALL of our hearts, so that we may have a deeper sense of the conduct and character which are worthy of the high vocation to which we are called – and that includes YOU!

• While the direction is toward ourselves redemption, sanctification, glorification, and so on or toward anything less than the Son Himself, we have not got God dynamic for accomplishing His work, and therefore it becomes necessary, as the sufficient, the adequate basis of the Holy Spirit operation, that there should be a revelation of Jesus Christ in the heart, for it is in relation to Him and what God has purposed concerning Him that all the energies of God are released and made active.

• Let a man renounce himself, and see himself as crucified with Christ, and soon another Himself - the Lord Jesus Christ - will take the central place in the heart, and quietly bring all things under His sway.

• No one will think that this is the call for passivity, for abandon of concern for the things of the Lord; but it is possible for us to have the things of the Lord on our hearts and yet not to have faith in God about them.
• There are some people who need to take things to heart a little more than they do, but for many the trouble is perhaps of the other kind.

• May the Lord Jesus just impress our hearts again with these things!

• The overcomers will always be, so far as the larger Christian world is concerned, a lonely company, having to go on, with few able to follow.Caleb could not accept the popular voice, his heart was too set upon the Lord.
• But the Lord gets in a Caleb the satisfaction of His heart.

• God is the anchor of the heart of the soul that is one with Christ.
• It is safely moored, ’twill the storm withstand,For ’tis well secured by the Saviour’s hand;And the cables - passed from His heart to mine,Can defy that blast, thro’ strength divine.

• Do I thus honour the Lord with my unfaltering confidence in Him or does my heart falter when life implies, in all its fullness – the opposite?
• Paul tells me that the gospel did not only come in word, but in much confidence, and he instructs us to, draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith.
• Hebrews 10:22.  And he encourages is to “hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering…for He who promised is faithful.” Heb.10:23. John gives us such wonderful reassurance when he says: we know we’re of the truth and shall assure our hearts before Him.  1John.3:19
• Heart Assurance Blessed Assurance – Jesus truly is mine.

• Others, who have consciously or unconsciously grieved our heart to distraction… as day by day, we are bombarded with pain and distress BY others – as day by day we are bombarded with the pain and distress OF others. Injuries from other people are all soothed with the comforting balm of the Lord.
• Some are overworked; physically weak; beset by problems; plagued with grief, yet we learn deep lessons from His dealings with His servants in days gone by – He intimately knows each and every one of His own, over-wrought ministers. He dealt tenderly and compassionately with every Elijah and each Jeremiah. He showed sweet gentleness of heart to every Mary and each Hannah… and He is no respecter of persons.
• Spirit of purity and grace,Our weakness, pitying, see.O make our hearts Thy dwelling placeAnd worthier Thee.

• It has often been said that inside the heart of every man is a God-shaped hole – a void that He in His grace secured within – a vacuum that He alone can fill..
• Rich Companionship When a man dwells deeply in Him, there can be precious, rich companionship, reaching into the very depths of the heart of man that no-one else can fathom.
• He understood the heartache that would fill their hearts – like a cloud of 'unknowing', when it was time for Him to go.
• And so He reassured them as no-one else could do: Let not your heart be troubled – I will never leave you nor forsake you.
• And day by day and moment by moment, as you turn your aching heart toward Him, You will grow more and more into a deeper consciousness of His indwelling.
• So let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

• When in our heart we can truly say, ‘God is my courage…” then we have confidence – quiet confidence and unshakable strength that He will enable us in all things.
• He will give us the heart to step out into the unknown – fearless in Christ’s victory.

• Confidence in Christ The Psalmist sings often of his confidence in the Lord as his mighty Defence:- In Psalm 7 verse 10 we read, my Defence is of God, Who saveth the upright in heart..
• Assurance from God When my heart is secure in God as Defence – I gain a deep and quiet assurance, When God takes up the role of my Defender – He will discharge His obligation.

• or like being kind one to another – that sort of thing – not just fulfilling a scriptural command) – but just because it is His heart’s desire; just because He is my friend, and He cares for me..

• Our Helplessness It is often in the midst of our deepest need and in agony of spirit that we call on the Lord for help. It is in the anguish of our heart that we plead ‘Help me Lord’ – for self and for others, help me – help them – help him – help her – help us O Lord, is our cry.
• It is often in the prayers that springs from a heart in deepest need that God becomes so very real to each of us as our Helper.
• It is through that very heart-plea that gasps, Help me Father, Help me Lord, Help me now – that we recognise our own helplessness and God stoops down to answer our heartfelt cry.
• Our Prayers He takes your most anguished cries and hears each groan of your heart and translates them into heavenly languages, which renders them acceptable to the Lord. He transcribes all your stutterings and converts each heart-plea into prayers that are aligned to His will and purpose.
• Such prayers will be used for His praise and His glory, when they are wept-over and pleaded from a heart that seeks to lift up the name of the Father.
• He has gone in for you into the inner chamber, and already holds up your name upon the palms of His hands; and the messenger, which is to bring you your blessing, is now on his way, and the Spirit is only waiting for your trust – to whisper in your heart the echo of the answer from the throne, [It is done'.
• He enlightens the mind to see its wants; softens the heart to feel them; quickens our desires after suitable supplies.

• Hope deferred makes the heart sick – sometimes to the point of failure and death.
• Hope lost is the saddest expression of the human heart – often leading to despair.
• But when the hoped-for desire comes, it gladdens the soul, filling the heart with joy.
• Fulfilled hope warms the heart, delights the soul, and makes the countenance shine.
• One the strain that lips of thousandsLift as from the heart of one;One the conflict, one the perilOne the march in God begun:

• I cannot close my heart to thee;

• How many approach God superficially, with no heart-longing for His presence?
• The termination of this life on earth is nothing more than a portal..  a door into the closer reaches of His love and His heart.

• You seek the Lord with all your heart, but He sends you clouds of unknowing.

• Grateful Heart God delights in our praise and thanksgiving; He loves a grateful heart.
• And here is one of the innermost secrets of Christian living and walking with Christ... an attitude of praise and gratitude, from a humble heart - broken in love for Him.
• What joy filled Christ’s heart when the one leper returned to give thanks for healing..
• Praising Heart With what jealousy I must guard this attitude of grateful thanks and praise.
• Wherever the dark disappointments that mar your vision and break your heart – there is cause to praise Him and a reason to approach Him too.

• Study - GOD, All I Need Born Dead in Sin The great desire of the so many saintly people is for purity of heart – for in Matthew we read,  blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8  Born, dead in trespasses and sins, there is a gulf betwixt man and God – a gulf so huge that none but God’s perfect Sacrifice alone, could bridge that gap.
• Unless washed in that Blood there can be no peace with God, nor purity of heart – for there is none good – no not one.
• Job 25:4 And David cries… Create in me a clean heart – a pure heart..
• Dressed in His Purity If I truly am to have a pure heart, a clean heart and a right spirit within then I must put off the things of this world – of self – of the old man – of the sin nature.
• A clean heart must be emptied of all misguided and ill-placed affections, whatever they are.
• A pure heart is one where God reigns supreme and devotion to Him is uppermost.
• All relationships must be viewed from the angle of my relationship with the Father – and it is in Christ and in Him alone that we shall attain to purity of heart.
• Blessed are the Pure in Heart Blessed are the pure in heart,For they shall see our God.The secret of the Lord is theirs;Their soul is Christ’s abode.Our Lord, who left the heavensOur life and peace to bring,To dwell in lowliness with menOur pattern and our King.
• Still to the lowly soulHe doth Himself impart;And for His cradle and His throneChooseth the pure in heart.
• Lord, we Thy presence seek;May ours this blessing be;Give us a pure and lowly heart,A temple meet for Thee.

• I must be humble of heart; teachable in spirit; gentle in my dealings.
• This matter of reason is one of primary importance in the life of all believers, but it must be His reason, not mine – His reason not yours to which we bind our hearts.
• Let my heart and my reason be secured daily in the realm of the spirit..

• But amid the turmoil of life; the confusion of hearts; the agitations of living, we have an invitation from the God of Rest… to come aside and rest awhile… The Psalmist gently reminds us to, rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him..
• and He shall give thee the desires of your heart.. Rest, I say..
• Responsibility to Rest How seriously we need to take hold of the Lord’s personal invitation…Take my yoke upon you and learn of Me: for I am meek and lowly of heart – and you shall find rest for your soul, for My yoke is easy and My burden is light. Matthew 11:29 A yoke is used for uniting two oxen to draw a heavy load..
• Come unto me, ye weary,And I will give you rest.O blessed voice of Jesus,Which comes to hearts oppressed.It tells of benediction-Of pardon, grace, and peace,Of joy that hath no ending,Of love that cannot cease.

• Spiritual Muscle The spiritual muscle and might that He desires to be built up in our hearts..is love, joy, patient endurance, gentleness and goodness, meekness and mercy.

• The dictionary definition of ’tranquillity’ is quietness, peace, rest, ease and security – and how deeply the hurting heart desires this grace that God alone can provide.

• Study - GOD, All I Need Question of Truth What is TRUTH? This was the piercing question that fell from the lips of Pilate and this question is the root of the inner, penetrative searchings, that are found deep within the heart of all humanity. For that which is not founded on the truth of the Word of God, fragments into a tissue and lies.
• through time and into eternity, for as the apostle Paul reminds us, no foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:11 How it must please the heart of God when believers can be described like Gauis – a man of truth.
• Distortions of Truth Often, in a heart damaged by life’s traumas, the truth becomes distorted – even the truth of God becomes twisted and perverted through the influence of sin.
• The truth of the gracious Father-heart of God Who loves with an infinite love can sometimes become twisted.
• The truth of His Father-heart of love has at times become warped and distorted, as He is manipulated into the image of a demanding brother; a scornful mother; an abusive father… as God’s love and His forgiveness; His promises and His precepts are twisted to blaspheme His holy character. Many will not face the truth that their view of God could be thus distorted.
• And fear keeps many from knowing the truth of the love of the Father-heart of God today.

• Way of the Cross There are a few who seek to follow Christ in the way of the Cross, where Christ remains their first love and remains as the focus of their heart, for as Jesus said, if you lose your life (your soul) for My sake, you will find it… for many are called but few are chosen, and I have chosen you. If I sincerely and earnestly progress along the path of Christ… the way of the Cross, my experience in life will be patterned after His life and my earthy walk will reflect His earthly walk, and I shall discover that as I try to spend my life for others, I shall not be able to spare myself.

• Wisdom Personified It is not the spirit of ‘know-it-all’ nor that of ‘what a knowledgeable guy / gal I am!’ – but a spirit being renewed – a heart being conformed into the lovely image of Christ.

• These 7 Scriptures are the dear desire of her heart for her two young, precious children. This is the prayer that all parents would be wise to claim and pray over their own dear ones.
• Deuteronomy 6 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
• And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
• Given to God When you give your children to the Lord He will fulfil your heart's desire, for they love the Lord your God with all their heart – and develop a sincere faith – in Christ… and when they are old they will not depart from it.

• “O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come”, were his caustic words of contempt. But one day, this greatest of all prophets, who had baptised many (who in poverty of spirit had repented of their sins), was suddenly overwhelmed by the grossness of his own wickedness when the Lord Jesus walked into the water – to be baptised by John. It was in abject humility of heart and wretched bitterness of spirit that John must have whispered, “It is I who need to be baptised by You – how can You come to me?”

• The one, can incubate pride while the other can foster independence from God. And both result in a believer being removed from God’s best purpose in their life. But God can correct many decades of dormant growth in a stunted Christian life, and God can reverse the worldly ways of a saint’s fleshly independence from Him… if the believer changes his mind, and looks to Jesus and away from all else… if the repentant believer approaches His majesty in genuine humility of heart.. if the man or woman of God sincerely recognises his own lack and need of God.
• but God can correct decades of dormant growth and fleshly independence, in the one that seeks Him with a surrendered heart of genuine humility.

• The world is indeed spiraling out of control as evident with each new news article – and men’s hearts are failing for fear of what is coming into the world.

• How many times do the complementary characteristics and moral qualities of God create an inward tension, by their demands in the heart of the believer!
• and yet we know the heart of God towards all His creation.

• ow apply the truth in your heart, and the truth will set you free. Rid your long-developed, mistaken perception of a split-personality God. The Old being one of aggressive justice and fierce, ferocious judgment – the New being one of gentle grace that hardly knows how to say ‘boo’ to a goose. You misrepresent your God. You speak falsely of your Lord and Saviour. You do not understand the yearning father-heart of your Father in Heaven.
• Applied Truth God in infinite, gracious mercy, stooped to the pit of hell to rescue you. You know the truth in your head – now apply the truth in your heart –  to rescue you who took part in unholy rebellion against the glorious Creator. You know the truth in your head – now apply the truth in your heart – to save you, a bitter son of disobedience, living in the lust of the flesh. You know the truth in your head – now apply the truth in your heart. God, The Day-spring from on High – in His tender-mercy visited you. You know the truth in your head – now apply the truth in your heart – to forgive you – alienated in thought, mind and deed against His Holy Name.
• God’s Eternal Plan He has an eternal plan for Good, for your good and mine – you know the truth in your head – now apply the truth in you heart and the truth will set you free.
• John 8:32. And you will discover the yearning Father-heart of your Father in Heaven. You will discover Him to be full of infinite mercy and eternal tenderness – tender mercy – towards you His precious child.

• He knows the thoughts of every heart.
• He knows the very number of our hairs and the secret longings of each heart.

• Heart of Love The heart of God is a heart of love, and in giving His only begotten Son to be born into the world, so that He could die as our kinsman-Redeemer, demonstrates a love that is stronger than death – an unfathomable love that the Father has for humanity. God opened the floodgates of heaven and poured out a gift of unimaginable love over all mankind – for in being born in the likeness of human flesh, Christ bound Himself irrevocably and eternally to the human race, with cords that cannot be broken.
• Historical Reality The incarnation of the second Person of the Trinity, that was purposed in the eternal council chambers of God became a reality so that Christ could declare: Behold, I have come to do your will, O God — in the volume of the book it is written of Me. The heart of God is indeed a heart of love, and the irreversible gift of His only begotten Son to a sinful world, was predetermined so He could die as our kinsman-Redeemer.

• Though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed.Romans 6:17

• Without total confidence in God’s love and righteousness, there is little peace in a believer’s heart.

• Purpose of God God had you in His heart and thoughts before the earth and time were created – you specifically.
• Because He knew your heart would believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
• David, a man after God’s own heart pleaded to the Lord: take not Thy Holy Spirit from me.
• The day is coming when God will pour out His gracious promise to Israel: and afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh, your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams and your young men shall see visions – for God will write His Law on their hearts Joel 2:28
• Faith Unlocks our Heart No, faith is the key that unlocks our hearts to the love of God – faith in His Son: the faith of the Son of God..

• Be ye also patient, establish your hearts for the coming of the Lord draws nigh.

• Love of God The love of God in us must be Him living in us - His love shining through us: for God’s love is shed abroad in our hearts by His Holy Spirit, Who is given to us all, as we read in Romans chapter 5.
• Christ’s love radiating in all directions like beams of a light, shining from a heart-core.
• Love streaming to the heart of the Father and also to the beggar in the street.

• the riches of His grace - the wonders of His grace - the glories of His grace. We are recipients of the wonderful story of grace conceived in the heart of the Father. We were foreknown to the Father before the world was created and man was made.
• At the core of our faith beats God’s heart of grace that showers grace upon more grace.
• Thankful Praise We are the recipients of the wonderful story of grace conceived in the Father’s heart.

• Call to Repent Jesus was not sent to the righteous but to call sinners to repent – but what the pious Pharisees had not grasped was that there are no righteous men – except God’s Son. Jesus was not sent to save good people but to call sinners to change their hearts – and the whole life-philosophy of Nicodemus was being challenged to the core.
• A New Life No surprise that Nicodemus did not understand all these concepts that Jesus taught – for the new life in Christ was a mystery – a mystery, which from the beginning of the world was hidden in the heart of the Father, Who created all things by Jesus Christ. The mystery of the new life in Christ was hid from saints and prophets of old. This was a mystery that had been hidden from ages and from generations – and yet it was a mystery which would one day be made manifest to his saints – to you and to me.

• STUDY - Character and Attributes of GOD  For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.Proverbs 23:7
• Every word of Scripture is a megaphone of warning to the believer, for as a man thinks in his heart, so is he. Yet many ignore the words of wisdom that pepper the pages of the Holy Bible.
• For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he. And Paul warned and urged..
• There has always been a tendency for man to conceive in His heart Who God is: for as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
• Humble Yourself What does come to YOUR mind when you think of God and His Christ? Have you developed any false perception of God in your lifetime? …Have I? For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he. Are you prepared to humbly do anything about it?  Am I humble enough to do so, as well?

• The root of discord was sown into the human heart of our first parents in Eden: “The woman gave me… ” “The serpent deceived me…” And they both hid themselves from the presence of the Lord.
• What anguish of soul has torn at the heart of man since that excruciating estrangement.
• Reality of Christ Christians all have the peace of God since the Lord Jesus became our Saviour, but there is a peace in the heart that comes from harmonising all internal conflicts, where the heart and conscience and will combine to become truly unified with Him.
• Such integration of heart, conscience, and will come only as we remain in Christ.
• Lay it all out before Him, and in the face of difficulty, bereavement and sorrow, hear Him say, “Let not your heart be troubled. You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in you.

• I do not give to you the peace that the world gives, so don’t let your hearts be troubled, or fearful.
• True Peace Humanity craves peace in the world and we all desire perfect peace in our hearts and yet all that the world terms peace is superficial and shallow, for the restless heart of man can find no true tranquillity without the perfect peace that comes from above. Genuine peace is not simply the cessation of conflicts nor it is the absence of disputes but peace is a oneness with our Saviour, for true peace is being united as one with Christ Jesus.
• Peace is found at the foot of the cross, for peace is in a Person – and that Person is Christ Jesus, our perfect Prince of Peace. The peace of God is also a gift of grace that is freely available to every believer who has learned to walk the pathway of peace – for the peace of God which passes understanding floods into the hearts of all God’s children, whose mind is stayed on Him.
• Life-Giving Peace Peace with God and the peace of God stretches through time and into eternity, for all who trust Christ as Saviour and learn to keep the eyes of their hearts looking to Jesus for it was our Saviour who calmed the ocean of God’s wrath against a sinful world, which He procured for us by His sufferings and death on Calvary’s cross. He broke down the middle wall of hostility that divided Jew from Gentile and the curtain of the temple was torn from top to bottom announcing that the gaping void between a holy God and sinful man had been spanned by the blood of the Lamb – for by Hs death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way, through the curtain which is His body.
• In this world, you will have tribulation, but be strong and of a good courage and take heart, for I have overcome the world.

• Christ’s Heart Christ’s only consideration throughout His earthly life was to do the Father’s will.
• Christ’s heart's desire and joy was to carry out and complete God's will for His life.
• And like Christ each should cry from the depth of their heart, Thy will be done.

• Satan’s Attacks Satan will always seek to cut down God’s flock from the way of the Lord. Satan will attack when we’re drooping, flagging, indifferent or exhausted from life. Satan will seek to shipwreck us when we lose heart thru the problems of life we face. Satan will attempt to ambush any of us – all of us… when our guard is down – and sometimes it even seems that God is not acting the way we expect.

• That is the heart of what we are saying, and that is what is here.... This new Israel is so much greater than the old because Christ, this Messiah, is so much greater than their conception of a Messiah... I am talking about the greatness of this One Who is introduced in Hebrews: em>God, ...hath at the end of these days spoken in His Son, Whom He appointed Heir of...an exclusive party?

• God has poured into our hearts the means to know Him..  if not the means to know His ways.
• He has disclosed His very heart of love..

• Fullness of God This aching to know Him more intimately should be the deepest desire of our heart too.. yet the more we know of Him, the greater His infinite fullness is opened up to us – for in Christ dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
• Governed by God Let us with Paul, set our heart and mind to know Him more, and love Him better.
• Let us willingly and joyfully set our hearts to be governed by the Holy Spirit of Christ.

• It requires humility of heart toward God to realize we’ve misrepresented Him for so long.

• The believer, at the opening of his course, never knows his own heart; indeed, he could not bear the full knowledge of it; he would be overwhelmed thereby.
• God loved Job with a perfect love; a love that could take account of everything, and, looking below the surface, could see the deep moral roots in the heart of His servant - roots which Job had never seen, and, therefore, never judged.

• Heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.Luke 21:34
• Be careful – we are warned that the Lord’s coming is not like a spring-trap. Be careful – lest His return catches you in the same way as a set trap, for we can be caught unawares if we do not guard our hearts.
• Deep Entrapments And these warnings are burning embarrassments for the one who seeks holiness. The things that can easily entrap us are listed as the excesses of careless living.. lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting /dissipation /excess.. lest at any time your heart be overwhelmed with drunkenness – lest at any time your heart be overwhelmed with the cares of this life. We would do well to keep in mind this warning of the world’s is deep entrapments.
• Guard You Heart Each believer has a life – a saved life which can be used or squandered away. Each servant has talents – which can be used to His glory or wasted unwisely. Each Christian who does not die to self – wastes rather than increases their talents.
• Such a one pours contempt on the grace of God if they neglect to guard their hearts.
• Such a one that doesn’t face the spiritual realities of life – ceases to guard their heart.
• Trust in God The final snare is to permit the trials of this life to overwhelm us with worry,  lest at any time your hearts be overwhelmed with the cares of this life. And the caution against the physical sin translates into a spiritual warning.
• Heed to Yourself Oh, we all have many family and business, financial and relational problems, but it is giving these problems preeminence in your thoughts – in your heart..  lest at any time your hearts be overwhelmed with the cares of this life.
• It causes us to remove ourselves from the need to guard our hearts, and the unguarded heart must beware – for it will be overtaken by surprise..
• heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.”
• How many are watching for an event, and yet fail to guard their hearts?
• How many are truly guarding their hearts, by laying up treasure in heaven?
• Prepared Hearts Many people are schooled in the second coming of the Lord.
• Many earnestly have prayed “Maranatha” for the arrival of that time…  but that in no way prepares a saint spiritually for Christ’s return – that does not guard the heart of a saint sufficiently.
• And sadly, many have not prepared their hearts.
• Let us, moment by moment, prepare our hearts.

• How difficult it is for the hungry heart to adjust to the Father's pace.

• To be guided by the Holy Spirit is to be moved through the most delicate relationships the heart can know.
• The leading of the Holy Spirit is sweet and satisfying to the heart of the one who is yielded to God.

• So He fed them according to the integrity of His heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of His hands (Ps. 78:72).

• This is a fact borne out in the case of every servant of God in history who has really come under the hand of God - that the real values of their lives for all time have been those which correspond to the wine of the grape, the thing trodden out in the winepress, the agony of heart; and you know that it is true in your case that if ever you have had anything at all which you knew to be worthwhile and which has helped someone else, it has been born out of some travail in your own experience.
• If we knew the heart of our Father we would never question any of His dealings with us, nor should we ever desire His hand lifted off us till we had learnt all He would teach us. -E.D.

• These ‘twins’ when assimilated in the heart make us well disposed to the needs of others.
• It would soothe the heart of hurting loved-one.
• and the Holy Spirit is He Who dwells in the heart of each believer.
• Precious Manifestation How needful for us all to invite the Spirit to work deeply in our hearts and lives..
• May He shed abroad His precious fruit more abundantly in all our hearts..
• O beloved, we have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide open.

• Repentance Heart He said , I know Thou canst do all things, and that no purpose of Thine can be restrained.

• Most painful of all, her tender mother-heart had been broken..

• God formed the crooked serpent. His scales are his pride, who said in thine heart – I will – I will – I WILL….Job.41:15 Isa.14:13

• But there were elements in Job’s pure, virtuous life, needing the Spirit’s refining touch.  Elements the moral, upright, proud, self-governed heart of Job, needed to learn, and God used the circumstances in Job’s life to bring him into a closer walk with God – just as God uses happenings in our lives, to draw us closer to Himself.  Chambers once wrote,  One of the most cunning travesties, is to represent Satan – as the instigator of external sins.
• He desires to manage the mind and heart of a believing man in a more subtle way.
• He seeks to influence man’s heart against His Creator through Self-government..  so that believing man cries, whydo I have to suffer? I am upright in all God’s ways.

• The agonies in the early part of Psalm 94 – displaying God’s training within His child explodes into joyous understanding, as God chastens ‘the man after His own heart’.
• Consider God’s Way Have you considered 'These Three Men’'– Noah; Daniel and Job, who lived by faith – who were all beloved of the Lord and were all men after God’s own heart – who stood at ALL cost for God’s end; God’s purpose; God’s motive; God’s way?

• They are no better, no happier, nor satisfied despite the privilege they just enjoy, for their hearts are lukewarm toward the Lord of their salvation.

• He Hears He KNOWs each one by name and responds to each heart cry.
• He responds with a correction - What doest thou here Elijah?  He responds with warning - Simon, Simon, Satan has desired to have Thee..” = He responds with one word of tenderness:- Mary..”He knows and cares not only who we are but all about us; every intimate detail; every longing of the heart; every unfulfilled desire of our hurting soul – He scheduled each day.
• No unfulfilled longing passes by His compassionate heart.
• Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him.

• He knows the deepest desires of our hearts, and He cares about that too!

• We may often disappoint Him, we may often fail Him, we may often grieve His heart, but He goes on loving us.

• What immense consolation these Words prove to be to the fainting heart.

• He is able and willing to bear the daily burden that taxes our strength – able and willing to carry the wearying cares that weigh so heavily upon our hurting hearts.
• but His tender heart reached out to the distressed sinner..
• Never forget that Living Water that flooded into the heart of the woman at the well – flows deep and wide to satiate the most parched and bone-dry soul who will ‘Come’.

• She wasn’t openly seeking Him – except as in the unsatisfied yearning of every human heart, and yet He waits for her to come to Him.
• And He waits in all circumstances of life to meet the deepest longings of your heart, too.
• Jesus took time to get her trust and to find a way into her heart.
• He seeks to get close to us, so that He can pour out His love all over our thirsty hearts.
• He will wait; wait for us to open our hearts to Him, so that He can see into the depth of our need and longing – and correct and give and love.

• Inner Soul The eyes are often considered as mirrors that reflect the depth of the soul, but words are the instrument that reveals the very spirit of a man – for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
• Matthew 12:34 A heart that is filled with gracious love is likely to pour forth a healing foundation of gracious words.
• Speech can be seen like a valve on a geezer, which can be turned one way or another – where the external reading reveals the internal temperature. What streams out of the mouth can reveal a bright or a clouded heart. What pours forth from the lips can declare the inner atmosphere of the soul.
• And this man after God’s own heart continued: keep watch over the door of my lips – for it is by the words of our mouths that the thoughts of the heart are judged.
• that uplifting message of comfort; that encouraging word of praise; that heart-warming expression of commendation – that quiet voice which consoles the hurting or gently checks the fault.
• It commends the one that delivers and its value cannot be measured. Would that all I say could be identified with such purity of heart! Would that all I think could be worthy of God’s intense, unchecked scrutiny! Would that all my words and thoughts pass through His purifying fire before delivery!
• There is a condition of the heart we need to foster.
• And may the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14

• Man’s Heart Cry How often we fall to our knees with little more than a sigh or an upward glance.
• How frequently we raise our eyes up to the heavens, while our hearts are grieving.
• The inner cries of our hearts are ofttimes secreted behind closed doors of prepense.
• At times, the inward heart is bleeding while the outward countenance is smiling – but the cry of the human soul to the Lord is never unheeded.
• The call from the grieving heart to the Lord, is never is left unanswered.
• He knows the pain that your heart is experiencing at this very moment, and He ever knows what troubles and anguishes, are yet to fall upon your shoulders.
• He keeps your tears in a bottle for His remembrance, and He includes every heart-groan and dry tear that fails to wet the lashes.
• He has compassion for every pain that rips the heart apart – for He knows the end from the beginning, and He knows that: they that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
• Take heart, and renew your resolve.

• It is one thing to include belief in the Holy Spirit as a tenet of Christian doctrine, and it may be quite another thing to know when the Spirit of truth witnesses within the heart to the truth or the falsehood.

• It is as we take the Lord Jesus by faith into the affections of our hearts that we make spiritual progress.
• The head may be filled with general theological information without producing one spark of heart-affection for the Lord Jesus, and the soul remains in a state of spiritual emaciation.
• All blessings of this dispensation of grace are wrapped up in a Person, and, by means of the Word of God, we make spiritual progress as our hearts learn to find everything in Him - the Son of God who loved us and gave Himself for us. -C.A.C.

• The question for the tried and tempted, the harassed and oppressed, is this: Which would you rather have, the power of Christ's hand in deliverance from trial, or the sympathy of His heart in the midst of trial?' The carnal mind, the unsubdued heart, the restless spirit, will, no doubt, at once exclaim, Oh!
• But the spiritual mind, the subdued heart, the lowly spirit, will say, and that without a single particle of reserve, Let me only enjoy the sweet company of the heart of the Lord Jesus Christ in my trial, and I ask no more.
• I do not want even the power of His hand to deprive me of one drop of consolation supplied by the tender love and profound sympathy of His heart.

• His gifts come down to ease us in a world like this, that our hearts may rise the easier to the scene where He displays the fulness of His love for us.
• It is one thing to know Him as the One who has relieved you from every pressure, it is another thing to know Him as the One attraction of your heart. -J.B.S.

• Right Perspective If each of us could really get this into our thoughts and minds and heart and being, I believe with all my heart that the trials of life would be put in proper perspective.

• Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith (Heb. 10:22).

• Different Times Sometimes we are faced with deep doubt, distrust or disbelief. Sometimes we pass through seasons of pain and our hearts almost faint. Sometimes we simply wonder where God is as trials and difficulties mount up –  but He is as close to us today as those times when He led with mighty visible signs.
• Listening Heart It is His Word that will confirm His promises to our listening heart.
• Today, the Lord Jesus is the Living Water that is poured into our hearts by faith – and today He is the Rock of our salvation, from Whose side poured blood and water.

• That is praying with your heart in heaven.

• Let us have our hearts fixed on any one thing or person save the One who is our life, and evil results. -W.K.

• Eternal Perspective Because we are already positioned in Christ, we are eternally safe and forever secure, and our life should display a heavenly attitude and reflect an eternal perspective. Our heart and mind should be set on heavenly things – for we are already in Christ, and we are blessed – already blessed – we are already blessed above all measure in Him.
• We are heavenly beings that are passing through. We are to set our hearts of heavenly things not on earthly things – for we are in Christ.

• Get a revelation of that to your heart by the Holy Spirit, and see its emancipating power and its sustaining power.
• And that is for present revelation to the heart.
• That is the thing which the Lord has been seeking to reveal to our hearts more and more for a long time.
• And that leads us to that other fragment in the same letter, from which we have just quoted: That He would grant unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your hearts being enlightened.... The eyes of your hearts being enlightened!

• All the believers were one in heart and soul. (Acts 4:32 ISV)

• Each believer has been given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts, Who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

• Rejoice that He is opening up His truths to your heart today.

• Difficult Saying What a truth to hide in your heart.

• The inward exercise of Romans Seven and the testing of the wilderness serve the purpose of teaching us what sin in the flesh is, and what is in our hearts; while such special discipline of the Father as Paul's thorn in the flesh is rather to protect us from the unalterable tendencies of the flesh.

• Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith (Heb. 10:22).
• When the believer has a real understanding that he belongs to that new place in glory, the Holy Spirit delights his heart with the things of that place.

• And Satan feeds this lack of trust into myriads of strongholds imprisoning the heart.
• Crafty Tool Though designed to 'protect' our heart from being hurt again by fellow men, strongholds are the crafty tool that the enemy uses to crush our trust in God.
• Such 'protection'f chokes the heart into a defeated, overcome, and depressed life.
• Surrendered Heart Help and healing comes from total surrender of your entire being to the Lord..surrender of all and everything in your life – past present and future..surrender of all past, present and future hurt, guilt, pain, fear, doubt, and worry..

• He knows the desires of your hearts, and He knows the little doubts that accompany them.

• come and drink from the living water? Was this offer of comfort a call to the heart to be comforted by the eternal Comforter?  For whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones…. shall in no wise lose his reward.  Who can forget that great cry on that last day – that great last day of the feast of Tabernacles – Jesus stood and cried, saying, ‘If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. John 7:37.

• We say that John 3:16 is the heart of the gospel: but it is much more than that, it is the heart of the universe.
• There is back of all things in this created universe a heart; not just a mind or a will, a design, a reason, a power, a fiat, but a heart.
• That is all quite good and right; but we are not so often asked to consider that behind it all there is a heart and more heart than anything else.
• The reason, the will, the design, come from the heart.
• Everything takes its rise in the heart of God.
• The nearer we get to the very center of things, the more we shall become affected by this fact, that right there in the center is a heart.
• It is a heart that we shall come to eventually; not an explanation to satisfy our reason, not a demonstration of power, but just a heart but a mighty heart: and when we use that word rightly, we simply mean love.
• Heart then, for us, means love, and when we say that back of all things and at the center of all things there is a heart, we mean there is love.

• So in everything by prayer and supplication..with thanksgiving – praise Him – and trust Him – and take heart.
• Waiting Heart Don’t rush out and try to rectify what you perceive as a mistake or you could stay the hand of God and prevent His better purpose in your life.

• If He did not put into our hearts the longing to know Him better and to have His very best, we would be satisfied with the least we could have and be saved. -C.H.MacI.
• How wondrous are the working and drawings of God upon a human heart!

• He has placed eternity in our hearts; His timing is perfect; His purpose will not delay.
• To this glorious end, the Lord is now working, from the inner depths of your heart to the outer reaches of the universe.
• Testing Fires Rest your heart on His infinite goodness and wisdom – and rejoice.

• But take heart; I have overcome the world.John 16:33
• Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you, not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.John 14:27
• Freely Available The Lord knows the heart.
• He knows the troubled and anxious breast. The Lord knows that His wonderful peace is freely available to calm the anxious one, and so He reaches out with words that only He can utter: Let not your heart be troubled, beloved child, neither be afraid. Here is my peace for you, My precious children – I give My peace to you.
• God of Comfort You are more precious to Him than the sparkling universe and the riches of the world. He loves you more dearly than human understanding can fathom, and He is the God of comfort when a human heart is faint from exhaustion. He loves to place little lighted candles in our dark chambers of pain and sorrow. He delights to kiss away the tears of sadness and replace them with joy.
• Great Comforter He is able to comfort because He is incarnate Comfort – the great Comforter. He gives His own peace to those He delights in. He offers the same peace that kept Him quiet and calm during His own earthly walk: Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
• She spent time with Him, in humbleness of heart, and received the better part.
• The peace that the Lord Himself, as the God of Peace, pours into our hearts.
• So let not your heart be troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in me. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. How do we access this perfect gift of perfect peace? God will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on JESUS: because he trusteth in Thee.

• This is not attained by our goodly works or human goodness. This is not gained through a striving heart, or struggling improvements. This is not won as the chivalrous knight of old won his spurs. This is not awarded through an act of gallantry. This is no olympiad wreath of plaited leaves, that fades into night.

• Her faith holds fast when the finer instincts of the natural heart would rebel.

• Life is never easy. Life is full to the brim with sufferings of the body and disappointments of the heart.
• Difficult Choice As we draw ever closer to the fast-approaching return of the Lord Jesus, our heart fluctuates between His glorious appearing in the clouds..  and concerned thoughts in our heart about our readiness to meet Him.
• Eye has not seen, and it hasn’t entered into the heart of man the glories that await. We can hardly begin to appreciate the glory of God, and the wonders of heaven, so we can scarce comprehend the magnificence of Christ and the joys that lie ahead.
• Yet these truths are as binding on the heart of God as the blood-drenched cross, These promises are solid and as secure as Christ, the Rock of our Salvation.
• Weariness of body; sickness of mind; frustration of the soul, and hurt to the heart fuse together, and all combine to draw our attention and focus on self – self-interest, self-pity, self-indulgence – just self!  Worries; angers; anxieties; vexations; disappointments and busyness of life…unite..
• He alone is the answer to the longings of our heart, and the searchings of the soul.
• This truth is as binding on the heart of God as the blood-drenched cross.
• Our relationships with each other and with Him are to be intimate and satisfying – and these truths are as binding on the heart of God as the blood-drenched cross.
• Binding Truth The Lord’s return for His little flock is Yes and Amen in Christ Jesus, and the greatest joy will be to see Him as He is and to be made like unto Him – and these truths are as binding on the heart of God as the blood-drenched cross.

• In Psalm 119:58 we read: “I entreated Your favour with my whole heart.
• My refuge is in the heart of a merciful God.

• If you present the high ground of God full thought for His people and the hearts of the people are really set upon having a work for God down here that is flourishing and prosperous and well-spoken of, you find that people are really, after all, only going with Him so long as He comes into line with their ideas and ambitions.

• the trauma of hurting people; the crisis of life’s myriads of problems; of the intense pain of a precious loved one; of the deep darkness of depression’s icy grip – the disappointed heart..
• Lay bare any suppressed wounds of the heart or bitterness of the soul.

• Preventing disloyal betrayals of trusted friends may dictate a smoother route, but it won’t perfect in us generosity of heart towards gracious forgiveness.

• A heavy, discouraged heart can all too often drag our spirits down into uselessness.
• To look beyond Christ is to doubt His truth and demonstrates a rebellious heart.

• Holy to the Lord Daniel’s love for the Lord was evident, for Daniel purposed in his heart that he would be holy and not defile himself.

• We are to be temperate in mind, dispassionate in heart, and vigilant in soul.
• This protective breastplate of faith and love is our covering of Christ’s righteousness, for the heart that abides in Christ is the one that stands firm in the day of trouble.
• The breastplate of faith and love covers our heart, enfolding us in His righteousness.

• Let us raise our hearts, hands, and voices in eternal praise of His wonderful name.

• The Father has placed us in His very heart, and He intends for our heart to find its place there.
• Think of the fast embrace with which I find myself held, right to the heart of my Father, when I discern my position in His Beloved Son.
• Now you know you have a living bond with the Lord Jesus, you are linked with Him in spirit, and a new interest altogether is awakened in your heart; it is with Him you are occupied. -J.B.S.
• I have a Person, and the love of that Person for my heart.
• And when I think of who that Person is, and how He has brought divine love to me, and how He draws my heart to Himself in an ineffable scene  of divine affections, I begin to taste divine satisfaction.

• Our ungrateful hearts, fleshly irritations, lack of forgiveness and criticism of others fall far short of God’s standard, which grieves the Spirit and blocks our fellowship with the Father – and that requires us to confess our sin to Him.

• Blinded minds and bloodied hearts at enmity with the Creator Who made us.
• It is beyond our comprehension that our Creator should choose to die for foul sinners.  Yet, when we pour that crimson flood on the lintels of our heart – we are saved.  All we have to do is to believe this truth – trust His word – nothing else.

• Gabriel’s Visitation What secrets must have been exchanged and what joy must have filled both hearts as they talked together of the 2 visitations of the angel Gabriel, to tell the good news. When John emerged onto the world stage, he came in the spirit and power of Elijah. He was a voice crying in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord – get ready! Make His paths straight!

• Jacob had a rebellious heart, a stained heart, a lonely heart.
• Jacob had a heart of rage – bloodied and unbroken and overwhelmed with doubt..
• Jacob’s Heart Jacob was successful in a worldly sense, and yet his heart was hardened towards his Lord.

• It is an impossible burden on the one that declares 'give me proof before I’ll believe'. It is always hard for prideful man to admit there are things we don’t understand, but it needs humility of heart, founded on faith to admit that we’ll never fully understand.
• His Handiwork Many millions continue to pass through this mortal realm with no thought of God. Few have set their hearts to steadfastly gaze unstintingly upon the Being that is God. Rather He is ignored, blasphemed, scorned, derided, mocked, defied – ridiculed.
• Crucified with Christ Until such a time, our heart must remain rebellious towards the self-existent One, Who loves us so much that He gave Himself for us.

• I AM meek and lowly of heart, long-suffering and of great goodness.
• You shall find hope for your hurting heart.

• When you seek Me with all your heart.”  And in Genesis 32:26 we read:  “then He said: let Me go, for the day has broken, but Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me – and in Exodus 33:13-14  God said to Moses, “My presence will go with you – and I will give you rest.”
• continues to plead the delights of His heart.
• Each wise believer needs to search out the ruinous sins that lurk deep within one's own heart.
• God wants men and women whose hearts turn away from My-Self to the Him-Self.
• God will sometimes wrestle with us through the night of doubt and sorrow – to prove that such gifts are given to the one who seeks Him with all their heart.
• you WILL find me if you search for me with ALL your heart….” Jer.29:13.
• God will sift our very motives as He searches the thoughts of our hearts..
• Remember, true prayers of importunity, which wrestle with God for His blessing, will indeed transform the man or woman who seeks Him with all their heart.

• A narrative to be studied – a historical record, which combines to open your eyes and warm your heart.
• Boaz, the gracious kinsman-redeemer, and David, a man after God’s own heart.
• No wonder the two on the Road to Emmaus cried:- Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened to us the Scriptures?

• Two Results A man’s heart and soul may be perfected through suffering – or suffering may make that same man’s soul bitter and rebellious. For through suffering we come to an end of self – to the extremity of me – or, through that same suffering selfishness may increase as “I” takes control – and God, not the old sin nature is blamed for the problems and pain that engulf us.

• There is a universal longing in the heart of everyman to know and see their Maker.
• Such is the desire in the heart of men that they will create gods of wood and stone.

• Union with Christ We are positioned in Christ the moment we trust Him as Redeemer and Saviour. We are placed in union with Christ the moment our hearts declare 'I believe'.
• God looks on the heart and He knows!!  He became our life by means of the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit.
• He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts... as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

• Heavenly Places Although we are seated with Christ in heavenly places, we live on the earth. While our hearts are seated in the heavenlies, our bodies are firmly fixed on earth. While our conduct should reflect our godly status, we must also live our lives below.
• All the church of Christ are in unity with Him; one with Him; in union with Him, and the heart of Christ is that all who believe on Him are one with Him: as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
• Let us remedy any deficiency in our hearts as we submit to His guidance – today.

• We have seen something of what those resources are, and of how they operate; of their value for spirit, soul, and body; mind, heart, and will.

• Then He begins to impress His concern upon our hearts, that we be like Him.

• That one thought centers in His Son, Jesus Christ, and therefore the very essence of revelation, and the very heart of spiritual enlightenment is that you see Christ in all those thoughts and ways of God as they are expressed in His Word and in His activities.

• The branches of pride tentacle their way into every thought of man’s heart and mind.
• O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken Luke 24:25 Jesus said 'you have no power at all against Jesus, except it were given you from above' John 19:11

• Is He the love of your life and the joy of your heart?
• He can be drawn deep – deep into the inner recesses of your heart and your being. He can be invited to search out and heal the deep-rooted areas of your hidden soul.
• Worship of Jesus All He wants from you is permission from a humbled, seeking heart..
• a heart that removes king-self from the throne-room in your soul..
• a heart that kneels in recognition that without Him you can do nothing – a heart that knows that you are nothing, but He is everything.

• a life of unpopularity a place where you are unappreciated… then take heart.

• hope' and hope makes not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us.
• He is the love in our life. For our light afflictions which is but for a moment, worketh in us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. We have also a more sure word of prophecy; where-unto ye do well that you take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts. 2 Peter 1:19

• He goes on:- 'for my concern is that their hearts may be braced (comforted, cheered, and encouraged), so they are knit together in love – in unity and in oneness – in Christ.'
• Purpose of Intercession So what is the purpose for such deep and heart-rending intercession? 'That they may come to have all the abounding wealth and blessings of assured conviction of understanding, and that they may become progressively and more intimately acquainted with..
• Loving on the Lord with ALL your Heart.

• But are our hearts really enwrapped with the deeper meaning of their words?
• Let us examine the desires of our own heart.

• and the lusts of the self-life, the arrogance of the pride-life, and the lies of the enemy’s enticing – quenches My Spirit and grieves My heart.
• I need the man to love me – to love me with all his heart and all his soul and mind and strength.

• Learn Christ Learn of Me was Christ’s entreaty to His disciples. Learn Christ was Paul’s appeal to all who believe on His name. If Learning Christ is the desire of your heart, relative truth must be put away – so that Christ Who is Truth..

• It is possible to wear yourself right out, and kill yourself in a spiritual quest, and the Lord at last says to our hearts: If you only know Me, things will happen; it will all come to pass without any of your strain, struggle and agony.

• True worship only springs from a heart discovery of Himself.

• He compasses the whole range of human need, and answers every heart cry in a simple sentence of two words: am./i>
• With a touch of Divine illumination in your heart you see the thing that you have known so long.
• The Lord set our hearts on that.

• Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defence to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet do so with gentleness and reverence.1 Peter 3:15
• Let us in our hearts revere, Christ Jesus, as Lord and God, and always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.

• Pain when you find yourself tormented and in deep sorrow Stunned into disbelief, paralysed by grief, when you thought your heart would break. 'Last Night' - when you found yourself betrayed – betrayed by a friend you love.
• There are many 'Last Nights', when hearts break. 'Last Night' has been played out many times over. 'Last Night' has been the experience down through the ages.

• This discovery is one of the most heart-breaking a Christian ever made.

• Unless you are able to believe in your very heart that you died with Him, and that you were buried, and that your history before the Father in Adam the first came to an utter end at Calvary you will never get free from the claims of the law upon your conscience. -W.R.N.

• Unite my heart to fear Thy name.
• Open your heart to understand His ways.
• Steady your heart to rest in Him.

• Grace is the Father's favor to man according to His own heart, and for His own glory.
• I am more an object to myself; but when I find how fully I am an object to Him, then my heart is at liberty to make Him its object, He having made me His. -J.B.S.
• When the advantages of grace do not call forth praise to the Father, when He is not prominently before the soul, as the source of everything possessed, then the gifts take the place of the Giver in the heart, and must soon lose their vigor and value like flowers cut away from their roots.

• Throne of Grace Christ’s death on the cross as the Sacrifice for sin tore down the unscalable wall of division that separated a holy God from a sinful race of men, and opened up, to all who would believe in His name, God’s eternal throne-room of grace: let us, therefore, approach God’s throne of grace with confidence and grateful hearts, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
• Hebrews 4:16 And Jesus reminded us that men ought always to keep on praying and not to lose heart in the process – for God is willing and able to answer all our cries for help and our impossible pleas.
• He prayed that they might be endued with the Spirit of wisdom and understanding so that the eyes of their hearts would be enlightened – to know the hope to which they had been called and the riches of God’s glorious inheritance in his holy people.
• And let us in everything, by prayer and supplication, with thankful hearts make our requests known unto God, as we follow in the patterns of our praying Priest – Who today, is interceding for us in heaven.

• Had it been fulfilled, it would have made earth morally a paradise; and will, when written upon Israel's heart in millennial days.

• How this must have saddened the heart of the Saviour to say..
• May the deep desire of each of our heart be: Lord, make yourself KNOWN to Me.

• Even where in the new convert there is great singleness of heart and faith, with true love and devotion to the Saviour, time is needed for a deeper knowledge of the old man and sin, for a spiritual insight into what the Father's will and grace are. -A.M.

• Many things are embarked upon by the mere simple, though honest and sincere, judgment of the heart, when confronted by what is judged as something to be done for God, something needing to be done.

• If ministers and teachers of God's Word would set saints free and establish them in the Gospel, let their preaching and teaching be based upon the sixth and seventh of Romans, the central theme of which is our union with the Lord Jesus in death and burial; and our resurrection and ascension with Him into newness of life; where not the law, but grace, reigneth; where not the letter but the Spirit, moveth the heart and life of the believer.

• The head-knowledge of Spirit-taught study becomes the heart-knowledge of Spirit-led life, via Romans 8:28 and 29.
• In fact, we ought to be prepared for the dark hour; so that, though it be dark, there is something so blessed, so suited, pouring its comfort and sustenance on our souls, that, after all, the dark and dreary hour becomes a more really festive time to the heart, because of the virtues of the truth now made known, than the time of its reception, which was so happy and exhilarating. -J.B.S.

• The entire history of the Lord's people, and of the spiritual life, is one of light and darkness, of truth and falsehood, of purity and adulteration or mixture, of clearness and cloudiness, of openness and secretiveness.... Truth may be in word, in doctrine, but there has to be a corresponding truth in heart, truth in life.
• Light may be a matter of doctrine, but there has to be a corresponding state of light in the heart.

• Mystery Of God Just as God’s directed light followed darkness and dawn at the world’s creation... just as dazzling light filled the newly formed clay vessel (Adam) with spirit and life – so is the new creation called from darkness to light, and from death to life. And here, in these wonderful words, God’s purpose was seen. The first sight of God’s amazing purpose was proclaimed:- a mystery and a plan... formed in the heart of God from before the world was created. The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world…..” Rom.13:8. But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery –  even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world, unto our glory.” 1Cor.2:7
• Darkness that strangles the hopes of hearts..
• A pure, brilliant Light that first rejoices the heart, but discomforts the conscience..

• That secret abode that houses all the deepest desires of your longing heart, with its affections and emotions; its passion and plans – that private place that buries all the deepest lacerations that life can throw at it; its failures and disappointments – its wounds and its pains – blameless. (i.e.
• Its link to time and its roots in eternity, with its ever-constant inward connection to the very thoughts of the heart.
• blameless.  Let us accept His ideal for our lives, as step by step our hearts are established in peace, through the little by little the process of holistic, practical sanctification.
• May the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, guard your heart and mind through Christ Jesus.

• And you shall LOVE the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’Mark 12:29-30
• Eternal Truths These vital truths are for our learning and were played out in the time of Nehemiah. They are still true today and need to be fastened in our hearts and secured in our mind. Let us without reservation listen and love… listen to His voice and to hear His word – encourage each other to fall in love with our Lord, all over again.
• O Beloved, we have spoken openly to you, our heart is wide open. 2 Corinthians 6:2-11

• It is not a question of correcting this or that, but of heavenly things in the Lord Jesus separating our hearts from things on earth.
• The believer is placed before the Father according to the beauty of the Lord Jesus Christ, and is, according to the Father's eye and heart, as His Beloved - nothing less. -J.B.S.

• Phil.1:21 This is a truth that discerning men of God have come to understand, but often after many years or decades of heart-break when the struggle with the self-life ends up with a life broken before the Lord.

• Our Voluntary Sacrifice And this is what He asks of us - not just that we believe and are saved, but that we love Him all our heart and soul and mind and strength – and that we live our Christian life as a willing 'sacrifice of praise' .  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice – a voluntary offering – a ‘burnt’ offering a sweet savor to the Father… holy, acceptable to God.

• I think it is very sad that the highest thought which God has about us, and that which His heart is set on, is that which is least known by Christians; for I know no truth that is so little realized as union with Christ. -J.B.S.

• I cannot conceive anything more satisfying or cheering to the heart than the consciousness that I may not only draw near, but that I draw near in answer to the thought and interest that the Lord Jesus has about me, and that I draw nigh to enjoy myself in His presence where there is so much thought and interest about me.
• It is there my heart goes out in acknowledgment of Him in answer to His deep, gracious, and everlasting love.
• For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 4:6).

• Those who open their hearts to the Lord Jesus let in heaven’s love and divine joy.
• God and King It is the personification of God Who is the One for Whom I should be listening. It is my Saviour and Lord, my God and my King Who demands my contemplation. It is my beloved Bridegroom for Whom my heart should be aching – that I may know Him more – that I may love Him better.

• We are single-mindedly to keep the eyes of our heart firmly fixed on the Lord Jesus – and we can only do this as we trust His Word, in every aspect of our lives.

• the glorious truths already exposed to our panting hearts, take us even higher into the realms of heavenly mysteries.
• Even as the chamber orchestra explodes into harmonious symphonies... as additional cherished astonishing truths are poured into our longing hearts.

• Even the hunger of the heart necessary for our response to His love comes from Him.

• Are your hearts tender and compassionate?
• Some of the most outstanding and erstwhile evangelical stalwarts have at length fallen under its awful miasma, and died of a broken heart because of it and all so untrue!

• It is not that He Himself in His heart accepts the wrong things, but He sees through them, He sees differently from ourselves.... You can see there is no hope of building up unless there is love and love for all men.
• I am sure nothing is going to be done unless we have a very large heart to look over and in and through and beyond, refusing to be held by the thing that is glaring at us, striking us and hurting us, and reaching through to that which is true in the heart.

• That is very simple, but it goes to the heart of things.
• Can we find enough love in our hearts to get us through this particularly difficult situation?

• By trial He weans us from the world, draws us to His Son, drives us to the Word and to prayer, and shows us our hearts, and makes us humble.
• The Father loves us too well to allow our hearts to nestle here; and He makes us conscious that it is a wilderness that He may have opportunity in our loneliness and our sorrow to speak to our hearts.

• Lack of rest of heart is one of the most serious hindrances to Christians.
• Martha gets instruction; we all get that, for our Lord neglects none of us; but she did not get His company; company is what gives rest to the heart.
• And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Phil. 4:7).

• The Lord Jesus wins my heart in His humiliation; He satisfies it in His glory.
• A won heart is not necessarily a satisfied heart.
• But if a heart is truly won by the Lord Jesus it never will be satisfied without Him.
• No heart that is won is ever satisfied but in the company of the One who won it.
• Absence does not make the heart grow fonder'!
• How little the heart is really in concert, in simple concert with the Lord Jesus!
• Thy Word have I hidden in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee (Ps. 119:11).

• The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God (2 Thess. 3:5).
• The immediate effect of such consciousness should be to make our hearts reach out to God and to His grace as abounding over all.
• May our hearts get such a lesson in the love of the Father, that, instead of being depressed by trying circumstances, or elated by what are called providential interpositions, we may know that we are the objects of this wonderful love, and are being educated into it by the only One who knew it in all its power as He walked here below through this wilderness world. -J.B.S.

• He dashes to fragments our air-castles, dissipates our golden dreams, and interrupts many a darling scheme on which our hearts were bent, and which would have proved to be certain destruction.

• Know He tells us to take my yoke upon you, and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly of heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls. Nothing is more needful than that we know Him.

• Uncompromising Trust Much of Christ’s life exemplified how the man of God should live and pray. Christ’s life demonstrated an unfailing, trusting obedience to the heavenly Father.. a simple, uncompromising trust in the Father – that did only what the Father did..  a life that remained in continuous and ongoing fellowship with the Father..  a life that is in love with the Father and a heart that prays, Thy will be done – a life that translated into unceasing; persevering; grateful; obedient; trusting prayer. Christ’s life reflected a life of continuous; gracious; thankful; trusting communion.
• The Father’s Will In the garden, His thoughts flew to Abba - Father, His close relational bond, (a fellowship to which we can aspire – one achievable in the power of the Spirit)  It was in the place of deepest pain that He prayed, not My will but Thine be done. (an unachievable prayer when our will takes precedent over Thy will – but an achievable plea in the heart of a man – in love with the Father)
• Use me to carry out Your will in my life – Thy will be done. Such is a prayer that all God’s children can pray – when His will is central, (but it can only be uttered by a continuing, persevering, thankful, obedient heart) I delight to do Thy will, were the words that fell from Christ’s lips… (I desire, I am grateful; I am thankful – I am well-pleased to do Thy will.)
• God’s Purpose The power behind loving; obedient; thanksgiving, watchful; thankful; trusting prayer, is a heart that has learned in measure, and is continuing to learn to the full, that no matter what circumstances or trial we face, all things work together for good… and that means God’s good.

• Song of Mary What glorious words were sung in the heart of little Mary that glorious day. No wonder her heart sang. No wonder her soul magnified the Lord her God.
• And down through the long years, each young woman dared to hope that she… O, that she might be that favoured one, through whom the Saviour would be born. Young hearts must have burned with expectant hope, with each newborn babe.
• Centuries passed and generations of disappointed hearts saw their hopes fade.
• at the expense of securing His promise in their hearts – instead of His anticipated arrival – and our wise spiritual preparation. 'Hope deferred makes the heart sick…..' we read in Proverbs 13:12.
• because the circumstances of life are not what WE think God should be doing. 'Oh foolish and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have said in His Word'... all that has been written in the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation:
• strengthen your brethren.' Luke 22:32 'Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the Desire comes, it is a tree of life'.

• Is it not by that way that He has become what He is to us, ever more and more dear to our hearts?

• How this must have saddened the heart of the Saviour to say to him: “hast thou not known Me?” Yet Jesus had to tell him that he did not really know Him at all.
• May the deep desire of our heart be - Lord, make Yourself known to me

• He does it in the practical sense by manifesting to our hearts, via the Word of God, the risen Lord Jesus Christ in our heavenly environment.
• Can we say quite confidently, each for himself, Yes, we are identified with Him who represents us there before the eye of our Father - as He is, in whom no spot was ever found nor can be, but perfectness after God's own heart wholly'?

• “The sovereignty of God is what alone gives rest to the Christian heart in view of a world full of evil, which is gone astray from Him.

• There can be no true and intelligent rejection of the self-life without thorough heart preparation by the Holy Spirit.

• Do not let your adornment be merely outward but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.1 Peter 3:4
• Take my yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
• And yet Moses was meek – and Jesus was “meek and lowly of heart,” – and we are told to learn of Him.
• A Humble Heart But the one that is meek and lowly of heart will be helpful to those less privileged, demonstrating a precious understanding towards others..
• and it will be developed as we take up His yoke and walk with Him – Who Himself is meek and lowly of heart. Let us seek the Lord for the increase of the Holy Spirit in our lives..
• demonstrating His humble, lowly, contrite, heart … “resigned; submissive; meek.” We read in Matthew eleven: Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart.
• rather let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart..
• enough, while here,If He shall praise thee, if He design_The willing heart to mark and cheer:No toil for Him shall be in vain.

• It gladdens the heart to hear the new convert speak of the blessings he has received, and of his new-found joy in those blessings; but we can often see very distinctly that he is wrapping all these benefits of grace round himself, and we feel pretty sure that he will have to learn some lessons presently that will take the shine out of him.
• He will have to learn what a poor wretched thing he is, as in the flesh, that his heart may be transferred to a new center altogether.
• It is for the effectual displacement of all this, and to transfer the heart to an entirely new center, that the revelation of the old man is divinely necessary for our souls.
• The Father has to come in and detach us from that which is our natural center, that He may link our affections with another Person - even with the glorified Lord Jesus Christ - and make Him everything to our hearts, so that our association with Him may be known, and may become the deep, abiding joy of our souls. -C.A.C.

• He, blessed be His name, never fails a trusting heart.

• Though their hearts may have trembled at the supernatural sight, they heard the comforting words: ‘Fear Not,’ which is a theme that floods through the gospel of the Saviour, Who is Christ the Lord.

• The Holy Spirit ministers to our mind via the Word, and He conditions our heart via our daily experiences.
• Is not the reason of all this that we want to grasp the hidden wisdom of the Father with our mind alone, forgetting that the Holy Spirit intends to work it into the heart and inner life also? -A.M.

• Isaiah the Prophet was man with a humble and devoted heart towards God.

• Wait on the Lord…….and He shall strengthen thine heart.Psalm.27:14

• Ignorance or misapplication of God’s Word can be very costly, but instructions for godly living can be found within the pages of God’s word, and we would do well to take it to heart and apply it to our lives as the pressures of life continue to mount.

• When he rests or rises, he carries God’s word in his heart all day.
• God Knows God knows the way you take – God is the only one that looks on the heart and His eyes are travelling throughout the world to find a man after His own heart: And blessed is such man…

• that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge.Ephesians 3:17,18
• Faith in Christ Christ became a permanent resident in our heart the instant we trusted Him as Saviour. His indwelling Spirit took up His habitation on the basis of faith in God’s Son, but the Spirit of God has an ongoing work throughout the rest of our life… by faith.
• Grow in Grace We are saved by grace through faith but we are also to grow by grace through faith. The Spirit resides in the heart of all believers but as we grow, He dwells in our hearts.
• When Christ dwells in our heart, there is a special, mutual intimacy that develops, and as Christ dwells in our heart a deeper communion is manifested.

• Those who are merely well-versed may be able to teach, but they cannot truly share; their understanding of the needs of the heart is deficient, and this becomes all too evident to the hearers.
• Head-knowledge (study) must be integrated with heart-knowledge (experience) in order for there to be Spirit-motivated sharing.

• But He lifted me out of the miry clay and raised me up out of the putrid filth and scum of my life – and clothed me in righteousness and put a ring on my finger, and hope in my heart.

• The heart that is hungry to have God's purpose worked out in his life is going to be neither disappointed, nor pampered.

• He gives His saints up to Satan's hand to a certain point, but only so far as to bring the heart fully to a bearing before Himself. -J.N.D.

• In this, His darkest hour is He aware that He is pushed far from the Father’s heart of love?

• I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.Psalm 40:8
• No strong desire to follow His own path or to ford His own stream: I delight to do Thy will, O my God: yea, Thy law is within my heart. Psalm 40:8.
• Pouring into the hearts of those that love Him,His Own sweet Spirit of gentleness and grace.

• There is nothing more uplifting than to come into a personal experience of the Lord, a knowledge of the Lord, in a living way, to have Christ ministered to your heart by the Holy Spirit.
• Oh, he saw enough to take the heart out of any man at the end of such a life, but he did not say: or me to live is to see my life work standing as a monument, intact; to have all my old friends faithful and around me; to know that my message has had universal acceptance and appreciation!No!

• often building a perception of God based upon his culture and upbringing. But the heart of man has been deeply flawed by our sin-heritage, for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked Jer.17:9 We all unconsciously conceive God in our own imagery and thought. This is not only true of the natural man, who is dead in trespasses and sins – this is also true of each of us who are blood-bought sons of God. This is equally true of the spiritual believer as it is of the carnal Christian.
• Sovereign God Let us each seek to discover in our hearts if we have distorted of God’s character, and let us seek to correct our erroneous imaginings and recover the truth of God. For He alone is Holy, He alone is the Lord. He alone is the Self-Existent One, the Self-Sufficient One, the Sovereign One.
• Truth of God Recently as I ‘happened’ across this short video. In it there are 0ne hundred names of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. One Hundred examples of the truth of Who God undeniably is. If we were to take just ONE name each day and prayerfully focus on that truth… if we were to reflect on ONE attribute daily – in gratitude, honour praise and thanksgiving…  if we were to meditate on ONE characteristic each day – in deepest humility of heart, I believe any and all of our distortions would be replaced with a deeper knowledge and understanding of Him.
• Knowledge of God I believe, we would like Job, abhor ourselves and repent in dust and ashes, crying: “I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee..” (with spiritual understanding)  and we’d discover that our hearts had been ‘reprogrammed’ to know Him ..  to know Him as He is…. and be able to say….

• The book of Job has comforted Christian souls down through the centuries, but like all inspired Scriptures, Job fits into God’s unique purpose and plan - a plan formed in the heart of God, before the foundation of the world, that Christ should be all in all.
• God knew that Job’s tribulations would bring to fruition His eternal plan… a plan conceived in the heart of God that Christ should be All and in all.

• Deep Need My soul must thirst and cry out for the One that can quench the longing of the heart.
• The human heart is created by God and for God.
• Focus your heart on His beauty in spirit and in truth and rest in His love. As you ponder upon Him and all He is, you will be blessed.
• We need to love Him with all our heart - not just part of it.

• Intercession is praying into God’s Heart; it is to instil God’s own heart into our heart.
• Plan of God God reveals little about eternity, but He reveals much on His plans and purposes, and intercession is one vital way to pray into God’s will; God’s mind; God’s heart.

• and God uses this inbuilt operative of the human heart, to develop faith. God uses this innate function of man’s soul, to turn him from self to Christ. When others fail us, it is to the open arms of His comfort that we fly. When things go wrong, it is to the one source of His supply that we turn. When life’s circumstances shatter our hopes, we discover our ‘need‘ of Him.
• And in the matter of service, in witnessing and helping others, we must watch and wait for the hungry, needy heart – if there is to be abiding fruit. The true value of anything is known only when it is wanted.

• Intercession for the Church, which is Christ’s body begins in anguish of heart, but like Nehemiah, we need to pray – and work with our sword in our hand - for our weapons of war are mighty through God to pull down satanic strongholds.

• There are many in the Church that do not love the Lord with all their heart and mind.  Some have failed to listen to His voice and have left their first love – the Lord Jesus,  and like Nehemiah, we too need to pray for the Church – to intercede on their behalf.
• We need to know that He has the power to save and a heart of love towards His people.
• The burden for his People As we look deep into Nehemiah’s being, we see a man with a heart-burden for his people.  He not only knew the wrongdoings of his people but he grieved deeply at their sin.
• Word of God When we fasten our faith on the word of God, He will quicken it in our hearts.

• Man of Prayer We discover Nehemiah to be a man with a great heart-burden for the things of God. He loved his homeland – his city – his people, and he was a man that loved his Creator.  And when news of the pitiable state of Israel reached his ears, his heart was grieved.
• The heavy burden he bore started in sorrow, and then progressed into prayer, The burden of his heart began in tears, which inspired his intense intercessions.

• Are we not often false to Him in questioning our title to draw near, because we find distance in our own hearts, as if it was the warmth of our affections, instead of the Blood of the Lord Jesus, which brought us nigh? -W.K.
• The heart must enter into something more than the look behind into those waters of judgment, out of which the Lord Jesus rose, having left our sins, and death, and judgment forever!
• It needs that the heart be carried into the glory of Canaan beyond; in the present sense of peace with the Father, and the consciousness of standing in His present favor - the favor that is better than life. -F.G.P.

• He sees us for what we are – descendants of fallen Adam – lost sinners, with evil capacities in our hearts of which we know nothing – evil capacities..
• as well as all the evil – as well as every last, lingering, little, lustful leaning... Until we stop relying on our natural wit and natural wisdom, and see it for what it is… Until we can stop pretending and face the truth and seek the Spirit's surgical sword... Until we look deep into the mirror of our own heart and acknowledge our mask of illusion – Until then, we will remain deluded either in pride of position or in false humility of heart!

• A New Life In Christ we belong to a new order – a new creation, with a new heart and a new life. The old self which used to be the dominating influence in our life has been exchanged.
• Paul talks of the renewing of our mind – our thinking process is to be made new, for it is out of the heart that actions are conceived – out from thoughts of our heart. The old has gone and we are to be new – made new in Christ.
• Paul tells us not to walk like unsaved people, in the futility of their mind, being darkened by their understanding... excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them... because of the hardness of their heart; and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality, for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

• The Holy Spirit Himself takes responsibility for our experience, leading us in paths where we encounter, in body, heart, or spirit, that measure of the dying of Jesus' that will mean enrichment of our ministry.

• They struggled in their own strength; they lost heart, they went back.

• The heart that is captivated by an object could never be at rest until it was with the one who had won it; for satisfaction you must be where He is.
• Love really does not think of anyone but its Object until it is quite sure of its place with Him, and then when at rest about itself it studies the mind and heart of the Object.
• I find that Christ loved me, and gave Himself for me when I was in a most unattractive state; but He makes me suitable to Himself, and I am so assured of the permanency of His love and of my association with Him that my heart is free to study Him.

• O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe....' He upbraided them with their unbelief....' With all they saw, it did not touch character, it did not touch their nature. -T.

• Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts (1 Pet. 3:15).
• It is true that there is the hunger to be devoted, and to be like the Lord Jesus, long before one's acts and manner corroborate the hunger, and make it a fact; but the more the hungers which grace has generated in your heart are given a place, the sooner will they become experiential facts; and the more the Lord Jesus has His throne within you, the more you will rejoice in Him, and have no confidence in the flesh' (Phil. 3:3).
• If I am a babe in Christ, where there is true lowliness of heart, I display God, as a babe manifesting Him; but if, as a babe, I am attempting to manifest Him as a man, there will be frustration and failure.
• If you do so to your advantage, you will be some day found out, but if to your disadvantage, there is no doubt that He who searcheth the heart and trieth the reins will one day vindicate you.

• Blessed are they that ... seek Him with the whole heart (Ps. 119:2).
• Once the Holy Spirit instills within our hearts the hunger for God's very best, all must and will become secondary to this supreme goal:  . . .the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus (Phil. 3:14).
• The great saints have all had thirsting hearts.

• Instead of my sins being between myself and Him, as before, it is Himself who is now between me and my sins; and the One who has thus interposed has given me to know that in the doing it He has brought me to Himself, and tuned my heart to His own praise.

• We have to look at ourselves and see how far we are devotedly following the Lord Jesus, with full purpose of heart - how we can say, This one thing I do'; but we must take care at the same time not to get into legal bondage by this standard.
• If I say, Here is a rule of conduct: follow it,' this cannot reach the heart, the affections.

• At first the heart hunger for maturity in the Lord Jesus is personal, subjective - and necessarily so.
• Our joy in the Father's presence, as He Himself and His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, are made manifest to our hearts, gives us the character of the joy of true fellowship one with another. -H.F.W.

• If our hearts are really true to Him we may be assured He will lead us on in the knowledge of Himself just as fast as we are able to advance.
• If our eyes are upon the Lord Jesus, and we follow with steadfast hearts as He leads us, we shall find that He leads us by the right way and brings us through all the exercises we need in order to form our souls in the appreciation of Himself, and of all those blessed things which are brought to pass in Him.

• It was here, in the mind of the Father – it was here, in the heart of the Son – it was here, in the breath of the Spirit..it was here, through the interaction and interpersonal expression of divine love… it was here, in goodness, kindness, and person-ness between the persons of the Trinity..
• if there is any question in your heart that His plans and purposes might fail – look back before the foundation of the creation – where once upon a past eternity, His love for you began and is forever established.
• Also, He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end Ecclesiastes 3:11 – and yet we have the mind of Christ 1 Corinthians 3:16

• Sea of Forgiveness Past pains can erect future barriers that entomb hearts and wreck relationships.
• Future fears and mental imaginings can melt the stoutest of hearts into defeat.

• The Holy Spirit uses this revelation, along with what He exposes in his own heart, to teach him to abide in the Lord Jesus; safe from the sin of others, as well as his own.

• It is only in the depths of the heart that the Spirit speaks.
• They Overcame It is only the heart that has fully embraced the Cross that can withstand the attacks… vicious attacks of a vicious enemy that accuse the bedrock of a man’s belief in God. And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb. And they overcame him because of the word of their testimony, And they overcame him because they did not love their life – even when faced with death.
• Satan’s Aim The aim of Satan is to turn a man’s heart against God, and exhaust his trust in Him.
• Balm of Gilead God’s very hedge of protection around a faithful man of God often has sharp thorns; the sharpest of thorns -  thorns which rip and tear at the heart..  thorns that take him to the edge of helplessness. But the balm of Gilead is waiting to be applied after life’s lengthy season of sorrow..

• That is, what is needed above all else is men who have had a Divine revelation by the Holy Spirit in their own hearts as to God's purpose in this dispensation, and the particular Divine emphasis for the present hour.
• The opposite of this, and that which we are seeing to be so much more needed, is a burdening of the hearts of chosen vessels with God's own most pressing concern at this time, resulting in an all-consuming passion which will accept all the cost of its realization....

• and we are not going to know until we have deep heart exercise.
• The real effect waits upon this heart exercise, this crying out and a crying out so much the more.

• A Heavenly Mystery We are standing on the threshold of a heavenly mystery – hid in the heart of God.
• Propitiation Price It was in the heart of the Father from before the world began to redeem mankind. The propitiation price for sin was agreed – in the eternal council chambers of God. This was according to the eternal purpose that God has realised in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• God’s Grace Grace was in the heart of the Creator when God set the ransom price for man’s sin. Grace was in mind of God when God laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Blessed be the God and Father – Who made Christ sin for our sake.

• God set forth another day, saying, Today if ye shall hear His voice, harden not your hearts.... The Gospel is preached to believers to enter into His Rest.
• Take My yoke upon you, and learnof Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find restunto your souls.
• Christ in heaven is our spiritual Rest,heart rest.

• Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding.

• you would have believed ME.. Had you believed the prophets through whom God spoke, you would understand. Had you believed Me – O foolish folk and slow of heart to believe all scripture.

• As our kinsman-Redeemer, He identifies with all our difficulties and heart-aches – all our pain and sorrow.

• When the Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost, to baptise the Church into Christ and to fill them with His fullness, He took up permanent residence in each believer’s heart – and Jesus promised He is to guide us into truth and train us in all godly living.
• Holy Spirit, Love divine,Glow within this heart of mine;Kindle every high desire;Perish self in Thy pure fire.
• Holy Spirit, Peace divine,Still this restless heart of mine;Speak to calm this tossing sea,Stayed in Thy tranquillity.
• Holy Spirit, Joy divine,Gladden Thou this heart of mine;In the desert ways I sing,“Spring, O Well, forever spring.”

• Word of Authority God’s Word silences the fool who in His heart announces, there is no God..  for, in the beginning God……” And for those that trust Him, there is one God, in whom are all things... and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live. 1Cor.8:6

• The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us (Rom. 5:5).
• Our hearts have mourned, and we have suffered when we have realized our selfishness and mixed motives; the weak, unstable love we have for Him.
• But when we begin to apprehend His great, eternal love for us, our hearts are filled with joy.
• May we have our Lord Jesus very simply and constantly before our hearts.
• Nothing but an intelligent and growing acquaintance with the Lord Jesus can satisfy the renewed heart.

• Positioned in Christ We were positioned in Christ the moment we trust Him as Redeemer and Saviour. We were placed in union with Christ the moment our hearts declare 'I believe'.
• God looks on the heart and He knows!!  He became our life by means of the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit of God.
• He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

• He is the Morning Star, that bright morning star, Who is waiting now, for His bride, and the light of His pure love shines into the hearts of all who trust in His name – and He shows us the way, for He is the only Way into the Father-heart of God.
• All- Sufficient The wonders of Christ sufficiency should stagger the mind and humble the heart. There is nothing we can do to get right with God except believe on the Lord Jesus – but those that accept His free gift of salvation discover Him to be sufficient.

• You get to the heart of everything in the case of the Lord Jesus when you recognize that the one question which constituted the testing ground of His life was: Will this Man act alone, speak alone, choose alone, decide alone, move alone?

• We have the law written in our hearts.

• Blessed promise!If you aspire to be a son of consolation; if you would partake of the priestly gift of sympathy; if you would pour something beyond commonplace consolation into a tempted heart; if you would pass through the intercourse of daily life with the delicate tact that never inflicts pain; you must be content to pay the price of a costly education - like Him, you must suffer.

• May our hearts, more than even our minds, be mastered by this Man Jesus Christ and we be His abject slaves in worship and adoration.

• Have you not noticed that it is the men and women whose hearts are aflame for God, who have seen something truly from the Lord and have been mightily gripped by what they have seen, who are the people that are learning?
• To be like this, with vision which gathers up our whole being and masters us, provides the Lord with the ground for looking after us even when we make mistakes because His interests are at stake, His interests and not our own are the concern of our heart.

• There is but one thought with our Father in disciplining us, namely, to make our trials an opportunity for our heart to learn and discover more of His love, and the resources which are in Him as He has revealed them to us in His Son. -J.B.S.

• Shall He not answer in His own way and in His own time?  Shall He not exercise His will, according to His riches in mercy?  Shall He not bequeath His benefit to His child – to the glory of His name?  No righteous prayer is ever lost to the heart of God.  No heart sigh ever misses the Father’s wrapped attention.  No breath of prayer is ever spent in vain.
• Why, why has He delayed the heart’s desire for so long?

• Paul's Pleading Verse after verse the apostle Paul pours out his heart, pleading for the body of Christ.
• This earnest pleading of his heart is also a portion of his wider teaching to the Body..  that they have the light of the Lord and His tender love in their mind and heart - that they access His divine power and heavenly presence, in heart and mind.
• that they grasp, understand, believe and appropriate the many riches of His grace - that the Spirit of wisdom opens their heart to see their incomparable inheritance.
• that the glorious Father may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation - that you may know Him better, that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in His holy people and His incomparably great power for us who believe.
• This is not only a plea from Paul, but exposes the Father-heart of God Himself.
• for our times are in His hands and He has unveiled our understanding to the unknown - for the Spirit guides us into all truth and opens the eyes of our heart to knowledge.
• The apostle Paul pours out his heart - pleading for the body of Christ.
• This is not only a plea from Paul but exposes the Father-heart of God Himself.

• Paul’s Pleading Verse after verse the apostle Paul pours out his heart – pleading for the body of Christ.
• This earnest pleading of his heart is also a portion of his wider teaching to the Body..  that they have the light of the Lord and His tender love in their mind and heart; that they access His divine power and heavenly presence in heart and mind.
• that they grasp; understand; believe and appropriate the many riches of His grace – that the Spirit of wisdom opens their heart to see their incomparable inheritance.
• that the glorious Father may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better, that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in His holy people and His incomparably great power for us who believe.
• Riches of Grace This potent prayer of Paul was inspired by the Spirit to teach and edify all the saints. This is not only a plea from Paul – but exposes the Father-heart of God Himself.
• for our times are in His hands and He’s unveiled our understanding to the unknown – for the Spirit guides us into all truth and opens the eyes of our heart to knowledge.
• The apostle Paul pours out his heart, pleading for the body of Christ.
• This is not only a plea from Paul, but exposes the Father-heart of God Himself.

• I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope He has given to those he called—His holy people, who are His rich and glorious inheritance.
• He prayed that the eyes of their hearts would be flooded with heavenly illumination.
• It must have rejoiced Paul’s heart to see the genuine love they had for each other..  just as the Father rejoices when He sees His children trusting His word – just as the Lord’s heart is gladdened when members of His body dwell in unity.
• He prayed for light – an outpouring of God’s light, streaming into our hearts.
• He prayed passionately that the eyes of our heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the glorious future hope to which we are all called, which is laid up for us in heaven, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints – His holy people.
• I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of HIM – that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope He has given to those he called—His holy people who are His rich and glorious inheritance.

• I pray…that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.
• Spiritual Fullness It is so that Christ may dwell deeply in our hearts through faith. It is that we may be rooted and grounded in the extensive love of Christ. It is so that we may be able to comprehend the vast dimensions of God’s love.
• Fullness of God’s Love As we abide in Christ so He will dwell in our hearts by faith – with thanksgiving..  That we may not only know about God’s love, but to know God’s love in reality.. that we not only know He is life – but to have His life living within our heart – that we might be filled will all the fullness of God’s love – as an actuality.

• What unfolds is a cherished closeness that blossoms in a hurting heart, eventually – after many months and years – indeed, after a lifetime of deep distresses.
• When there’s unrestricted, unimpaired 'Heart to heart' communication… when there is 'Soul to soul' fellowship …between His Spirit and ours… when a servant of God is willingly brought to an end of himself -willingly then the heart can cry in deep humility of spirit, I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You… Job.42:5
• Power in Travail When that heart cry in everything..

• Let the peace of God rule in your hearts (Col. 3:15).
• Thus walking, the peace of the Lord Jesus becomes an experiential reality in the heart of the believer.

• As effective intercessors we must daily have clean hands and a pure heart.
• Right Sacrifice As victorious warriors of Christ we need to offer continual sacrifice to our God,  the Sacrifices of a Broken and Contrite Heart and the Sacrifice of Praise. And you know – this means opening your own heart to His scrutiny and healing.
• Sacrifice Thankfulness of heart and penitence of soul are two vital factors in intercession. The Sacrifice of a Broken and Contrite Heart – keeps us in fellowship – and the Sacrifice of Praise- rejoices the heart of God towards His children.
• If like Daniel we want to intercede for others, then we need to develop these two vital areas of sacrifice: The Sacrifice of a Broken and Contrite Heart and the Sacrifice of Praise

• Our Sin There is no sin so gross that He cannot forgive. There is no life so ruined that He cannot make whole. There is no heart so broken and fragmented that He cannot restore. There is no deep desire of your heart that He can’t fulfil. There is no lack of anything which He cannot supply in full.
• To allow Him to heal and lovingly restore, to bind up our hearts and to fill our emptiness.
• To let Him fill to the brim our void with Himself. To permit Him to mend the heart, broken by life’s cruel circumstances – to actually believe what God says.

• Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, shall guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.Philippians 4:6,7
• He has promised to guard your heart..
• His cherished calm is adequate for all the stresses and strains, that weigh so heavily on your heart.
• Christ’s Peace He not only bestows on us peace WITH God as we nestle in His forgiveness, that glorious 'new-birth' peace with God the Father….and endows us with the peace OF God, which protects and guards our hearts and minds… but also by His grace, He lavishly supplies us with His OWN peace… the peace of God that surpasses understanding – the peace of Jesus.
• ot as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

• You may never have actually seen angels coming to minister to you, but there is no believer who has gone this way, who has gone any distance, but knows in his heart, ut for God and Heaven, I would not be here today.My own testimony is that it has required the intervention of heaven, more than once, to save me from succumbing.

• Now comes My hour of heart-break, and what can I say, 'Father, save Me from this hour'?
• We may have to let go the particular occasion of our trouble, and first recognize, and then embrace with our heart, the fact that in the affliction there resides the immense eternal potentiality of an increase of the image of God Son, which is to be the one and the only character and nature of the eternal kingdom.

• It does not meet the desire of His heart to be followed, or admired, or gazed at, because of what He can do or give.
• He delights in a heart taught of the Spirit to appreciate His Person, for this glorifies and gratifies the Father.
• He retires from the gaze of an excited and tumultuous throng who would fain make Him a king, because they had eaten of the loaves and were filled; but He could turn with touching earnestness to the little band of disciples who still remained, and challenge their hearts with the question, 'Will ye also go away?'
• Because there is not simple devotedness of heart to the Lord Jesus Christ.
• There is nothing in all the world so precious to the Father as a heart that, in any measure, appreciates His Son.

• The first impression on my heart when converted was, Enoch walked with God.' That was my start.
• Look at the Lord Jesus firmly and fixedly, never letting your gaze wander elsewhere; and whatever temporal objects come between you and your Lord, look right through them, as through a mist, and fix your eyes and heart upon Him and Him alone.

• The thought of Martha's heart was, What a feast I must give the Messiah, when I receive Him at my home!

• When thou art restored, strengthen thy brethren.' There is nothing in all this world nearer and dearer to the heart of the Lord Jesus than His sheep, His lambs: and hence He could not have given Peter a more affecting proof of His confidence than by committing to his care the dearest objects of His deep and tender love. -C.H.M.

• Truth is acquired in fellowship with His Word; truth is shared in fellowship with His heart.
• It is that ‘garden closed,’ that ‘spring shut up,’ that ‘fountain sealed,’ from which all others but Himself are excluded-the hidden spring of those affections which alone satisfy His heart, or render conduct and service acceptable to Him.” -C.A.C.

• In our foolishness we turn to the world or look into our own hearts, instead of keeping our eyes upon the Lord Jesus, the risen and exalted Man in whom the Father has given us His favor. -C.A.C.

• They can talk much about His work, but show very clearly that the Person of the Lord Jesus has never really won their hearts.
• It is a proof of immense favor from the Father if in our heart's estimation the Lord Jesus is fairer than the children of men.' It is easy to sing hymns, and to use the most precious expressions in Scripture in a sentimental way, but it is another thing for our hearts really to find rest and satisfaction in the moral perfections of the Lord Jesus. -C.A.C.

• Can anything affect your heart so much as the way the man in Christ is received in the new position?

• It sweeps the imagination into the far reaches of the star-spangled universe of God, and it trolls the depth of the heart of God’s love in the face of His beloved Son.
• Gift of God’s Grace God could not expose His gift of grace more than what is captured in these pages. God could not shower His heart of love more abundantly over sinners saved by grace.
• This is a word from God that should refresh the weary soul and ease troubled hearts.

• Truth is received in the mind, assimilated in the heart, and manifested in the walk.

• There would be little harm in trying to imitate Christ if such an endeavor did not hide from us what our Lord really desires; and so keep us back from life more abundant.' Christ has come Himself into our hearts to dwell there, and what He wants is to live His life in us, as the Apostle Paul says, For to me to live is Christ.' Christ was the very source and mainspring of all he was and did.

• Sigh of the Heart Praying is releasing the sigh of the heart into God’s presence. Praying is resting one's weary soul on the bosom of the Father. Praying is revealing a confidence in the power of the Spirit. Praying builds up our assurance of our righteous covering in Christ.
• Spiritual Armoury Praying aright causes the breath of man’s soul to touch the Father-heart of God.
• As I sweep out the house, I pray that my heart be cleansed from all its impurities;  I pray that the Spirit will search me and know my heart and identify my faults – I pray for unbelievers who are dead in sins that the Spirit convict the of their need.
• trusting His word with a heart of grateful thanks.

• We ought to search out the heart of God, so as to pray into His will and purpose.
• Pray for the Lost How we need to pray that God will lift the veil of unbelief from the eyes of so many – a veil the evil-one has placed over the eyes of so many of our loved ones. How we need to plead that the Spirit will reveal to them the truth about the Lord.. to protect their hearts and minds from the lies and deceptions of Satan: for the god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ. 2Cor.4:4
• Pray for Understanding How we need to pray for the good news of Calvary to take root in their hearts.. that Satan won’t be permitted to steal the precious seed of the gospel sown in their hearts – that God would open their hearts to understand the hope of Christ’s salvation: for when anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. Matt.13:19
• Pray in Faith We know that God hears the prayers of His saints, so it’s important that we pray. It’s important that we pray in faith and that we trust Him to hear and to answer. How needful that we think rightly, asking Him to remove any doubt from our mind: for assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain: ‘be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.” Mark 11:23
• Prayer of Fatih We need to ask Him to remove any doubt that we may have – for He is faithful to answer prayer: truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” Mark 11:23

• If we listen in the stillness till our hearts begin to respond to what He is thinking and feeling about the matter in question, whether it concerns ourselves or others, we can, from that moment, begin praying downwards from the Throne, instead of praying upwards from ourselves. -L.T.

• How readily and eagerly we take His Word when He says, I go to prepare a place for you (John 14:2), yet how slow of heart we are to believe that He has prepared a walk for us, here and now!

• My children must open their hearts to hear My voice and obey My word…

• He wrote:- The value of both the struggle to free ourselves from the OLD Adam-life, and the equally fruitless efforts to experience the NEW Adam-life, (the Christ-life) is to finally realize that it is utterly futile. Our personal, heart-breaking failure in every phase of our Christian life..is our Father’s preparation for His success on our behalf.

• This was a promise is made to all – all defiant men – all men of rebellious heart – a promise to all who would believe on the only begotten Son of God.

• If it was suffering for righteousness' sake, then I would, but I am suffering for my sin; and can I, in the integrity of my heart towards God, take my sorrows to Him, knowing I deserve them?

• Everything that tries us, that is a check upon us, that causes exercise of heart, and makes us sensible of weakness in ourselves, is of the nature of chastisement (child-training).

• If spiritual thirst is the language of your heart, there is great blessing in store for you.

• He is placed in union with Christ, receives the Spirit of God into his heart and is given eternal life.

• When the Lord speaks to the penitent heart, He speaks words of comfort and peace.
• Words of Forgiveness I wonder what touched the heart of this criminal – this malefactor and thief, who sharply rebuked his fellow-convict to call out: Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom. Did this dying man hear the gracious words of forgiveness..
• Was his heart quickened with the thought that he, a dying criminal, could also clasp this pardon?
• Words of Salvation One unbelieving criminal hardened his heart.
• Today is the day of Salvation, so harden not your Heart.

• Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.Matthew 5:8
• Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
• the wise Christian mother may reply that heaven must enter our hearts first..
• Heaven needs to be in us before we can enter the gates of heaven and in the same way, we must become pure in heart before we ‘see’ God.
• Heart Preparations But what purity.
• What is heart purity?
• A pure heart must first be a clean heart, a washed heart, a penitent heart.
• Create in me a clean heart O Lord – a new creation in Christ… and renew a right spirit within me – the holy spirit of purity.
• see Psalm 51:10  A pure heart must first be a clean heart, a washed heart, a penitent heart..  a heart forgiven by God Himself and a heart cleansed by Christ’s blood.
• Purified By the Blood The pure heart of the believer is one that has been cleansed by Christ’s blood.
• But the heart of the believer needs to be kept pure, by obedient living and close communion with God, in and through Christ.
• maintaining a heart that is open and yielded to the Holy Spirit’s guidance..
• a heart that is kept by every influence of His Divine Spirit ..
• a heart kept by Him, from the power of corruption that flows all around us, for we read in 2 Thessalonians 3:3, the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil.
• so does the lowly, loving, patient heart of the believer that is pure in heart remains chaste and unspotted in a fallen world of sin and corruption.
• piercing even to the dividing asunder of the soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow – and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
• Powerful Weapon Purity of heart, like meekness of spirit, is a quick and most powerful weapon.
• Spiritual Purity Purity of heart and meekness of spirit runs counter to human pride.
• blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

• Deceitful Man One very important step is to come to terms with the baseness of what we were. We need to acknowledge the deceitfulness of our hearts and what we were by nature. It is not a very pretty sight and one we all prefer to sweep away under the carpet.

• Is it for heart?

• This awareness of failure becomes acute to the believer during those days when he is attempting to attain holiness of heart through self-effort.

• These oscillations may go on for a certain time, until God carries on the work more deeply in the heart.

• That heart – nerves – courage and muscles are strained; strained, almost to breaking point; strained almost beyond human endurance.
• have not the nerves been jangled, and the heart racked with pain, now that the race is nearly run?  How often, as the end is in view, have the lust of the flesh and the pride of life..
• of those who sped along life’s journey with brave heart and stout will… until in sight of the goal; until the finishing post loomed into view; until their courage failed; until they submitted to the world, the flesh, the tempter, the failing nerve.

• I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened. (Ephesians 1:18 NIV)
• The eyes of your heart enlightened...discerning love.
• Such a thing has never come to you through the eyes of your heart.
• But, mark you, if this love, this discerning love, has really filled your heart by all the intelligence of the Holy Spirit indwelling you, you will sense it without being told; or if it should be brought to you from the Word, that within you will say, Yes, I know that is right, the Lord tells me that is right.

• Reconciliation is a burden that weighed heavily on the heart of Paul the apostle.

• You are that object of His giving heart.

• God our Intercessor He takes the imperfect petitions and desires of our hearts, and cleanses them, and corrects their defects, and perfects them.
• God our Advocate Are you fainting in prayer? Remember, your blessed Advocate has already answered your prayer. He has claimed your answer as His own. Do the claimed desires of your heart seem far removed and stillborn? Don’t give up the earnest seeking.
• Ask and keep on asking; seek and keep on seeking; knock and keep on and on and on knocking, and He will give you the desires of your heart..
• He waits for the whisper from your heart, to affirm the resounding echo from His throne - It is done.
• The Spirit delights in acceptable prayer. He enlightens the mind to request HIS will to be done, in and through your life. He quickens the heart to desire His perfect will –in and for the lives of others.
• God our Joy He stirs a confidence in you, that by His power, wisdom, and might, He implanted His good purpose in your soul, so that His good choice becomes the deepest yearning of your heart.

• The Lord grant you to be so assured in heart of His interest in you, that daily you may more and more answer to His pleasure; and not be in any way cast down because you apparently do so little.

• The song of joy that escaped Mary’s heart had its focus on her Lord and her God.
• Fountain of Life His joy is a fountain of life – welling up and over-spilling. His joy is a reservoir of love – in his Christ-filled heart. But Satan as a roaring lion seeks whom he may devour and robs us of this godly joy. And Satan places doubt and uncertainties in the hearts of the believer, and seeks to entice the believer back to the emptiness of the world’s fleeting thrill.

• Hope that consoles the heart of the distressed believer; hope that brightens the steely skies; hope that uplifts the downcast spirit; hope that ministers to the wounded soul. Let there be hope today.
• Let your heart be glad:  for blessed is the man whose hope is in the Lord.
• Lord of Hope Oh believer, make Him your hope. Find your trust and your hope in Him. Fix your heart unstintingly on the Lord, if you will to discover your hope in Him, and you will not be shaken with the passing events, and you will not be overwhelmed by the abundance of human failures – and you will not sink down into the miry clay of the 'Slough of Despond'. For He has confirmed His sovereign word with an oath. He has bound Himself to us with an everlasting covenant.

• For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward Him (2 Chron. 16:9).
• Afflictions are in the hands of the Holy Spirit to effect the softening of the heart in order to receive heavenly impression.
• Job said, 'God maketh my heart soft' (Job 23:16).

• So the heart is free to enjoy His love in the presence of the Father. -J.N.D.
• Comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work (2 Thess. 2:17).

• What believer but knows from the experience of the deceitfulness of his own heart, that, had we power in ourselves instead of in Christ, we should be something.

• David the man after God’s own heart..
• We are to take heart, alongside the sweet Psalmist of Israel.

• Our hearts have such a tendency to turn back to legalism, and to think it humility.
• It is as knowing the Lord Jesus to be precious to our souls, with our eyes and hearts being occupied with Him, that we will be effectually kept from being taken up with the vanity and sin around.

• Their heart was not steadfast with Him (Psa. 78:37), and around that the whole of their forty years is gathered.

• If circumstances come between our hearts and God, we are powerless.
• The heart of man naturally seeks rest, and seeks it here.

• To have such an attitude of heart, that is true rest. -W.N.

• Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.Matthew 11:28,29
• Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad, moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope.Acts 2:26

• And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus (Phil. 4:7, ASV).

• Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls (Matt. 11:29).

• So He fed them according to the integrity of His heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of His hands (Ps. 78:72).

• The deep darkness and anguish of heart was over; completed; finished in full.
• We too, in humility of heart and obedience to His Word, need to die to self that we may live to Him.
• Sins’ Price Paid For three days and three nights, His body would lie in the heart of the earth.

• When circumstances seem impossible, when all signs of grace in you seem at their lowest ebb, when temptation is fiercest, when love and joy and hope seem well nigh extinguished in your heart, then rest, without feeling and without emotion, in the Father's faithfulness; abide in the fact that He loves you infinitely, and even now is working in you faithfully; and honor Him, and put the enemy to flight by taking to yourself the words of Job: Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.' I have prayed for thee' (says the One who ever lives to make intercession for us) that thy faith fail not.' -D.T.

• You never have to say to one whose heart is wholly set upon God: You must give up this and give up that.
• It is a very blessed thing to see a heart set upon the Lord.
• All the anxiety lies in the realm where the heart is not wholly for the Lord.
• It is the wilderness situation again a divided heart.

• I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know... His incomparably great power for us who believe.

• God, who said, et light shine out of darkness,made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God glory displayed in the face of Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:6 NIV)
• The principle of the New Covenant is a first-hand individual revelation of Christ as the knowledge of God in terms of glory in the heart of the believer.
• Every individual believer only comes into true Christianity by a revelation of Christ in his or her heart, so that the knowledge of Christ is all their own, and as real as when God commanded light to shine in darkness.
• The bulk of the New Testament is taken up with getting Christians to see what an immense realm it is into which they have come, and how they must go on... Christianity can only be kept living and fresh and full of impact as Christians are living in an ever-growing apprehension of Christ as the Holy Spirit reveals Him in the heart.
• There is no succession in Christianity other than that of the revelation of Christ to the heart by the Holy Spirit.

• a submissive mind – wherein lowliness of heart we esteem the other better..  a spiritual mind – where we look away from earthly things to things above..
• Let not your heart be troubled….
• but a peace that can quell the troubled heart.
• a submissive mind – regardless of the way that people behave towards us.. a spiritual mind – where we set our hearts on the right-thinking..

• No doubt I shall find lovely confidence in the Lord in respect of His government of this world, the comfort of forgiveness, the happy confidence of integrity of heart, and remarkable prophecies of Christ; but where shall I find heavenly hopes, or my union with the glorified Lord Jesus, or even the out-flowings of divine grace, as manifested in His person on earth, or the blessed affection which flows from hearts acquainted with these?

• John 16:33 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution in this world. 2 Timothy 3:12 Satan has blinded the hearts of those that are perishing and lost in their sins, but the venom of Satan’s spiritual realm is specifically targeting two creations – Israel – the old creation in Jacob; and the Church – the New Creation in Christ.

• This alone will give true peace of mind, joy and comfort of heart, strength for conflict and power for service.
• You need not worry - only keep on that ground by your attitude of heart.

• Chapter 2: God is righteous and His laws are good, while man is unrighteous and his heart is evil.
• In chapter 2 we hear of His saving grace, but recognise our own evil and unrighteous heart.

• So often our hearts cry out: “Why did the Lord ever allow that in our lives?” That thing which has meant such a deep, dark passage.

• So it is necessary for us to be thoroughly instructed in the Word, and this is one of the things about which we must be perfectly clear in heart and mind, and assured in spirit, that Life, with all that it means the Life of an unveiled fellowship with the Lord, the Life which in itself sets forth victory over death and the abolishing of condemnation that Life is rooted in righteousness, a ministration of righteousness.

• When I first heard this saying I pondered it, to get it deep in my heart.

• You thus gradually find things here are not suitable for the order and nature of the things which are so attractive to the renewed heart up there. -J.B.S.

• Trusting God’s Word Abraham believed God when he was called to leave Ur – to travel to a distant land. Abraham trusted God when he was told that he would be the father of many nations. Abraham had faith in the truth of God’s word and trusted Him to fulfil His promises. Oh, Abraham did some stupid things like trying to help God – but the bottom line is.. God knew his heart and KNEW Abraham depended on God to keep His promises. And the trust that Abraham had in God was credited to him as righteousness.

• And if you find it difficult, here is my advice to you – pray daily and pray continuously that He will change your heart.
• Search the Word to discover how to let His mind be in you – until Christ is kept at the very centre of your heart - Christ before me; Christ behind me; Christ beside me; Christ beneath me; Christ above me; Christ within me and I in Him – to live and to work and to do His good pleasure through me.

•  God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever (Ps. 73.26).
• But we so often seek it elsewhere.Nothing can be sweeter than the repose in divine love when it is known and the heart is free to rest in it.
• The soul may have a long journey to reach it experientially; there may be many needs and exercises to be met and removed on the way; self and the world will have to be learned; but the great end of all our exercises - and, I may add, of all our deliverances - is that we rest in the thoughts of divine love, and that love becomes in a very real way the portion of our hearts.
• If our hearts are not in the circle of divine love they have really got nothing, for as Christians we have no portion on earth.
• There is no reserve in God's love; He has given the best in heaven for the worst on earth, and in this way has rebuked distrust and established confidence, so that the works of the devil' might be undone in our hearts.
• And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God (2 Thess. 3:5).

• Through the grace of God, we can stand firm right up to the time of His return – for we must all guard against God’s agape love in our hearts wearing thin.

• Most of us are conditioned to point our index finger, at the overt sin we see in society, without seeing the three curling fingers pointing inwards to ourselves – to the covert sin hidden deep within our heart.
• That furtive sin, which seeps like a toxic poison into the very soul of man; that private sin concealed from all others bites at the very heart of man..
• Sin of Pride The first sin committed by the exulted heart of the anointed cherub was one of pride. The arrogant, “I wills” of a falling angel who sought to elevate him to the status of God.
• The “Eye” of Sin And yet this sin we so despise in this precocious angelic being, can ofttimes be the downfall of the most gracious saint. It can stain the garments of the most kindly heart, for a proud look or haughty eyes is identified as one of the six things that God most hates in us.
• And yet this deceptive seed can grow and blossom.. in the heart of many a careless saint. As soon as my eyes are taken from the face of Jesus, I also fall prey to this cantankerous disease. How can I search out and rid myself of this bane.. in the life of all who would live Godly? How can I root out this evil that seeks to separate me from the One Who is my Sustainer?
• as I seek to examine myself, my attitudes, my motives, my heart’s desire..
• as I seek to discover the awful truth about my own faults and failings, I need to turn to the Spirit of grace and truth and cry out as did King David:- Search me and know me, cried the man after God’s own heart, cleanse me from my secret faults – my sin, know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts.” Psalm 19:12
• At this critical time in our spiritual walk, when the Lord is at the very door. We would do well examine ourselves as never before. We need to see if secret sins have crept deep into our hearts. SEARCH ME OH GOD.

• Israel as a nation broke the first commandment – they did not love the Lord their God with all their hearts and so the very nation through whom would be born the Messiah was punished by God and scattered amongst the nations.

• God... has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:6)
• God... hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 4:6).
• In our hearts: Christ, so imparted and revealed within, is what makes a Christian, and a Christian will do or not do certain things, not at the dictates of any Christian law, any more than Jewish, but as led by the Spirit inwardly, by Christ in the heart.

• If I will be at it, He leaves me to find in this irreparable flesh, which cannot be mended, what I may break my heart over, but never alter.

• Others may be fooled by this little cloak of pretence – this masked covering of deceit, but God Who knows the heart is not fooled, and 'Self' will never be conformed into His image.
• It is the carnal human heart trying to build an identity around something other than God.
• Self is the shroud, more than anything else, that blocks God’s light from our hearts.
• The responsibility for removing this dark covering from your heart is your own.
• You inspect your heart, your soul, your motives, your attitudes, your words.
• Search ME O God Search me, O God, thoroughly and know my heart: try me, test me, examine me deeply and know my thoughts – and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
• Are you man enough or woman enough to get on your knees and pray those words that David first prayed - David the man after God’s own heart.

• He looks right deep down into our hearts and knows whether we mean business.

• Divine Signpost Just as faith is the essential key to unlock our hearts to His love, and just as charity is one small part of the whole of the love of God, so prophecy is a mere signpost to point us to incarnate love: Love never fails, but whether there are prophecies, they will be done away..” 1Cor.13:8
• Righteousness of God Don’t despair – as He breaks your heart to crush your self-life.
• Paul’s Heart Cry That I may know Christ…..

• This is the service that our Lord desires from each of His own bond-servants, for we are not our own, we are bought with the price of Christ’s precious blood.   Should this not awaken in us a servant-spirit, a servant-mind, a servant-heart?
• Servant-Heart We look to Isaiah as the one that exemplifies such a servant-heart… It was Isaiah who cried, “Woe is me, for I am undone - because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips, For my eyes have seen the king, The LORD of hosts.” Isaiah 6:5
• But if you can pray, 'Lord – whatever it takes, do this work in me… Lord – Thy will not mine be done in my life…  LORD – Here am I, send me', then you too have the makings of a servant after His own heart..
• a servant of the Lord with a servant-spirit, a servant-mind, a servant-heart.

• He knows where to find His willing hearts.

• God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shone in our hearts (2 Cor. 4:6a).
• May the Lord Jesus in His Word be more simply the Object of our hearts in this evil day. -J.B.S.
• Love really does not think of anyone but its Object until it is quite sure of its place with Him, and then when at rest about itself it studies the mind and heart of the Object.
• I find that the Lord Jesus loved me and gave Himself for me when I was in a most unattractive state; but He makes me suitable to Himself, and I am so assured of the permanency of His love and of my association with Him that my heart is free to study Him.
• All here comes to me from one spring, and that source is the heart of my Father.
• You must connect your heart with the love and not with the benefit otherwise you are not yet established.

• God has also SEALED us and given us the Spirit as a DOWN-PAYMENT in our hearts.2Corinthians 1:22
• We read in second Corinthians that: 'God the Father has also sealed us and given us the Spirit as a down payment in our hearts.' 2 Corinthians 1:22

• One brings with it a heart of contentment: despite life’s overwhelming circumstances.

• God begins by giving our hearts a sense of the blessedness of the grace in which He has called us, that we may be awakened and enhungered to pursue the knowledge of all this with purpose of heart and prayerful study. -C.A.C.
• Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart (Ps. 37:4).

• That I may know Him (Phil. 3:10).     It takes us years of trial and error to finally realize that nothing outside the Lord Jesus Christ can fully satisfy and rejoice our hearts.
• It is a solemn moment when one who has been going on for years with a flourishing profession wakes up to the fact that his heart is entirely unsatisfied.
• Our Father loves us too well to allow us to rest in anything or anyone short of Himself - not even Christian fellowship, or what people call the means of grace.' He wants to be so known by us that He becomes the deep eternal spring of satisfaction and joy for our hearts. -C.A.C.

• Anguish of heart has caused this man to react in grief – in humble submission of self.
• So sit silently under the eye of God and let Him examine the depths of your heart.
• “Sit Still my daughter,” “Keep silence my son” and examine your heart – and then “Arise and go to the Father…” and say “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called Thy son ..
• Heart Examination Get alone with God and dare to truthfully tell Him your grief.
• Get alone with God and dare to honestly ask Him to examine your heart.
• Bow silently before Him in humility of heart, and plead for Him to know you.
• He will bring your bloodied heart to obedience, the easy way or the hard way, but one way or another He will break you – He will bring you to an end of ‘self’.
• Expected End You’ll either deny the Lord Who bought you and bring swift destruction upon yourself – oh eternally saved, but saved as though by fire, or in solitude and silence you will seek Him in humble submission of heart: for I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
• Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you – and ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.

• He desires to quiet the current storm-clouds in your heart.

• The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jer. 17:9).

• What a source of heart rest!

• Christhas got to be revealed in our hearts by the Spirit.
• It must come bythe revelation of Christ in our hearts, in the inward parts.This is something spiritual.

• Thirdly, the Lord Jesus as the constant object of the affections of the heart, for the work of the Holy Spirit in the heart is to fill it with contemplation of and fellowship with the Lord Jesus in glory.

• When the Spirit of Christ has the hungry heart prepared, there will be surrender.

• Even if we are totally unable to obey and cannot even exercise faith, a day comes when the resistance has vanished and we are trusting the Lord Jesus in simplicity of heart.

• So the mention of the subjective exercise suggests that we have to take this matter to our own hearts as something which requires a change in us.

• The difference too often is that of a ministry to the mind or head, and not one to the heart or spirit.

• Christian Maturity The way to maturity in the Christian life is the focus of most of Paul’s messages. Every Christian has clear instructions on the life he is to live and the way he is to walk, and there’s no excuse for anyone to hear the accusation: oh, wicked, unfaithful servant, but few seem prepared to challenge themselves and their Christian walk. Few are courageous enough to examine their walk with the Lord and fewer still are willing to plead with Him to: search the depths of my heart O God.. pleading: see if there is any worldly way or carnality in me that needs to be dealt with.

• I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you. (Ephesians 1:18 NIV)
• Well, if you really are of the undivided heart, if your heart is wholly set upon the Lord and you see as far as you can see these things, and have very definite dealings with the Lord about it; it may not be in a day, it may be slowly, steadily, quietly you begin to move into a new realm of understanding.

• May the words of my mouth be always acceptable to You, oh God my Redeemer, and may the meditation of my heart be always acceptable to You – My Lord and King.

• The Body of Christ The body of Christ is being fitted together perfectly and being built up by Him. Each part has its own special work to do, so that the whole body is fit and healthy. Each one is to help the other grow and mature and be built up together full of love. Each is Christ’s representative who needs to be spiritually renewed to express His love – a spiritual renewal of our thought, our heart our attitudes, and our mind, for we are told be renewed in the spirit of your mind in Ephesians 4:23
• Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, share the desires of your heart with God.
• In Acts 17 we are told to search the Scriptures daily..  and we are to listen to the voice of God in our heart,  for the Spirit of Truth will guide us into all truth.
• We are to dwell in the Word of God and absorb it into our hearts.
• Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, and teaching, and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
• Filled with the Spirit We are to be filled and day by day go on being filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always, for all things.

• But there is also an inner man called the hidden man of the heart, and that inward man has what corresponds to the outer man's five senses.

• A deep knowledge, a wisdom deep down in his heart, that he was treading on holy ground.
• But we too must “SEE” the salvation of God – through the spiritual eye of faith, and we must “KNOW” the promise of His Word, with the understanding of the heart.

• Is this the heart of an angry God..
• But as it is written: Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him. 1Cor.2:9

• His humiliation caused him to dread the consequences and so he hid: Adam hid himslf –  for if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
• If our heart condemn us not, then we have confidence before the Lord 1John 3:20

• His heart was not turned by the handsome, charismatic Absalom..
• but at the end of his fine military career, as one of the best of David’s soldiers, he turned his heart and he simply started to cleave to the cowardly Adonijah.

• dedicated prayer warriors to stand in the gap and pray ‘beyond themselves.’  Believers, with a heart for God’s glory; children, with a love for the Lord; Christians who stand between life and death, for the many; warriors, to fight between heaven and hell, for fellow brothers and sisters.
• As believers, we are exhorted to walk in holiness of heart.
• Let each of us cry out for our own inner purification as we plead, “search me oh God.” so that with clean hands and a pure heart we can cry out “heal the many”

• Extraordinary Difficulties They were in the midst of extraordinary difficulties… and their hearts must have been failing in them for fear of what was coming.

• Sit still – and listen to the whisper of the Spirit in your heart.
• to bring us into line with His desire – His will – His heart.
• Just sit calmly still!Nor deem these days–these waiting days–as ill,The One who loves thee best, who plans thy way,Hath not forgotten thy great need today!And, if He waits, ’tis sure He waits to proveTo thee, His tender child, His heart’s deep love.
• Then, ah then, how sweet!How glad thy heart, and then how swift thy feetThy inner being then, ah then, how strong!And waiting days not counted then too long.

• Let us in humility of heart lay all we are, at His feet.

• It is the Holy Spirit who will make these great facts real and true in our experience as we depend upon Him; and so the plague of our hearts will be stayed, and we shall go on to be conformed to the image of the Lord Jesus Christ. -J.C.M.

• Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me (Ps. 51:10).

• Am I to reject all former delights of sight and sound and touch and taste – and fully circumcise ear and eye, heart and lips – to be acceptable unto the Lord?
• Am I to embrace the shame and reproach that accompanies this separation, and to be labelled as dull and old-fashioned – unsociable and a fool? Am I to be so true to my calling, with unsullied witness and purity of heart, that I discover myself to be a marked man, a marked woman – a Christian?

• But then there is a greater blessing, namely, that He does not remove the pressure, but raises you above it, so that, though you are not relieved, you are better off than if you were merely relieved, because you know His heart who supports you in the pressure.
• You have made a deep acquaintance with your Father, and your heart is more attached to Him. -J.B.S.

• I remember when I used to think that I should be happy beyond conception if I were able to say, I will fear no evil; my heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.' In order to reach this, you must find Him enough, without anything else.

• What is man that You should set Your heart on him?
• He trains us through the daily round, and He binds up our aching heart.

• It means much to the heart of the believer to know that he is received on the ground of another Man who perfectly glorified God.

• And he relates the anguish in the heart of her betrothed husband, when he discovered that she was pregnant.
• Israel’s Rejection It was John who explained from Isaiah chapter 6 that the heart of Israel would be calloused towards their Messiah.
• Willing Sacrifice Were it not for the humanity of our Saviour and the blood that poured over the Mercy Seat of God, from His human heart of love… there could never have been redemption for the race of man – for only a perfect Man (a kinsman Redeemer), Who was born into the human race, could redeem fallen man from eternal separation from a holy God.

• His heart cry over time has grown to echo that of Paul: that I may know Him.
• Paul’s was a heart that was continuously being broken and crushed for His Saviour..

• Let us have our hearts set upon reaching all.

• We have just enough for today but tomorrows’ advancing shadows haunt us, and we become troubled in our hearts and sick in our soul – lest tomorrow's bowl of meal becomes empty – and tomorrows cruise of oil runs dry.
• Faithful God But is it possible to trust Him in ALL things to provide ALL things? Well, I wonder if you have been placed in a position where you entrusted your three young children to a steward on a four-hour sea journey with a promise to them, that on their return they would be taken to their new home and yet in your trembling heart you knew only too well that no such place existed? I have. And as I turned to face the stark reality that I had five days to achieve this… less than a week to fulfil this enormous task. I searched for vacancies in basements and attics.
• Never-Failing God Christ had nowhere to place His head and maybe in a way, I began to understand just a fraction of what that meant. But would I have to follow in His poverty-stricken footsteps even here – as each ‘pushed-on’ door continued to be slammed in my face. My faith was weak and my heart was crying and my courage was far from valiant! And encouraging phone calls came from my mother – that “He would provide…” Inspiring support from one who had also trodden this homeless way before me. Yet I almost despaired that God’s promise included me as well.

• The hardness of the task may cause us to pull back into disobedience., but trust Him to complete the vision He has placed in your heart.

• God sent out the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father! (Galatians 4:6 YLT)
• God sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father (Gal. 4:6).

• So it is not our study, our learning, our book knowledge, but it is a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of our hearts being enlightened, and it is that seeing which brings the note of authority that is so much needed.

• Deep changes take place in the heart by the work of the Spirit of God.
• Christian Testimony Qualities of character that reflect a true Christian testimony – not only in word alone but in disposition and in deed; in mind and in motive; in action and in attitude; in conscious thought and unconscious thinking; in gentleness of spirit and long-suffering of heart.
• searching the depths of my heart – trying the inner secrets of my very being.
• Search me, O God, and know my heart.
• Search me, O God,And know my heart today;Try me, O Lord, andKnow my thoughts, I pray.See if there beSome wicked way in me;Cleanse me from every sinAnd set me free.

• Invasive Inquiry When I was a little girl my older brother asked me “have you ever told a lie?” “No!” I smugly replied, believing in my heart that I was telling the perfect truth!
• That is the inner, penetrative searching, deep within the hearts of humanity.
• Believing the Truth affects the eternal soul of man, through time and eternity, for no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid – which is Jesus Christ.” 1Corinthians 3:11 How it pleased the heart of the apostle John who was able to say of Gaius, for I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.” 3John 1:3
• Distorted Truth Often, in the heart damaged by life’s traumas- truth becomes distorted..  even the Truth of God can become twisted and perverted. The Father-heart of God -Who loves with His infinite love – can be distorted, and the Truth of His Father-heart of love – can become warped and twisted. God can be manipulated into the image of a demanding brother; a scornful mother – an abusive father..
• Fear prevents many from knowing the truth of the love of the Father heart of God.
• Spirit of Truth When we start to really recognise Truth, for Who He is - the Lord Jesus Christ,  we begin to recognise the deceitfulness in our own hearts.
• May we allow the Spirit of God to fill our hearts with His Truth – until it is not I, but Christ Who lives and speaks and thinks through me.

• 2 Types of Believers The book of Job illustrates two types of believers. One, demonstrating a teachable spirit and tender heart that pleases the heart of God.

• Accepted Day We are not to harden our hearts or grieve the Lord as Israel did.
• Others presume it to be drink or drugs; a bad temper; an ungrateful heart, gluttony, unforgivenss.
• Many search their hearts to discover a particular sin they think is their specific sin.
• Today Is The Day Let us not harden our hearts or grieve the Lord as Israel did – let us live by faith..

• Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.Philippians 4:6-7
• Resolve in your heart that His leadings are for your greater joy and eternal glory.
• God-guided Lesson He will speak to your heart; He will shape your thoughts; He will direct your path– as in humility and faith you follow the best way. Thus you will not be continually directed by circumstances..

• My-Self. We all know that what a man sets his heart on has a mighty influence on his life. The self-regarding man that seeks after his own interests – becomes selfish.
• One that seeks a 'god' of their fancy will be unsettled by every wind of doctrine. One who seeks the living God, will have Him take possession of his heart and will, and the book of Hebrews gives warning after warning of missing the point of this life.
• Factual Reality This is not fictional fancy/ This is factual reality, and it needs to be a daily, sometimes hourly consideration to ask oneself – on what is MY heart set?  What is the dear desire of MY heart today – NOW?  For some, it is to drink from as many cisterns of the world, just to blunt the pain.
• For others, it’s to preserve a high profile, lest anyone peep behind their mask.  Believers often set their hearts on a myriad of issues that are close to their heart, but Hebrews gives warning after warning of missing the point of this life.
• Christians should set their hearts on Christ, for it is HE through whom God speaks. We not only need to know all the general things that are written about Christ.
• Be thou faithful to the very end.  But the choice is yours and yours alone.  If you are prepared to change your mind (which is the correct meaning of REPENT)—then God will change your heart.
• But God will never change your heart, until, in humility, you change your mind.

• Jacob’s Trouble A time is coming when God will once again turn His attention back to Israel..  time of prophesied tribulation; a time of judgment; the time of Jacob’s trouble..  time when the gospel of the kingdom will have been taught worldwide – time when the veil over the heart of the Jewish nation – is lifted.

• For the love of God is broaderThan the measure of man’s mind.And the heart of the eternalIs most wonderfully kind.
• A Tiny Glimpse Were we to be given the slightest glimpse of the true love of God.. through the lowering clouds of unknowing in the mists of life’s uncertainties, I doubt temptation’s unbelief would ever darken our questioning hearts again.
• For the love of God is broaderThan the measure of man’s mind;And the heart of the EternalIs most wonderfully kind.

• He will drive His furrows deep into your bleeding heart.

• Word of Truth In Matthew 12:20 we read that: a bruised reed He will not break, and a smouldering wick He will not quench, while in Psalm 147:3 we read that: He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds, while in Psalm 51:17: the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
• What could engender more disinterest in our hearts than such mean things?
• He is the Lord, the great and mighty God of the universe and yet He is meek and lowly, pure of heart and gentle of spirit.
• We are to be His heart that loves unconditionally and forgives unreservedly.
• His Heart Take to heart this good advice from C.S.
• His Grace For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, Who inhabits eternity and Whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

• Ego-Centric To many, Paul’s words fall like caustic soda on the ears of the carnal self, for self-examination and introspection is a cruel task to the ego-centric carnal man – as we search out to uncover dark areas in our lives that need to be examined; as we study our own failures, weaknesses, and proclivity towards carnality; as we search out our hearts to discover where our own weaknesses are hidden – as we discover what form the multi-headed gorgon of our own carnality takes.
• As we cry out, “seek out all the hidden depths in me that are displeasing to You”, and as we give Him permission to root out wrong attitudes, actions, and perspectives, He will search out the depths of our hearts for things that grieve His Spirit – for our whole Christian life is a process of being conformed into His image..

• If Christ, the Son of God love, is central and supreme in the heart of the believer so much else goes down, it must go down.
• These two things are before us: one, because of the revelation of Jesus Christ in our hearts we have a passion for Him; on the other hand, because of the absence of asufficient revelation of Christ in our hearts we are out for other things which we would say are in His interests, and for Him, but which can never, never satisfy God heart.
• It is the satisfaction of the heart of the Father, which is in view.Beloved I am speaking about the individual.

• Not the theological Christ; not the doctrinal Christ; not the Christ of the letter, much less the Jesus of history; but the Christ of eternity in all the meaning of His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension into the Throne of God revealed in the heart by the Holy Spirit.

• Be filled, or go on being filled with the Holy Spirit, as we read in Ephesians 5:8.  But even this is a choice for the believer.  Paul tells the Colossians the great desire of his heart toward all the believers. Paul longs that all believers are filled to overflowing, be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness.
• It is all a matter of the heart.
• It may be a wrong attitude of heart.
• There may be an attitude of heart that needs to be repented of – He’ll show you, but whatever it is, He’s the One that knows the deepest need of the human soul.
• if you are prepared to change your mind—God will change your heart..
• BUT God will never change your heart – until you change your mind.

• There is a deceitfulness about this human heart that defies our greatest attempt at tracking it down, and we shall never do it.... Here is where the church has become such a confused thing, and such a tragedy; for the prevailing idea is that if you give yourself over to God He will take you up and use you: Bring over your humanity and consecrate it to the Lord!

• God has given us a burden in our hearts concerning His thoughts.

• Let not your hearts be troubled.
• Trust in Christ The disciples all loved their Lord, but there was much they did not understand.. and so the Lord Jesus had to comfort them saying, Let not your hearts be troubled – you believe in God – then believe in Me – believe in ME
• Jesus said, Let not your heart be troubles.

• No fruit that labor and study of the mind and heart could produce has a way through in the work and service of God.

• The heart will lead into it.

• Such tests discover whether our hearts are fixed upon the Lord or upon things.

• Here the very heart and kernel of the Lord’s work was to bring light. “I am the light of the world: he that follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” John 8:12
• Throughout Scripture, our hearts are warmed by the rising day-spring.

• It is one thing to come to a situation from the outside, and link ourselves on with it, and take it up, and make it our work for life, our life-interest; it is quite another thing for the Lord to put into our hearts, in secret, an almost unbearable, intolerable burden which is His own heart-burden, and for us first of all to bear that thing secretly in the presence of God upon our hearts in a deep out-pouring of travailing prayer; quite another thing to come to the Lord's interests in that way.
• The thing has come so near to his own heart that he does not stand here and the situation there, but he finds himself as one with it.

• God loves the unlovely, and broke His heart to do it.

• You see that God never takes our will away, nor our mind, nor our heart.
• There is a new outfit in Christ for our hearts, but there is always the necessity for our standing with the Lord in what is of Himself.
• In all the values of Christ risen there has to be a taking of that risen Life for the equivalent need of mind, heart, will; of spirit, soul, and body.

• Wait on the LORD: Be of good courage, and e shall strengthen thine heart: Wait, I say, on the LORD.

• Ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you (c).
• It is as our hearts are under the sway of that grace which is ministered to us through the Lord Jesus Christ, and as we are knit to Him in affection, that we touch and taste a new life, and are severed in heart from all that constituted the life of our old man.
• Thus the body of sin is annulled for our hearts, and we do not henceforth serve sin. -C.A.C.

• Familiar as these words andthese thoughts are to us, there are tremendous possibilities offreshness, and newness, about the enjoyment of these things.... If there isno fresh glimmer of light and glory associated with thereiteration of this truth, there is all the more reason why weshould ask the Lord what has happened to us, that we couldcontemplate such a thing without a stirring of heart.
• Any fresh contemplationof our Lord in this way should ravish our hearts: Christ, thefullness of spiritual blessing now, the Sphere of ourexperience, our exploring, our enjoyment, our satisfaction.

• as prophets and poets alike searched to pen words that described this eternal One. Eye has not seen, ear has not heard and heart has not searched out His majesty, for God inhabits eternity..
• O Lord, teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Teach us to redeem the time we have left and use it to praise of the eternal God.

• I wrote to you out of great sorrow and anguish of heart along with many tears not to make you sad but to let you know how much love I have for you. (2 Corinthians 2:4 ISV)
• You have no inward heart-relationship to it, and so you pass your judgments upon it.
• He will relate that thing to our hearts in a deep, inward way, so that none of us will be able to say, I know all about that, I have heard all about that, I could tell you all that you could tell me about that.

• And we would do well to take heed of the truth of God’s word and store it in our heart – for the time is coming when few will heed the true doctrine contained in Scripture.

• Rather, there is only one governing thought of your life about everything, and that is, how you may distinguish Him who fills every need in your heart, and lights it up with unfading joy. -J.B.S.

• God is speaking, He has something to say, but there must be a Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your heart being enlightened.

• He is monitoring your path with a Fatherly-heart – desiring only the best for you.
• The Lord is ever listening to all the words we speak and the thoughts of our hearts.
• The fear of the Lord and reverence of His name is the beginning of wisdom, and trusting His love and believing His Word is what delights His heart – and so He sees and He hears all those that depend on His faithful love.
• Humble Repentance He also sees the secret thoughts of the heart and the hidden sins that mar our lives. This should not disturb us but rather, it should lead us to mourn for our foolish wrongdoing. It should cause us to run to Him for forgiveness with a humble and repentant heart. It will bring us back into fellowship with the Lord and keep our heart pure before Him. The ever-watchful eye of our Father should rejoice our heart and influence our walk.

• for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also” Luke 21:34

• Cross to Carry Great faith is not so much seen in the ability to do. Great faith is exhibited in the willingness to suffer with patient endurance. To have a God of compassion and empathy we need to have a suffering Saviour, Who in all points was tested like as we are, Yet without sin, for Who but the heart of Him could understand the suffering we choose to bear.
• What is the time to trust?Is it when hopes beat highWhen sunshine guilds the sky,And joy and ecstasyFill all the heart?YES!

• Unforgiveness is one of the main blockages to the presence of God; Unforgiveness can turn the heart of flesh into an icy heart of cold stone.
• Heavenly Quality Forgiveness is a beautiful heavenly quality that touches the heart of God, When you fully recognise how the Father has forgiven you of your sins – it becomes not only easier to forgive – but a vital necessity.
• God’s  Forgiveness Yes, we are certainly supposed to love and forgive those that sin against us, yet forgiveness does not come easily to any one of us. It is the Holy Spirit Who is the One, Who can fill our hearts with God’s love and forgiveness.
• Hardened the Heart The famous words, “I can forgive but I can NEVER forget,” is a couched way of saying I cannot forgive – and I will not forgive.
• This is a very dangerous and unwise attitude of heart – for it is a big step towards the “hardening of the heart” that is seen in Pharaoh.
• You note that during the first few plagues Pharaoh hardened his own heart, but in the end, it was the LORD that hardened Pharaoh’s heart.
• Don’t allow unforgiveness to harden your heart to this extent, but rather seek the Lord to soften your heart, and if necessary to break your heart.
• Father Forgive Buried unforgiveness is at the root of most relational difficulties, but forgiveness melts the hardening casement around a hardened heart.

• Born to Die He was born to die – that men might live. He was born to be made vile sin – that sinners might be made pure and perfect. He was born to be broken – that sin-shattered man might be made whole. He was born to be wounded – that damaged, traumatised man might be made new. He was born to bring the despairing, comfort, hope and joy that was lost in Eden’s realm. He came to bind up and to heal the broken, bloodied, wounded heart.

• Care and Concerns How often and how frequently our hearts are prone to worry and anxiety, fret or fear. How often our brow is furrowed with tension as the pains of life reflects in our face. How frequently fear of the future or personal problems divide or distract our hearts. How regrettable that cares and concerns of life should steal the Lord’s perfect peace.
• Tests and Trials Sometimes we allow the responsibilities of life and living – to rob us of the Lord’s rest. Sometimes our fears and failures, problems and pressure – weigh heavy on our heart. Sometimes our safety and security, health and finances rise up into mountainous difficulties as we fret and fear about the mounting tests and trials that we are facing.
• Worry and Unbelief To doubt and disobey the Lord – can even be construed as belying God’s existence! Worry can become such a fact of life, that our hearts declare that there is no God… Who loves and cares for me, because He is insufficient to take care of all my distress!
• Precious Time The time one spends on worry is precious time that had been lost to life forever and effort spent on worry is of little worth – for it wearies the soul and exhausts the heart.

• If this is the revelation of God from heaven in Christ through His Word and to our hearts by the Holy Spirit, then it involves us in very great responsibility.
• Ought not God thought for us really draw out our hearts in unspeakable gratitude and worship?

• When our outlook is heavenly, our mindset keeps Christ as the central focus of our heart.

• Perfect Law The perfect Law was engraved on stone but is unable to beat with a heart of pure love. The faultless Law cannot empathise with our weakness or understand our difficulties. The letter of the Law may be perfect, but is insufficient to reveal the Father’s love. The ministration of law came through Moses, but fullness of grace came via Jesus.
• Grace and Truth The fullness of God’s grace was in the heart of our gracious God when He purposed, before the foundation of the earth, that the WORD would become flesh and dwell among His people, so we could see the glory of God’s grace, reflected in the face of the lovely Lord Jesus – glory as of the only Son from the Father – full of grace and truth.

• Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (Matthew 11:29 NIV)
• The greatest desire in my heart and the longer I live the stronger it grows is to understand the Lord Jesus.
• I am always coming up against problems about Him, and they are not intellectual problems at all, but spiritual ones: problems of the heart.

• Lowliness of heart must become our very disposition and discipline.  Humility of heart – not only as we think of Him or when we pray, but humility of heart must become the very spirit of our lives.

• God’s Pleasure If we do not discern certain states of grace, and choose them – in Him… if we do not nourish them in our hearts in the power of His Holy Spirit, they never become fastened in our nature or behaviour.For we must choose of our own freewill to do of His good pleasure – not our own. Every advance step in grace must be preceded by first apprehending it.
• A shattering that wrings the depths of the heart and conquers the mind. There is a good deal of mere mental and logical sanctification nowadays, which is only a religious fiction. It consists of mentally putting one’s self on the altar.. and then mentally saying the altar sanctifies the gift..  and then logically concluding therefore that one is sanctified!

• Christ in You A species which was in God’s thought and God’s heart and God’s conception before the foundation of the world.
• The Gospel is both a manifestation and revelation of the heart of God, before the foundation of the earth in the distant, eternal past.

• He also knew that spiritual death which is caused by sin, means separation from God: They are excluded from the life of God because of ignorance and hardness of heart. Men are separated from God and life, because of pride and the blindness of their heart. He who has the Son has life.

• Let us ask our hearts at once, Is this true in our case?

• Now, while fellowship is always a good thing, and experience should always be used as far as available, when it is a matter of the Lord speaking to our hearts and making it perfectly clear what His way is for us, we must be very careful that we do not submit that to influences that would in any way limit our response and interfere with our obedience.

• He advises that we examine and re-examine our hearts in the light of the end.
• He encourages holy conduct, a virtuous life – a people set apart in purity of heart.
• We are to prepare our hearts for the time when all earthly things will go.
• These are myths that have tainted the belief system of many sincere hearts.

• When we sit under His shadow with great delight, everything else becomes so small, and loses its hold upon our hearts. -C.A.C.

• After they had nailed Him, hands and feet, on to the cross, to make sure that He was dead they thrust the spear into His heart.

• Our Father's heart-love is personal; we are hidden there in the Son.
• Have you ever thought that it is the affections of the Father's heart which flow down to us where we are, seeing us in the Son, not in our poor wretched selves?
• Occupation with Him, the heart readily detects, and rejects the voice of the stranger, and cannot but own the Lord's claims to be paramount.
• Nothing so thoroughly tests the state of our hearts, as whether or not we have intimacy with the Lord Jesus Himself. -H.H.S.

• You have examined my heart,You know everything about me,You know when I sit down or stand up.You know my every thought when far away,You chart the path ahead of me,You tell me where to stop and rest.You know where I am every moment,You know what I am going to say even before I say it.LORD - You both precede and follow me.You place Your hand of blessing on my head.Such knowledge is too wonderful for me.Psalm 139

• Many, many are laboring and toiling in it, breaking their hearts, afraid to leave that order of things, lest they should be violating what they conceived to be a Divine call.
• Many others cannot get out of it because it is a means of livelihood, and they too are breaking their hearts.

• To the searching, dedicated heart of Mary, who just sat at His feet and loved, He said, “you have much and you will have much more, and it will not be taken away from you”. (Luke 10:42)
• They recognise the unbrokenness of their hearts and the rebellion in their soul.
• “To realise the dimensions of the love of God, its breadth and length and depth and height – will serve to drive home to us the reality of God’s love, and the result of our belief in that love will be that. No question will ever profoundly vex our minds. No sorrow will be so deep as to overwhelm our spirits, because the heart is at rest in God, just as the heart of our Lord was at rest in Him Father.

• It mystifies the senses; it disconcerts the religious; it confounds the Godless; it perplexes the theologian… and yet it comforts my soul and strengthens my heart.

• There is one comprehensive and all-embodying truth which, if it really gained the complete mastery of our hearts and dominated our whole consciousness, capturing our will, our hearts, and our minds, would really revolutionize everything, just as the new covenant represents a revolution from the old covenant.
• It is a tremendous thing when that really does come to our hearts with the force and the power which it really does represent.

• And His mother treasured up all these things in her heart – and pondered them. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and with man.

• To know Christ as Saviour is to know peace in our soul and have rest in our heart.
• Plan of God The mind of the Godhead and father-heart of God planned a mighty mystery.
• In the eternal council chambers of heaven, a divine secret was planned and purposed, and proceeding from God’s cherished mystery was born the eternal plan of God – a special plan, hid in His heart – that in the ages to come, Christ would be all in all.
• Alpha and Omega Nothing should deflect our hearts from this magnificent truth – God’s open secret.

• As we look back over our various lives, not one thing remains unchanged. People come and go, and our hearts are touched for good or stained with pain.
• to contrast in ever stringent tones with His immutability and constancy. God in His wisdom knows nothing can ever satisfy the cravings of a human heart.. save Himself.
• He is always receptive to whatever pain or distress weighs heavily on the heart.

• Others re-examine their thinking or re-evaluate the philosophies they cherish – but He alone spoke pure words that flowed from the heart of the Father – to Him.

• Our heart is enlarged, ye are not straitened in us.
• The measure of our spiritual life is no greater than our heart; the knowledge that is in the head is not the measure of spirituality, the way for your release, emancipation, increase, abundance is the way of the heart.
• Spirituality is not mental agreement on things stated in the Word, it is the melting of one heart to another to all saints.
• The way out is by increase of love; and we shall remain locked up until we are there.... True spirituality is the measure of love of God shed abroad in the heart, all the spirituals rest upon and have their rise out of love.

• But there lies before you and reaches out through eternal ages such a purpose of God concerning us all that i>Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him(1 Cor. 2:9).

• Oscillating Faith And faith in God fluctuates between good and bad circumstances. And trust in God ping-pongs as emotions rise and then tumble. And life has no stability because we have not fixed God’s Word in our heart.
• And so the question rages in the heart of men, can I know God….?
• How often life is unstable,  because we have not fixed Who God is in our heart: Elohim – the Strong One – the Powerful God.

• Yes, eternity nestles in the breast of God, and He’s placed eternity in the heart of man.

• Indeed many times I have given it up in my heart.

• Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.Proverbs 3:12
• Where no twinkling light of some distant star shines to encourage the heart.
• for Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes it IS a Tree of Life.
• Rewards of Hope For hope deferred maketh the heart sick – but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. How glorious that little word BUT.
• When deferred hope makes your heart sick..

• The ladder is set up in our hearts.
• It is Christ in our hearts.
• There is an open way from heaven in our hearts, Christ Himself, leading us into the very presence of God.
• Christ in us means an inward knowledge of God, a heart-relationship with Him.

• God’s Condemnation The whole world came under the condemnation of God because of one man’s sin. Adam’s disobedience resulted in the human race being born under condemnation. It was sin that was the cause of man’s condemnation and the wages of sin is death. It was necessary for God to cover man’s sin with the blood-soaked fleece of a lamb, for in His heart God purposed to send a Saviour – Who could pay the price of sin. What grace was being shown to man when God purposed to save His fallen race.
• God’s Grace But grace was in God’s heart when He purposed to give His Son as a ransom for many, Christ was to come bringing with Him grace and truth for all condemned by the Law. His perfect life and sacrificial death was to break the power of sin, resting on man, His death on the cross was so that man could be released from ALL condemnation.
• Man is not condemned because he sinned, but because he did not believe… because he did not believe on the name of the only begotten Son of God. Jesus Christ warned the hypocritical Scribes and Pharisees that they would all die in their sins, for though outwardly righteous, their hearts were riddled with unbelief. The Lord Jesus wept over Jerusalem for in rejecting Him they rejected His grace, and in rejecting His grace they placed themselves under condemnation.

• Worldly Offerings Contemplate the fountain of His love that longs to flood through your heart, and blush with shame at the paltry way you seek solace in other broken cisterns.
• or until you start to examine your heart and grasp the measureless span of His giving..

• Does not your heart glow within you as you assimilate these gracious truths?

• God’s Greatness Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord!Unnumbered blessings give my spirit voice;Tender to me the promise of His word;In God my Saviour shall my heart rejoice.
• Tell out, my soul, the greatness of His might!Powers and dominions lay their glory by.Proud hearts and stubborn wills are put to flight,The hungry fed, the humble lifted high.

• Thedesire of His heart is that you should treat Him as beinga living God.

• The Lord Jesus Himself, and not even truth about Him, must be filling our hearts if we are to grow.

• the grossness of my birth, yet pursues me with tender love. He reassures my fainting heart, by reminding me, “My delight is in you..” Psalm 119:70. This One that loves me so dearly – and you too.

• And, beloved, the burden of the Lord must come on our heart in like manner if we are to be effective instruments for the Lord in His end-time activities; we must be exercised in a very deep way with the interests of God.
• The whole thing begins with a recognition of the need, and the burden of these things upon our hearts.
• When we are really in it by the urge of the Holy Spirit, the common features found in these Old Testament instruments will be found inwrought in us; and we shall be found an abandoned people unto this ONE THING the Lord's burden and heart concern for His testimony in His people.

• lack of encouragement or disinterest; indifference; intimidation; over-protectiveness; over-bearance, and so much more all combine, to inflict deep-rooted wounds in the heart, and a deep-seated suspicion in the soul.
• A life, where empty hearts are filled to overflowing with His love; a life where aching souls are restored to fullness of purpose.
• as a young man should be pleased to consult his father for wise counsel – so should we open our hearts to allow His Spirit to lead and to guide; to correct and discipline; to heal and protect; to revive and to command – to conform us into the image of Christ.
• This sweet fellowship of loving trust and trusting love – for this is the Father-heart of God.

• Blinded Eyes Their eyes were blinded to His loveliness, for there was no beauty in Him that they could discern – yet He was the altogether lovely One, Who would die for their sins. Their ears were stopped to His wisdom and their hearts were cold towards God’s only begotten Son, Who had set aside His glory and clothed Himself in mortal flesh.
• David was a man after God’s own heart and Abraham displayed a great trust in God.

• People of Faith Throughout Scripture God is looking for men or women with a heart for God.
• Heart for God God is looking for men after His own heart like David, who will shepherd His people, and He is searching for prayerful men of integrity, like the prophet Daniel. He is looking for willing men like Isaiah who volunteered to do the Lord’s bidding – trusting men like Habakkuk, who lived a life of trusting faith.
• Right Relationship All these people were in right relationship with the Lord and each of these characters displayed a characteristic that pleased the Lord – a godly disposition that was precious in His eyes – a quality that is dear to the heart of our God. God laid His hand on each of His people in a unique way and God took time in each life to develop in each one a peculiar and distinctive quality that was a dim reflection of His own perfect grace – one that would be seen in the face of Jesus Himself.
• Elements of a woman, that worships at His feet, in heart and soul. A man of faith – a woman of virtue.
• A man after God’s own heart – a woman who worships at His feet.
• As we read through Scripture, we discover one here and we find another there… But in the fulness of time God sent His only Son in the form of man, in Whom would dwell all the godly attributes of Deity bodily – for He is the ultimate Man of faith and virtue, the perfect Man of prayer and praise, the godly Man of wisdom and worship, the loving Man of obedience and humility, the gracious Man so beloved of the Father, Who was chosen to be our Saviour for He is the true Man after God’s own heart.
• Align my thoughts to the mind of Christ – that I may think like Him. Mould my will to Yours O Lord my God, that I delight to do Thy Will. Unite my heart to Your heart of love – that I may reflect You in all I do.

• The difference between knowing the Lord Jesus as Savior and knowing Him as Life, is the better part of a lifetime; even for the hungriest of hearts.
• Moses had to wait forty years to carry out his purpose, which was a right one, though in the first flush the flesh sought to carry it out; but in the Lord's time, how fully every purpose of his heart was met - all the way to the Mount of Transfiguration!

• We are to guard our hearts and our minds through the filtered truth of the Word of God.
• while Moses tells us that in the days of Noah:- every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was only evil continually.Genesis 6:5.
• United Mind David was an example of a man who knew to refresh and renew his mind: Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts.

• Humble Heart But God wants a heart that is entirely yielded to His leading and His guidance..
• a heart that is totally, utterly and completely broken and humbled before Him..
• a heart that is emptied of self, so that Christ can rule and be all in all.

• Heart Submission Jesus proclaimed ‘I and My Father are One” – for “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 The believer is one with Christ when His Spirit resides within.
• Indeed, heart submission is His dear desire for each of His own: “Abide in me, and I in you” John 15:7
• Submit or Resist But submission is a choice. Some chose to resist His Spirit – and some choose to quench His Spirit, while others in the conceits of their own hearts, by self-effort, seek to imitate Him.
• Central Citadel Any aspect or attitude of our lives which are not of Christ have their roots in Self, but the central citadel and supreme stronghold of Christianity is Jesus Christ alone, The very person of the Lord Jesus Christ is to be the central focus of our hearts.

• Gift of Grace The mystery of our faith was a truth that emanated from the heart of God.

• Rom.3:10 - save the man, Christ Jesus. Paul told us to set our hearts on things above Col.3:1 For minds can become overburdened with the cares of this world.
• Jesus. Jesus is the only one that we should seek to concentrate our hearts upon. Jesus: the substance of the Father. Jesus: begotten before the worlds. Jesus: the substance of the mother. Jesus: born into the world.
• Weak is the effort of my heart,And cold my warmest thought;But when I see Thee as Thou art,I’ll praise Thee as I ought.

• To go on with God and have nothing to show for it, never to be able to have the work written up in the papers, to publish no reports, nor statistics, and yet to know in your heart of hearts that, although it is hidden, something is going on, and that you cannot do otherwise than you are doing, is far from being a path of ease to the flesh.

• Have you got a heart for the Lord?
• Have you got a heart for the Kingdom of God?
• Really, is this a heart matter?
• The Lord says that if you really have a heart, that is going to mean spiritual understanding.... There are people whose good hearts are not rebellious to the Lord.
• They make a response to the Lord, and it comes from their hearts.
• Open the eyes of my heart.

• The Lord Jesus is becoming more and ever more wonderful in your own heart, because God, that said, Light shall shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Cor. 4:6).

• I would ask you for one thing only, namely, not to close your heart to it, not to say, That is a teaching!

• Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

• What we mean is this, that before ever the potter starts, the vessel is in his mind, in his heart very clearly.

• That last look from his Saviour and Lord, broke the heart of this headstrong man and he went out a weeping, broken, penitent man.
• He cares about the longings and disappointments of every trembling heart.
• You are the love of His life and the desire of His heart.
• so, too, we should rejoice to participate in the fellowship of His sufferings – in humbleness of spirit and thankfulness of heart.

• Forgiveness – God First Act These were the first words spoken by the Lord Jesus on the Cross. Forgiveness was the first thought on the mind of the crucified Saviour. Forgiveness was the first response of God to sins committed in the Eden. Forgiveness is an unfathomable grace that is deep in the heart of God.
• streaming like great drops of blood and water. His prayer washed our bloodied, bruised, battered, ugly, sin-stained hearts.

• No Condemnation We are made new creatures in Christ, cleansed and made new with no condemnation. We are united to Him and brought into sweet communion with the Father in heaven. We are not only redeemed in spirit and truth, but in body; soul; mind and heart: for ye were bought with a price: not with gold and silver, but with the precious blood of Christ.

•  Eternal Questions How we long to know answers to those eternal questions deep in the heart of man.
• Human Heart The human heart desires to know answers to so many unanswerable questions. Believers are not exempt from a longing to know answers to imponderable issues. Man’s mission in life is to discover the unknowable which is hidden deep in the mind of God.
• How this mind-set is so contrary to the one that God desires His own to seek after: Let this mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus. Philippians 2:5 ..a mind that trusts Him explicitly despite the unbearable and the unimaginable – a heart that trusts Him implicitly and rests all questions in His understanding.
• Why did my son have to die?  Why did this have to happen to me and why did this have to happen to him…” After months – years of intense heart-searching and deep despondency, she realised and understood the deeper meaning..
• People may turn to me to ask for reasons but I don’t know answers to their specifics. When people seek out my understanding to issues that tear hearts apart – and  I can’t say – I don’t know.
• And in His love and mercy, He will take each painful hurt and every throbbing heart – and pour in His healing oil and His soothing balm.
• Grace and Wisdom In His grace and wisdom, He will take the harrowed heart that questions Why, and He will answer it in His way – and in His time – to His glory – and to your benefit.
• We may not know specific answers to so many unanswerable questions; we may not know the peculiar reasons for so many imponderable issues, but my heart always flies back to those wise words of faithful Abraham.

• Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the desert these forty years, to humble you and to test you in order to know what was in your heart. (Deuteronomy 8:2 NIV)
• Oh, how subtle are our hearts!
• We would sing really with our hearts and with our voices at full strength, 'None of self, and all of Thee,' and we would mean it, and there would be no uncertainty so far as we are concerned.

• I am sure the Lord heart must long for that.

• You will not think me too elementary, for you know in your heart, as well as I do in mine, that this matter of heart rest, the rest of faith, is a live question continually, it is coming up all the time.

• This love is so amazing - so divine, it demands our soul, our heart, our life, our all.
• Love and Grace Let us trace the rainbow of His grace and love – through the tears of our grateful hearts, and accept Him at His word-by faith.

• Healing Stream Such worship extols and lifts up the Saviour and it satisfies His heart.
• Thanks and praise to the Lord satisfies the heart of God.
• Thanks and praise is a great healing river, in the heart of the one who offers praise.
• Tender Touch I once experienced deep pain and hurt that tore my heart apart.
• My heart was broken, my soul was lacerated.
• My voice was as broken as my heart.
• I first lifted my aching heart and my breaking voice in a Sacrifice of Praise..
• Since that time, some 20 years ago, when darkness and anguish disquieted my soul, God has gently led me back to the importance of praise in a believers heart..
• It is the Sacrifice of a broken heart, a contrite heart, a heart fully open to Him.
• He takes a heart that has been hardened by the cruelty of life..
• He takes a heart that is resistant to His love through the brutality of life – and He melts it with His love and He mends it with His mercy.
• Humility and Grace It is such a heart that he dresses with humility and grace., not to shatter into despair, but to melt and remake into a heart like unto His heart.
• It is a heart fully yielded to His Spirit..
• but it is a heart prepared to be broken and crushed by Him – a heart that kneels in deep humility before the cross of his Saviour.
• Spirit of Brokenness This is the heart that is healed by His touch and mended by His grace and mercy.
• This is the heart where motives as well as actions are submitted to His surgery.
• This is the heart that we each seek as He draws us ever closer to the Father-heart of God, but it is painful, very painful, very painful indeed.
• ot from a heart of brokenness, but as a joyous Sacrifice of Praise to Him.
• for it is only when we see Him that we will be fully cleansed and made entirely whole, but Remember:- every time He breaks your heart..

• Be strong and take heart as you wait upon the Lord.Psalm 27:14
• Demanding Sacrifice All sacrifice is demanding.. whether the sacrifice of praise or the sacrifice of a broken, contrite heart – or placing your own beloved Isaac upon the alter of His dear love. But the Sacrifice of silence requires the greatest mental battle in prolonged prayer. The Sacrifice of prolonged prayer necessitates great struggle of your will.
• So be strong and take heart as you wait upon the Lord.

• yet He is also our Wonderful Counsellor, for He understands each one of us personally and sympathises with our weaknesses – yet has been tested in every way as we are, but without sin. He understands all our struggles and cares for us deeply, desiring that we cast all our care on Him, for He cares with the depth of love that emanates from the heart of God.
• But He also wants a close and personal relationship with each of His own children. We need to open our hearts daily to our Wonderful Councillor.
• God is good to those who wait for Him, and seek Him with their whole heart – How good it is to trust the Lord the Eternal Father.
• So don’t be troubled in heart – and don’t be afraid.

• My heart and your heart are thus sprinkled – sprinkled with the blood of Christ..

• Ah, He was taking all the risks necessary about this because the reality, the awful reality of this: you CANNOT, you cannot inherit the kingdom of heaven while you cling to this kingdom inimical to God, in any way.... How much the New Testament has to say about this, a walk in holiness that is separate unto God in heart, in spirit, in life, from this world.

• Mortal Realm Many millions continue to pass through this mortal realm with no thoughts of God. Few have set their hearts to steadfastly gaze unstintingly upon the Being that is God. Rather He is ignored, blasphemed, scorned, derided, mocked, defied, ridiculed..
• New Life But until we can truly examine every nook and cranny of our life and say with Paul.. I have been crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live – yet not I, but Christ lives in me…” Gal.2:20. Until that time our heart must remain rebellious towards the Self-Existent One – the Self-Existent God, Who loves us so much and gave Himself for us.

• Service of God There are many that claim to be in the service of God. Many that claim to be doing mighty works in the Name of Jesus, but thank God that true ministry is not to be judged and assessed by man – but please God that we will all judge and assess our own hearts and motives.
• Spiritual Reality But consider real spiritual realities, which require an unmixed, undivided heart..  a heart that has set its face like a flint to serve in His way and in His strength – a heart, not seeking acclaim through hot air, vivid pictures, romantic conceptions.

• Vital Consideration We must be dead-set on concentrating on Him, so He may work in our soul. We must be determined to give Him full authorisation to examine our hearts.
• to wait, to be silent, and to be watchful unto God – and to allow Him to examine our hearts and our soul.
• To be prepared to discover areas within our soul (our life) that hurt or grieve Him, and permit Him to root out the puss within and to fill that empty space with Himself. Search me O God and know my heart. Test me and know my thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends You. Psalm 139:3.

• But it all gathers round this truth that the Holy Spirit is positive on the matter of fellowship.... We must challenge our hearts about this.

• Spiritual growth is the Holy Spirit engraving the Lord Jesus on a man's heart, putting Him into his thoughts, his words, and his ways, just as the Law was engraved upon stones.
• The Holy Spirit is only truly yielded to as the Cross, with its crucifixion of the flesh and the world, has become the attitude of our heart and mind.

• Jesus told us that men always ought to pray and not lose heart and Paul told us to pray without ceasing so that His mind may be formed in You.
• Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart.

• Comforting Examples As I have looked at the lives of the apostles and prophets of old, my heart is comforted.

• That leads us to this specific point, which goes right to the heart of things.

• At least give God a chance.... May the Lord give us His own interpretation, give us honesty of heart, and show us His meaning in having brought us to this consideration.

• Those that rejected the Spirit at the time of Stephen’s death were rebuked: you stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always RESIST the Holy Spirit – as your fathers did, so do you.

• Following a night of spice preparation and a dark journey in the misty morning, the grieving, loving hearts came to Him..
• Hearts must have bled as they watched Him laid in the tomb, but faithful love had not died.
• Anguish of heart was replaced by their caring ministry of devotion, in the very core of their beings, as they recalled the bountiful blessings, bestowed from His hand.
• But true hope in Christ the Lord explodes into true glory of unimaginable joy – a true acceptance of the father-heart of love, births into inconceivable blessings.
• Bring Him your best and most precious ministries and humble service, though your heart may ache – as did these dear women so early in the day.
• from a sanctified heart of deep devotion – yielded to Him no matter what.
• Bring a broken heart, a contrite spirit, and a life - surrendered of uncluttered love for Him.
• No obstacle can block or hinder a heart that is overwhelmed with love for Him,  for He loved us first with an everlasting love and He pours out His love into each fainting heart.
• Never allow your heart or spirit to depress at this time, though the world spirals out of control... for He is faithful to go ahead of all circumstances of life to redeem the impossible.

• We read in 2 Thessalonians 3:5 “now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ”.
• “Jesus said: I am meek and lowly in heart”.

• The whole context is one consummate outpouring of his heart to the One whom he said had apprehended him, and he focuses all in a brief half sentence: That I may know Him.

• Paul identified faith as the essential key to unlock our hearts to God’s love..

• For those who, like the New Testament writers, have a real burden and sense of responsibility for the spiritual life of God's people, one of the most heart-breaking things is the way in which so many who gave promise of going right on with the Lord are caught in some side-track and turn to something other or less than He meant for them.

• Meaning of Poverty ‘Poor in spirit’ does not mean lacking in earthly conditions or worldly wealth, for a destitute man may display much pride – an affluent one humility of heart.
• Poverty of Spirit It is poverty in spirit, disposition of heart upon whom this beatitude is pronounced.
• It is the humble of heart.
• It is the humble heart that is conscious of their unworthiness before the Lord.
• But humility of heart involves a dying to self and a living to Christ…
• Gentility of Heart Humility is it holding one's talents, gifts, aptitudes, or artistry as little or no account, but it is letting Him work through us, to His praise and glory.
• Christ’s Humility Only once did Jesus refer to His own deep humility of heart and poverty of spirit, when He said: “I am meek and lowly in heart” Matt.11:29 But throughout His earthly journey, in action and attitude, humility streamed forth.
• Christ’s Beatitude Humility of heart and poverty of spirit is the first of all Christ’s beatitudes.
• Poverty of spirit and humility of heart is the first grace proclaimed in His sermon, and one by one humility bubbles and streams through each subsequent blessing – as beatitude by beatitude, you can trace this thread of Godly grace: “Blessed are they that mourn…”   “Blessed are the meek …”   “Blessed are pure in heart..”  Blessed are they that mourn... “Blessed are those that hunger after His righteousness ..”
• Humble Yourself And throughout Scripture, it is the meek and humble that delight the heart of God… for pride is always brought low, before humility is lifted high.
• True Humility Poverty of spirit and humility of heart is a key that opens the gate to God’s grace. Poverty of spirit and humility of heart is what God seeks in each of His own.

• The heart of the whole matter is the difference between the philosophy of Christianity, of Christian doctrine and the spiritual knowledge of Christ.
• The Lord would teach us and this is the lesson that my heart is bent upon learning, and that I would urge upon you to make your quest also that the ground of assurance is not in our having decided for Christ, nor that we persist in the Christian life, nor that we feel strong, nor that we have certain ability as Christians and are able to do this or that.

• I think it is quite clear that the Lord Jesus carried in His heart a great longing and a prayer for the glory that He once had.
• The Mount of Transfiguration had become an answer to His heart's prayer and cry and longing at least a touch of it.
• The Lord just does something it passes, but you know by it that you have been heard; you know that there is sympathy in the Father's heart for your need and situation.

• There is all the romance of Christian work but, that is mere glamor; all the enthusiasm and interest of organized Christian activity; but it is not what we are before men in this matter that counts, but what we are before God in the secret place, having heart concern for the Lord's testimony.

• Heart of Man Once this astonishing principle is embraced, God can work in a believer’s life, and he is freed from the law and enabled to walk by means of the Spirit rather than by means of the flesh.
• We are told to: walk in the spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. Gal.5:16.  Some erroneously think that the lust of the flesh only means overt sinning, but every type of sin, overt and covert, emanates from man’s heart (from the inner man – the old sin nature).

• The true Jew is one who belongs to God in heart, a man whose circumcision is not just an outward physical affair but is a God-made sign upon the heart and soul, and results in a life lived not for the approval of man, but for the approval of God. (Romans 2:29 Phillips)
• He said: ake My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart(Matt. 11:29).

• Unique Son He laid aside the glory He had with the Father during the time He walked on earth, yet He retained His pre-existent knowledge – while learning obedience as a Son. He remembers the glory that He shared with the Father before the world was created. He recalled How He was the bread of life that came down from heaven for in Him is life, and that life is a light that shines in the heart of everyone coming into the world.
• Central Crux Christ is the centre crux that floods the pages of the inerrant God-breathed Scriptures. Christ is the human heart that beats at the hub of history – the key-stone of humanity. Christ is the source and circumference of Salvation – our living, breathing Redeemer. Christ is very God of very God; not created : of One Being with both Father and Spirit.

• We read in Ecclesiastes chapter 3 that, God has put eternity in our hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.
• A Deep Yearning Yes, God in His wisdom has placed a deep yearning for Himself in our inner beings. He knows our deepest need is clear, clean, beautiful fellowship with Himself. But God also knows that man’s heart is intrinsically wicked and riddled with sin, and in His wisdom has withheld much that prideful man desires to know of God.
• Two Ways There are two ways to discover God and uncover His thoughts and heart.
• The second way is to let the mind of Christ be formed in you, for as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.

• Two-Edged Sword God speaks to us today through His Son, the living Word, for the Word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword – piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
• God’s Communication Yes – today God communicates to His children through His written and living Word – for the Spirit of Christ is He that dwells within the heart of the believer, and He commands us: Love: “love in the same way that I have loved you“. Abide: “abide in Me and I in you“.
• a sacrifice of prayer and praise. Give your heart as a sacrifice..
• a broken and contrite heart, He will not despise. This world is not our home but a preparation for the ages to come.
• Watch – Prepare Live the life of a spiritual man – put off the carnal lust of the flesh. Look at your position in Christ – not the condition of your circumstances. Prepare your heart for the Lord’s return is near – at the very door. Keep your lamps trimmed, and be filled with the Spirit. Understand what scripture says about these end times in which we live.
• Examine – Submit That we prepare our hearts for His soon return.

• God’s Voice If I have not learned to recognise His voice in the cries of the unlovely I have not learned to know His heart. If I cannot identify His voice in the dull and daily routine of life.. with equal enthusiasm as when He calls to me on the mountain top, I cannot realise that He wants to lift His loved one over the drudgery and monotony of daily living.

• Without God, the heart and soul of man is lost and in bondage to a cruel taskmaster – but when a lost soul returns to the Lord he finds peace and satisfaction.
• Only He can truly heal our hurting hearts and save our sin-sick soul.
• River of Life No matter what we have done in the past, nor what dark secrets hide in our hearts, He is ever willing to sit by the many wells of the world and wait for one soul to come. And whosoever will... let him take the water of life freely. And He showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

• A Demonstrated Reality Every step that He made, every action, reaction and decision that He took, every word He spoke and each thought of His heart, was carried out as a man and was carried out for man, for He had laid aside His deity for a season, in order to demonstrate all that God had intended for us, but which man had lost through sin.

• The unfolding of your Word into your heart gives perfect illumination. Your precious Word imparts understanding to the simple.Psalm 119:130
• I have hidden your word deep within my heart, that I might not sin against you.Psalm 119:11
• Thy Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee, Psalm 119 verse 11.… And so we waited for the next command – the next charge – the next verse.
• Acts 17:10 God in His grace and love for us, permits His light to shine into our hearts. In two Peter chapter one ver nineteen, we read:- He gives us a more sure word of prophecy, whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts. 2 Peter 1:19
• Light of God The dawning of the light may be a gradual change or a sudden transformation, but all the unfolding of His truth in our hearts – is due to His mercy and grace.
• He has given us His light in our hearts – the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, Whom the Lord Jesus sent into the world to be WITH us and IN us – and Who, has been given the responsibility of guiding us into all truth.. as we submit to His leading – as we surrender every area of our lives to Him.
• His Word is God’s instrument for correcting our walk and cleansing our heart.
• Psa.138:2 We need to read the Bible through and study it in depth. We need to meditate on its truth of God’s Word and memorise it in our minds. We need to receive it into our hearts and know it intimately in our very being. When the Word of light and truth enters into our hearts and minds..
• For Peter reminds us:- for you are a chosen race; a royal priesthood; a holy nation; a people for his own possession; that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him – who called you out of darkness into His marvellous light. 1 Peter 2:9 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians4:6.
• I have hidden your word deep within my heart, that I might not sin against you.

• Heart acquaintance with Christ is the secret of spiritual growth.
• It is possible to go back into the world with acquaintance with the scriptures, but it is virtually impossible to return thither with the scriptural acquaintance of Christ in the heart.
• The believer should have but one object: knowing Christ has laid hold of him for glory, his heart is running after Him.
• Having an high priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith (Heb. 10:21, 22).

• The initial-process of sanctification only begins with a submissive, obedient heart.
• Heart of Obedience Just as sanctification operates through obedience and vice versa, even so, righteousness is the heart of obedience for both are mutually exclusive.

• The human heart only finds growing discontent from this world's goods and dainties.
• Fame, food or sex can never assuage the deep desires and demands of the heart.
• Many of this world gifts are not bad in themselves, but all have been tainted with sin – and all are insufficient to quench the hearts deepest needs.
• True Satisfaction Were florid path strewed with diamonds and gold and the finest of silken thread... were buildings constructed of the most delicately carved marble and oaken beams... were panniers of the most delicious fruit and sweetmeats to grace the richly plenished table... were brimming baskets-full of delicate blossoms to perfume the breezy air – the heart would remain deeply dissatisfied were God excluded from the scene.
• I have secured for myself eternal life.” O fools, and slow of heart to believe ALL that the prophets have spoken: Luke 24:25.
• Does not His Word say that the heart cannot imagine the wonders that He has prepared?
• Worldly Cups Though you were to pass from one earthly water-spring to another earthly water-spring.., though you were blown to and fro by the winds of passion and desire... though you were to sip the sweetest honey from all and any worldly cups – the end would be only a dissatisfied heart and a shipwrecked soul.
• John 4:14  For as it is written, eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him. 1 Corinthians 2:9  Whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst. 

• Let us seek to so align our body, soul, spirit, heart, mind and will to His..

• Should it not be to so love Him and to determine to obey His will from the heart?
• We must allow the Holy Spirit to circumcise our hearts; our lips; our ears and our motives.
• It is only as we ask Him to search our hearts and deal with past hurts, that we can be emptied of the hurts..
• It is only as we plead with Him to soften our hardened hearts..
• that He will break our hearts into pieces – and He will start to fashion us after the likeness of His own dear Son.
• But as we permit Him to search out the deep recesses of the heart.
• Look to Jesus – determined to obey His will from the heart.

• It is the trials and difficulties of the way that are the opportunities for our hearts to grow in acquaintance with Him; and it will be found, while there may be many great enjoyment in ministry, and in the unfolding of truth, that really there is not strength but in proportion as one has learned how God has been for and with one in the trials and sorrows of the way; and as one has known Him in them, so is one able to speak of Him.

•   Picture of Man courtesy of imagebase.davidniblack.com World System How important it is that we take to heart the words of the Lord Jesus.

• This is the moment He is in deep distress of heart, and though He appeals for a way other than the cross to redeem humanity.
• Willing Heart We too in these closing days of our lives need to cry out... Your will not mine be done Lord. I am willing to seek Your will and submit my will to Yours.

• Church Doctrine It shows how the early focus of church evangelism – was exclusively to the Jews, but God in His grace raised up Paul the apostle to reveal His plans for the church. May our hearts and minds be open to the Spirit’s leading concerning the book of Acts. Without Acts, Christianity could have morphed into an unorthodox sect of Judaism – but the teachings and doctrines for the Church – were given to us – through Paul.

• Rebellious Heart Israel is a prime example of a people that heard but did not listen – until they reached a point of prideful rebellion, where Jesus had to say: hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive Matthew 13:14 and Isaiah 6:9.
• hardened his own heart against the truth until…the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh – and he hearkened not unto them… Exodus 9:20 (Pharaoh didn’t listen to the truth of God’s Word through Moses)

• The very metric rhythm and intense repetition fills the heart with expectation.

• your future. I can read the heart..
• your heart, I know what you need better than you know yourself. Trust Me. Trust Me completely. Trust Me, completely in all things. Trust me today.

• Psalm 90:6 But Today is the accepted hour. Today is the day of Salvation. Today, if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. Today you have been ordained for the service of the Lord.
• They are soon gone, and we fly away. Teach us to number our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
• Today Counts Let us pursue these truths today. Let us heed and apply these truths – today. Change and decay we see, in all around us yet He is the One that never changes. His years have no end, for He is eternal and He placed eternity in the hearts of man.
• Service To God For the Word of the Lord endures forever, and the Name of the Lord endures forever, and today you have been ordained for the service of the Lord. Today is the day of salvation – harden not your heart.

• And He exhorts us not to be worried or concerned:- ‘Fear not – Fret not – Don’t worry – Let not your heart be troubled.
• must rejoice our drooping hearts.
• Today is the day of salvation – and He said, Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.

• deep in our hearts to be holy – to be set apart and consecrated to Him?
• A life that leads to a total immersion in the heart of the Beloved.
• but also a life dedicated to Him; a life submitted completely to Him and His will; a life of total consecration to Him; a life that produces purity of heart and holiness of life; a life, utterly in love with the Son of His love; a life that kneels at His feet in brokenness of spirit; a life that washes His feet in humility of heart – a life that can say without reservation:
• Take my will, and make it Thine;It shall be no longer mine.Take my heart, it is Thine own;It shall be Thy royal throne.

• Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding (Prov. 3:5).
• I remember when I used to think that I should be happy beyond conception if I were able to say, I will fear no evil,' my heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.' In order to reach this, you must find Him enough, without anything else.
• You put your cares into His heart, and He will put His peace into yours.

• The marvel of divine grace is that not only has everything according to the heart of God been secured for me through the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus, but that I, a child of Adam, should be, not only in peace with God where I was under His judgment, but that I am transferred from Adam to Christ, and I am to have Christ formed in me now.
• When the heart has found its rest and satisfaction in Him, it can turn to Him naturally and continually in every circumstance.

• Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love Him.

• Trials and suffering are the heart of growth.
• We have fellowship with Himself in such a way as we could not else enjoy, for nothing brings hearts together like sharing a common lot of toil and sorrow. -F.W.G.
• May you retire into the secret of your heart and wait on the Father, and think that His heart is so relieved of everything about you, that He sees you according to the Son at His right hand.

• “It is not only that the Lord Jesus is the object of my heart, but I find that the One I love has made me the object of His heart!
• People are ready to say how they love Him, but how far can they say that they are conscious of His love for them; that they so prize it, that it is the greatest secret of their heart?

• But such a God is one birthed out of the shadow of a bruised and bloodied heart.
• The curious thing is that we are warned in scripture of this very problem: for as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
• This incredibly simple text is heavily pregnant with meaning and truth: for as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
• Heart Attitudes Have you ever stopped to consider your thoughts – and what you think?
• For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
• Have you ever analysed your thoughts and your attitude of heart?
• For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
• Discerner of Thoughts Have you ever considered how God’s word is His tool to search out our thoughts” for the word of God [is] living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
• Think About It Have you ever analysed your thoughts and your attitude of heart?
• For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.
• This is really worth thinking about… for as a man thinks in his heart, so is he Prov.23:7

• You will find trouble in the world but, never lose heart, I have conquered the world! (John 16:33 Phillips)
• The heart is far removed from the lips.

• And God desires and has set His heart upon having people who are partakers of the Divine nature, and so He is working ever more deeply toward this end: what is true of Himself shall be true of His children those begotten of Him that they should be true sons of God in this sense.

• God would have us love one another; but the Holy Spirit, by whose power we receive the divine nature, and who pours the love of God into our hearts, is the Spirit of truth, and His office is to glorify Christ.

• But when I see that what God is toward me is altogether the outcome of what He is, and that He is this though knowing perfectly what I am, it puts my heart in the right direction for liberty. -C.A.C.
• God speaks to us according to His estimate of our standing, our position: it may not be our heart's experience.
• A Christian who doubts the Father's love to him, and who looks for peace to that which passes in his own heart, is doubting God's truth.
• The Word is the revelation God has given of Himself; it displays the love of God toward us, and what is in His heart.
• I can trust the declaration of what is in God's heart, and not what I think of myself. -J.N.D.

• God will reveal Himself to our seeking hearts, but not just when and where and how we have settled in our own expectations.

• Grace Thru Faith - STUDY Questioning Heart Have you ever looked back over your life and just wondered..
• And the first flush of first love wells up within your heart of ecstasy.

• I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know.... (Ephesians 1:18 NIV)
• Well, if you really are of the undivided heart, if your heart is wholly set upon the Lord and you see as far as you can see these things, and have very definite dealings with the Lord about it; (it may not be in a day, it may be slowly, steadily, quietly) you begin to move into a new realm of understanding.

• If his eye turns to himself because of the favor, then the favor has been the means of turning his heart from God to a mere gift of His.

• Humility is quietness of heart.

• It is very simple to sin, and very easy to pretend that we are not sinning, but God looks on the heart, even if we try to deceive others.
• These Seven Things These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto Him. (1) A proud look; (2) A lying tongue; (3) Hands that shed innocent blood; (4) A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; (5) Feet that are swift to run to mischief; (6) A false witness that speaketh lies; (6) He that soweth discord among brethren.
• Heart Attitude Blood may not be dripping from the end of a knife of hatred, bitterness, envy, unforgiveness, or pride..

• We shall in our praises weave with them what the Lord Jesus has done, suffered, and won for us; but the primary thought in our hearts is, not what we have gained, however true, but what He has been for us and what He is for us, yes, what He is in Himself. -J.B.S.
• But if He is the object of the heart, you will never be satisfied but in fellowship with Him where He is.
• I know of no arguments, and I am acquainted with no power, that will move the heart to devotedness except the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Himself and His love.

• If in honesty and sobriety of heart I have judged that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing,' I shall certainly not expect anything from myself, and it has been well said that where there is no expectation there can be no disappointment.

• It takes the blending of both of Simeon’s characteristics of justice and devotion…  to become a man after God’s own heart.
• Faith... Faith, is the key that unlocks our heart to reach the heart of God. We are all of us ageing in the physical, just like the aged Simeon.. but our souls are eternal and His plans for us are in the celestial body.

• It is vanity to set your heart and hope on things that pass in the twinkling of an eye.

• When the old man is buried in the grave of our hearts, we will also share the resurrection life and fruitful activity of our risen Lord. -J.E.C.
• Do not grieve the Spirit, and the first thing He will do will be to fill your heart with love, joy, and peace; and when the inner condition is right, then the outer condition will be right.

• Divided Heart Their hearts were divided hearts – a strategy of Satan..
• And the deep work that is performed in the inner recesses of Job’s heart..

• If only we would take to heart what is laid out in Scripture, and just believe Him!

• And from the moment he received the Spirit illumined pledge to see the Anointed-One, Simeon knew!  Simeon had hope in his heart that his promised pledge would come to pass.

• Watchful Readiness Such thoughts may raise the eyebrows or bring a wry smile to the face, and yet we are told: while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.” This caused Jesus to ask: Could ye not watch with Me one hour….?  Scripture most certainly does imply a tarrying of heavenly Bridegroom, yet it’s the wicked servant who says in his heart, my Lord delays His coming.
• And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself. Should not this promise of the heavenly Bridegroom cause our hearts to rejoice? Should not the deep desire or His heart move our own to an even deeper longing?  Knowing that He prayed: Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am..” John 17:24. Should not our yearning love for Him overshadow any concern about His delay?  For having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them to the end.
• What must the obedient disciple do in a season of such anxiety of heart?  What actions should the faithful believers do in such moments of nagging concerns?  What should you do if you’re groping your way through a fear that the Lord delays?
• How much easier it is to rush hither and to fly thither and to get into a heady spin. But WAIT – wait for Him. If your heart is disturbed, or those around you are losing their cool... just wait.
• Stop: Listen: Wait Simply put, don’t trust in your own intuition. Don’t be influenced by the ranting of others. Simply trust in the Lord and wait for His soon return. When we put our trust firmly in Him, God can work in and through us. When we are impulsed to react on impressions, we block His workings. If minds are distracted and hearts are distressed because the Lord delays... wait.
• Appointed Time It is the peace of God that will quiet your mind and rest your heart.