Dear Friends,
Spiritually is all in your head! Well, maybe not completely in your head, but according to today’s devotional, unless we get our mind right with God, then the heart doesn’t stand a chance of connecting to our Lord and Savior. It may be that our first initial longing for Christ came from the heart, but to be in relationship with Him, we’ll need to get our minds straight. How do we do that, you might ask? Sit still. Be quiet. Ask for God’s guidance. And listen. Sounds simple enough, right? It’s the hardest thing in the world for me to do! My mind is constantly racing with things to be done, places to go and ideas to explore. I give thanks for that, but also, wish that my mind could be emptied every now and then. Maybe you feel the same. Keep searching. Keep trying. Don’t give up! Peace and Love, Scott
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Be Still In My Presence, even though countless tasks clamor for your attention. Nothing is as important as spending time with Me. While you wait in My Presence. I do My best work within you: transforming you by the renewing of your mind. If you skimp on this time with Me, you may plunge headlong into the wrong activities, missing the richness of what I have planned for you.Do not seek Me primarily for what I can give you. Remember that I, the Giver, am infinitely greater than any gift I might impart to you. Though I delight in blessing My children, I am deeply grieved when My blessings become idols in their hearts. Anything can be an idol if it distracts you from Me as your First Love. When I am the ultimate Desire of your heart, you are safe from the danger of idolatry. As you wait in My Presence, receive the greatest gift of all: Christ in you, the hope of glory!
Romans 12:2 2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Revelation 2:4 4Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
Colossians 1:27 27To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Romans 12:2 2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Revelation 2:4 4Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
Colossians 1:27 27To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Daily Devotional from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young