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I guarantee that you were deceived!

Have you ever heard a person say to you in defense of something wrong that they did: “My heart was in the right place”? According to the scriptures, the heart can be very deceitful. Jeremiah 17:9 says: “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? Your heart can deceive you into thinking that you’re in a good place and everything is ok. Yet, all is not well. Matthew 15: 18,19 says: “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.” King David knew this, so he prayed to God that He would create in him a clean heart, and renew a loyal spirit within him (Psalms 51:10). Even if you are a born again Christian, you will always have to battle with your former nature. It is embedded in your flesh through habits. That is why we must renew our minds and hearts every day through prayer, daily study and meditation on God’s word and continually “watch” what comes out of our mouths. It is our responsibility to put a “guard” on our mouths so that we will only let out that which is pleasing to God and beneficial to humanity. We should all memorize and daily pray Psalms 51:10. God is able to create in you a clean heart and renew a loyal spirit within you. 

Psalms 51:10 “Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.”

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Has anybody warned you about this?

The Apostle reminds us that it is our responsibility to encourage and warn each other every day to stay faithful to God and His word. We are to watch over each other with godly fear.  The world is selfish and mostly thinks about themselves. The Lord Jesus taught us that we are to wash each other’s feet, pray for one another, forgive one another, minister to one another, love one another, encourage one another and serve one another. In short, you and I have a very important responsibility in making sure that we all make it in, together! Remember, this is very important to God, and He made sure that it was recorded in the scriptures. The Lord Jesus also modeled this, both when He washed the disciple’s feet, and when He died on the cross for all of humanity. Are you watching over your church family in prayer and supplication, or are you “too busy” for all that stuff”?  Ponder on that today.

Hebrews 3:13 (NLT) “You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.”