Good Morning Repentance Sunday…
Dear FATHER GOD, we believe we exist only because of You and we want to THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE. It isn’t always the way we think it should be, but Life is amazing and it all comes from You. YOU HAVE BLESSED US WITH wonderful people and things in our lives, particularly YOUR SON AND YOUR SALVATION. We are eternally grateful for everything You’ve provided for us. WITH much THANKSGIVING from Your Sons and Daughters WE PRAY IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF YOUR SALVATION AND OUR MESSIAH YESHUA, JESUS CHRIST. Amen. Well, Brothers and Sisters, last night we entered into the month of Elul, or the 6th month on the Hebrew calendar. This next 40 days for us as Israel (God’s People, Not The Land), God’s Children, are seen as a time of reflection, self evaluation, and repentance as we head toward the fall feasts. The “40 days of Elul” culminates with The Day of Atonement in Our Father’s Holy Festivals, which is, Biblically, The High Holiest Day of the year. That’s pretty big! When Our Father tells us that He has marked one of His Days as “The High Holiest Day” of the year... we should definitely pay attention. Many during this time will be fasting, spending extra time in prayer, spending extra time with Our Father in other ways, serving others, and generally working to get closer to Our Father. Elul is specifically about repentance, evaluating our hearts, and recommitting ourselves to Our God, King, and Leader. Being that most issues any of us will deal with are “heart issues,” spiritually speaking, this is a perfect time to review and talk about “The Heart” and “The Transformed Mind.” As we move through these next 40 days we will talk more about Elul, Our Father’s Holy Festivals (Rehearsals), the implications for each of us as God’s People in these festivals, the prophetic significance in Our Father’s Holy Feasts, and also what important lessons there are to learn through His Festivals. Prayerfully, we will have time to look into the number 40 as well, since we have been going over Our Father’s use of numeric symbolism in His Word. Today, let’s focus on The Heart and The Transformed and Godly Mind. God Bless My Brothers and Sisters... I Love You All Very Much! - The 40 Days of Elul (Day 1): Don't Trust Your Heart! Trust Your Disciplined And Godly Transformed Mind - Part 1 The world is full of lies. The world propagates these lies over and over so that we believe them. In the study of mind control, hypnosis, and brain washing, there is one element that is required. Repetition. The enemy knows that if you hear something over and over, hear it repeated by friends and family, and hear it from the idols of the world such as musicians in secular music, you will believe them eventually and you may not even know where you received this advice. The fact is, we believe these things sometimes just because so many people have said it and it becomes ingrained in our mind. This is one of the biggest reasons God's Word Tells us to test EVERYTHING against The Word. When we do, many times, we will find what we have "learned" from popular culture is completely opposite from what The Bible teaches us. How many times have you heard song lyrics such as: "Listen to your heart," "the heart don't lie," "follow your heart," and we could go on and on. Now, with that in mind, today let's take a look at what Our Father's Word tells us about our hearts.: “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings.” Jeremiah 17:9-10 NKJV “Above everything else, guard your heart; for it is the source of life’s consequences.” Mishlei (Proverbs) 4:23 CJB “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded!” James 4:8 LEB “But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile the person. For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech. These are the things that defile a person. But eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person!” Matthew 15:18-20 LEB So we can see, trusting our hearts can be dangerous business. Our hearts follow in line with moods, emotional outbursts, over passionate relationships that aren't healthy, and a myriad of other "defiling" behaviors. In the verses above we are told to not trust our hearts, guard our hearts, purify our hearts, and Yeshua Jesus Christ Himself tells us things come out of the heart such as: evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, and abusive speech. Why in the world would we trust our hearts?! The answer, is definitely that we shouldn't. So how do we fight against this "deceitful heart" we have been given? With a disciplined, Word Filled, and Transformed Mind. We will talk more about this tomorrow and throughout “The 40 Days of Elul.” Today, I encourage everyone to evaluate the decisions they have made with their heart. What was the outcome? Where did it lead? Have the decisions you made based on passion helped or hurt your prosperity in Christ? Have you told a friend or your children to follow their heart? Has someone told you recently to follow your heart? Beware, the enemy is prowling around. I pray that we all start to question the fake wisdom this world is providing and begin looking towards The Truth. When we arm ourselves with Truth, God's Word, the enemy's deception is easy to spot. With God's Word as our guide, we can all begin to lead more Love-Filled, Prosperous, and Peaceful Lives. God Bless everyone and have a Great God-Filled Day!
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