Guard Your Heart
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23 (NIV) Here we see how the Wisdom of God far surpasses the wisdom of men. People spend all their time, money, and energy guarding their life, possessions and achievements but still fail. On the other hand, God says you guard only one thing, one area, and everything else will be taken care of. God says guard the source, and the outflowing will be secure. The heart is where life flows from and it's where it's sustained from. Everything physical, seen, and tangible is birthed from the unseen, which is the thoughts, ideas, beliefs and convictions in your heart. When your heart is filled with life, peace, assurance, safety, contentment, rest, and certainty that's what is going to flow out of you, that's what will mark everything you touch, do, and have. But if your heart is filled with fear, worry, confusion, failure, insecurity, and lack that's what will come out of you, that's what will mark whatever you touch, do, and have. Therefore, focus on your heart and the rest will fall in line. That's why Holy Spirit led prayer is that the eyes of our hearts are enlightened that we may know...what God has called us to, given us and is doing in us - Ephesians 1:18,19; that Christ dwell in our hearts through faith - Ephesians 3:17. This doesn't mean Christ is not in us so we call Him to come in, it means we fill our hearts with the knowledge that Christ is in us.
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Keys to Life and Health
20My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. 21Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; 22for they are life to those who find them and health to one's whole body. Proverbs 4:20-22(NIV) The saying that out of sight out of mind has a point. We can even say out of sight, out of mind, out of body. But let's look at it another way - In sight, in mind, in body. What's in sight, stays in your mind, heart, and body. You can have and enjoy life and health by simply effortlessly seeing them constantly. The Scripture has said that when we do not let the Word of God out of our sight but keep seeing it, guarding it in our hearts, we find it and then it's life and health to us. The Word of God is life – John 6:63 (NKJV), and it's living - Hebrews 4:12 (NKJV). The Word of God is also health - Proverbs 4:22. When you keep looking into the Word you see life and health. You see the God who desires you living healthy and prosperous. This gets rid of the mindset of degeneration and death that's in the world. You begin to agree with God and see yourself living and healthy. This is how we find the Word. Then the Word you've given access and authority into your life starts transforming your body from within to line up with the truth of God which is life and health. This is the faith life. This is seeing the things that are not seen. This is seeing yourself in God's Word which is living and health. This is how you can see yourself to life and health.
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Hearing God’s Voice
20My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. 21Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart Proverbs 4:20-21(NKJV) Success in everything comes from hearing God's voice and doing what He says. But most believers are struggling hearing and discerning God's voice. The first step in hearing God's voice is attending to His written Word. The Scripture has said "give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings." Attending to God's written Word is how you incline your ear to His sayings. When you pay attention to God's written Word, get acquainted with it then it's very easy to recognize God speaking. Because God always speaks in line with His written Word. God and His Word are one. Actually, the Word is God speaking to us. When we attend to God's written Word, hearing it, studying it, meditating on it, acting on it, we will hear God's specific instructions or directives in life concerning any issue. This is the same thing God told Joshua, that when he pays attention to the written Word by meditating in all that's written in the book of the law, then he would do according to what's written there, then he would make his way prosperous and successful - Joshua 1:8. The meditation in what's written would help him hear and recognize God's voice or sayings, he would act on that and that's where prosperity and success dwells. Give yourself to God's written Word and hear God's voice clearly.
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