Good morning all!

Father, your word declares You will turn the hearts children back to the Father. We know Your heart can only be for us, to protect us, to provide for us, to teach us and to change us. Change us Lord, make us more like you, with Your heart so we might make You proud, Amen.

Hebrews 13

5 [Let your] conversation be without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Don’t waste your life wanting MORE; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, I’m your everything and always will be.

6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
So we can live with all confidence and let our life reflect the truth that the LORD is My help and our dependance is NOT in man.

7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of [their] conversation. \
Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith.

8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
For Christ in you is timeless, priceless and fearless ALWAYS.

9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
So do not be attracted by flashy and strange ideas. Your strength comes from God’s grace, not from a set of religious rules which don’t help those who follow them.

Bottom line

This is such an encouraging passage for us today, the author wants us to know the heart that God has given each of us. It’s so easy to become discouraged in heart based on what we have or don’t have but that’s not really the reflection of our true heart. This why the author says DON’T be carried away…translation…don’t get carried away by what the world is chasing, that’s NOT going to bring your true joy or peace. What will? GRACE!!! The whole world thinks more is better so they consequently they want more, more of what? It don’t matter, when you feel you don’t have everything you want then you live a life that’s never satisfied, we live a life thinking we have a void. Don’t let your CONVERSATION…your lifestyle…be WITHOUT covetousness…believing that something is missing. Why do you think right after that statement God tells us HE will never leave us or let us down? TRANSALTION…there is never anything wrong with your life, you have God. Who will help us through this this life? Our HELPER, God.

[Psa 12:1 NIV] For the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David. Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race. This one of my favorite Psalms, the prayer is literally 2 words…Help, Lord! I mean seriously who can’t remember that one? Have you ever found yourself in a situation that nobody in your life was loyal to you? Like you wake up one morning and they vanished? I believe God placed David in that situation to teach him how to pray this prayer, there was only one thing left to say and only one person to say it to…Help, Lord! As we mature in our relationship with God we increase in our understanding and truly trust that God will help us, so to covet anything else but Him is a waste of time. Now if you’re like me because we can’t SEE God we sometimes forget that He is with us through all we face in life but notice His words to encourage us…remember those that have rule over you…the people in your life that influence and shape your life, FOLLOW their faith. Who has influenced your life by faith? For me that’s easy my parents, my family, my friends, there too many to mention. Notice God didn’t say remember everyone, He said remember those that follow faith and NEVER stop pursuing faith until their END. I like that verse because it actually is a great example of winning in life, and what the TRUE goal line is…FAITH. When you and I live by faith we know that we chase God, chase faith all the way to the END. Have you reached the end of our rope? I hope you do because that’s when you’re NEW life begins, the one that will only pursue God.

[Mat 28:20 KJV] Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen. Your world will end according to scripture but your life with Christ has NO, He is and always will be the SAME yesterday, today and forever…your TRUE heart!

Point to Ponder

Is your heart true? [Heb 10:22 NLT] Let us go right into the presence of God with true hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. A true heart will NOT hesitate to find God’s presence in their life, and why not? He removes all guilt and shame

Let’s all find peace with a true heart, In Him Phil

Faith – Family – Friends