Tag - Heart

A Heart For HIS House

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Haggai 1:9 “You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house.” O-bservation: Through the Prophet Haggai, the Almighty brings a righteous accusation. He tells the people of Israel that they've taken care of their own houses, but left His House in shambles. A-pplication: The house of the Lord, wherever we find it, is a meeting place with God. That's what altars were before there...

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Heart Broke Sound

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? O-bservation: As the Lord looked down on the sin of His people, Judah, He talked about the heart of man being so deceitful that few can even begin to understand it. A-pplication: As "Followers Of Jesus," our daily prayer of thanksgiving should always be, "But for the grace of God there go I!" The brokenness of people around the world, and even in our own back yard, is beyond human cure. As a believer I hear a "Heart Broke Sound,"...

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Start Over

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Jeremiah 4:3b “Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.” O-bservation: The Lord let Judah know what it would take to come back after years of rebellion. God said, “Break up the hard places in your hearts (unplowed ground) and stop planting Good Stuff in the middle of Bad Stuff." In other words, "Start Over." A-pplication: The story involving the people of God (Judah) returning from their evil ways in that day never happened. Instead they carried on until destruction came upon them. In our own lives it's important that we keep breaking...

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Pour Out Your Heart To Jesus

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Psalm 62:8 Trust in him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. O-bservation: King David, in a moment of adoration for his great God, opens his own heart toward his people. He implores them to pour their hearts out to the Lord. For He is our HOPE! A-pplication: Have you ever been with an individual, or even a small group of people who were overwhelmed with life's challenges? You ponder their situation and you know what they need, but they're not on your same wavelength. Because of...

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Why Evil?

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: 2 Chronicles 12:14 He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the Lord. O-bservation: Rehoboam was the son of Solomon, and could possibly have kept Israel together had it not been for his LACK of Wisdom. Most of all, he failed to seek the Lord. A-pplication: When you see the arrogant decisions Rehoboam made at the beginning of his career, you wonder if he had ever met his father, Solomon, or had a meal with him. For his father to be the wisest man who ever lived, Rehoboam was a "Piece of...

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