Thankful for God's blessings and faithfulness
Psalm 67:5-6 Praise God, O world! May all the peoples of the earth give thanks to You. For the earth has yielded abundant harvests. God, even our own God, will bless us. Knowing the blessing of God on our lives is the greatest joy that humans can know. In some way or another, if we…
Thankful for God's favour
One of my favorite scriptures is Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. God wants to show us His favour and shower us with His favour. I want more of this…
Thankful for God's love and mercy
God is love and His love is constantly reaching out to us. We can know God’s love as a constant in our lives. We may come and go but God’s love is constant. 1 Chronicles 16:34 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; His love and his kindness go on forever. 1…
Give thanks
It is important that we be people who are thankful. Over and over in the Bible we see how that we are told to be thankful. How often we look past the things we have to be thankful for and focus on the things that are negative. Often times people live longing for something beyond what…
The request
Perhaps you realise today that God is at work within your heart. Maybe you know that He is allowing your heart to be purified. I desire to have a pure heart and I am sure the same is true for you. However, life happens and in the process we pick up hurts, disappointment or exposure to things…
Changed hearts lead to changed people
God works from inside out and not outside in. He is more interested in the end result. He knows that if the change can come in our hearts, then our actions will also change. Jeremiah 13:10 ‘I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according…
God will change our hearts if we will let Him
Now it is time for the miracle that God wants to do for each one of us. God wants to step into our lives and change our hearts so that we can have pure hearts. We need to realise that we can develop hard hearts like stone and that is why we need God to…
The state of our hearts affects us
We need to begin to realize how important the condition of our hearts is. If we have pure hearts we will look at everything with different eyes. Everything changes when our hearts are right, including how we see things! Titus 1:15 ‘A person who is pure of heart sees goodness and purity in everything; but…
God is at work within our hearts
The Bible speaks of the refiner’s fire. This is the process we go through in developing pure hearts. It is as though what should not be there is burned away. Often times this refining process takes place through the circumstances and situations we face in life. God is at work within each one of us. We…
Our hearts are important to God
God is watching our hearts and He is at work in our hearts. What goes on in our hearts is important to God. Our hearts are the place where we deal with the aspects we are facing and make the decisions regarding our attitudes and responses to life. This place deep within each one of…