Monday, May 28, 2012
JOHN 17:21
21 That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me.
Hey Betty, (I wrote this 18 years ago)
I was thinking about the little foxes.... divisions, accusations, offenses today, the whiles of the devil to divide and make us covenant breakers.
There have been times the last 26 yrs where the devil has spoken to me about Gene...... "he won't listen to you, he won't understand...
he will always be this way, he's just a jerk that doesn't get it......... on and on and on..........." It's with our husbands and each other.
IT'S THE FIRE, that TESTS OUR SINCERITY. The problem is we are not very sincere in our love. And when we turn to Jesus, he SPEAKS TO US ACCORDING TO HIS WORD............ and it's not the voice of the accuser of the brethren. And seeking the WORD OF GOD, for our offences with others, HAS BEEN THE OPERATION TO CARVE GOD'S WORD IN MY HEART!!!! It is so AWESOME when you see it.
It's BEING SINCERE about really being a foot washer, a sheep feeder, a grave clothes taker offer. MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT HAVE THIS MAN JESUS to rule over them. THEY WANT NO PART in this. So the devil has his way in causing divisions......
I don't know if we have run into many other churches where PEOPLE EVEN CARE about HEARING FROM GOD when they are offended.
NOR do they care about ESTABLISHING the word to those who offend them. NOR will they get others involved in establishing the word.
AND THIS IS THE HYPOCRISY, that REMOVES children too......... children will never do what their parents refuse to do.
It's amazing how many people reject being washed by the water of the word....... and they won't take part in the saving and keeping of souls by washing others. THIS IS THE WHOLE BREAKDOWN in most churches today, and why so many are shutting their doors.
If I did not go after my pride w/ Gene, lied about my offenses, I would have caused division with my evil imaginations, my hands would have shed the blood of not only him who Jesus is trying to make innocent, BUT I NEVER WOULD HAVE WALKED IN THIS with any of you either. The devil is the master of evil imaginations.
Like the word says........... FEW WILL STIR THEMSELVES UP TO SEEK GOD. FEW REALLY FIGHT FOR THE UNITY OF THE FAITH, the bond of peace.
A GOOD MARRIAGE
The Lord will show you how to be a repairer of breeches if you are sincere in your love, and you will be blessed living to be a peacemaker!
God see's the meditation of your heart, and he will help you do what's right with others IF YOU REALLY CARE.
WHY I HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL MARRIAGE AFTER 25 YEARS OF LIFE WITH MY HUSBAND...............I HAVE A SMALL VISION FOR WHERE JESUS WANTS TO TAKE THE CHURCH!!
How does passion and unity continue to get better? Well I had some thoughts on the subject today! I got a letter from a friend this morning, which made me start thinking of Ps.133. "Behold how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It's like precious ointment.....it's like
the dew on the mountains.....there has the Lord commanded the blessing! It made me start thinking of my good marriage, and why others aren't so good, and why there is such dis-unity in the church.
Then I read part of David Wilkerson's newest letter to the church called "Satan seeks to devour you." He specifically addresses marriages under attack! Lives under attack. I thought of the scripture in Ecc. "The little foxes spoil the vine." It made me realize why love and passion is ever increasing in my own marriage..........BECAUSE WE GO AFTER, AND DEAL WITH THE "LITTLE FOXES!" Many married people don't even see the whiles
of the devil to destroy them and their relationships. I know that after years of marriage, the offences, criticisms, accusations, divisions (demilitarized zones) cause people to build walls against one another. So instead of becoming closer, DEMONIC STRONGHOLDS set in, and passion and love are out the window!
We need to learn to put on love rather than pride. To put on honesty, sincerity, and have the law of kindness in our mouths.
If we reject covenant with God and His people, SO WILL OUR CHILDREN. God is not mocked, what we sow we will reap
Rm. 12:5 "So we being many are one body in Christ, and everyone members of one another". 1 Cor.10:17 "for we being many are ONE BREAD, and one body, for we are all partakers of that one bread." 1Cor.1:10 "Now I beseech you , brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be NO DIVISIONS AMONG YOU, but that you be perfectly joined together......in the same mind, and in the same judgment! THIS MAY BE EXTREMELY HARD FOR YOU TO BELIEVE, BUT I ACTUALLY LIVE WITH A MAN IN A "SPIRIT OF UNITY!" We fight for unity, and to make sure there are no divisions between us! We deal with, kill, the "little foxes" that come to spoil our
relationship! Rather than being offended, we look to feed each other with understanding when there are problems. We seek the Lord, and humble ourselves to one another in the fear of the Lord. And we walk in this same spirit with the Christians we relate to.
2 Co.13:11 "Finally, brethren, Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Eps. 4:3 "Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." Ph.1:27 "only let you conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ,
that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel." 1Pet.3:8 "Be you all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous." In Phil. 4:2 Paul beseeches two of his loved ones to be of the same mind. Col. 2:2 "That their hearts might BE COMFORTED, being knit together in LOVE, and
unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding to the acknowledgment of the MYSTERY OF GOD, and of the Father, and of Christ."
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE I HAVE MET, WHO DON'T EVEN BELIEVE UNITY IS EVEN POSSIBLE? They don't even have faith in what God say's in His word or what He promises to do for those who love Him. He stands behind women who are looking to love and do God's will in their husbands lives. And a woman of God has faith that God will deal with her husband if he refuses her kind words. She doesn't look to beat him into submission,
she knows and trusts in God's love and intentions for their marriage.
Many marriages get familiar with.........DISUNITY, STRIFE and they take on an unbelieving spirit that refuses to think unity is possible! When you loose a bad spirit into your marriage, contrary to love and faith, do you think it will sprout? If you loose love and faith, and have hope against hope, don't you think the God of all the Heaven's and earth is able to stand behind His Spirit? That's the spirit, the food you should be feeding your family. You need to think about what table you are eating from, the devils or God's?
For the bread, your words are life or death. If your mouth is an open grave, and everyone that EATS of the bread, the reaping will not be good! If you fling forth evil things how can you hope good to come from it?
I have to say here, There were many things that divided my husband and I when I first met him. And the first few years of our relationship were not really easy, because I doubted God and him, and didn't really know His heart towards me, or the Lord's to help us. He had more faith and trust in the Lord regarding me, while I was the despairing unbeliever, because I was offended and unhealed regarding men in general. I let the little foxes in
the door all the time and was a bit slow in chasing them back out the door. (contrary thoughts against him, merciless thoughts, where I didn't have much mercy in what I thought he was doing wrong. I hadn't removed the log from my eye to help remove the twig in his. I had gotten to the place in my life, where I was not content to live with DIVISIONS, and in a spirit of DISUNITY. I had lived in pretense too long in my past, and it had cost me
too much. I crossed over a line before I ever met my husband, that I would FIGHT FOR UNITY! There is NO COMFORT, when you have to live in a house divided among itself. When you have to hide, lie and pretend, and play God for someone who doesn't have a grip on their emotions. I decided I wasn't going to play God anymore. I was going to live honestly, and let the chips fall where they may, and let God be God. I got to the place when I met my husband, that I was going to be honest, sincere, speak the truth in love, and I WAS WILLING TO PUT THE RELATIONSHIP ON THE LINE FOR THE SAKE OF TRUTH! I wasn't going to hide, lie, and,only give "most of my heart", not "ALL OF MY HEART."
I heard a man talking about Ananias and Sapphira, and the principal of "holding back."
Whenever I have chosen to "hold back", a portion of my heart from my husband........not loving him with all my heart, mind and strength, not being open with him about my thoughts and emotions, it has brought DIVISION INTO OUR RELATIONSHIP! I know when I have done this, it's been a reflection of not loving the Lord with all my heart, mind, and strength. When I'm open and honest with Our Father, he helps me to be open and
honest with my husband.
How to keep the devil from getting ground in our lives. 1. By not forsaking the assembling, but exhorting one another. I see that when we do assemble, whether it be with our husband, or fellow Christian's, if we are half-hearted, we lie, are insincere, pretentious, content to be divided and are not hearing from God and speaking the truth in love.......UNITY ISN'T THERE! God is a spirit of truth and His spirit visits those walking in the light. He doesn't fellowship deceit....the father of lies.
2. Forgiveness.....THE BIG TEMPTATION, Jesus refers to in the Lords Prayer. "Forgive us our sins, as we forgive others......lead us not into the temptation of being unforgiving......DELIVER US FROM THIS GREAT EVIL! If we have a forgiving spirit, we can tell the truth in the right spirit, without sounding self-righteous.
3. If you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, GLORY NOT....(how many people get familiar with running on STRIFE GAS). Strife is part of lying, and pretense. .where strife is so familiar, they cant' even tell they are striving? They loose a bad spirit on the earth and don't even care.
DON'T LIE TO YOURSELF....when your in strife. The devil will start talking to you....tickling your senses! It creates all kinds of confusion and evil
work! Blessed are the PEACE MAKERS, NOT THE STRIFE MAKERS!!!!
So......If 1 Cor. 10:17 is REALLY TRUE...."for we being many are ONE BREAD"????? What kind of bread are you?? What kind of bread is your marriage?? How about the Christians you walk with?? I remember speaking to a woman several years ago who was asking me what kind of church she should go
to back in Wisconsin where she lived. I said to her, "what ever you do, look very closely at the pastor and his wife. Ask yourself, do they walk in a spirit of faith, love, and unity? Can they work through their own problems, and do they share testimony about how the Lord helps them work through their divisions, so they can help others too? See what ingredients are in their bread (spiritually speaking). Are they open, honest, do they lie, hide
and pretend like they have it all together? Are they willing to share the battles of their relationship and how Jesus helps them, in an honest, open transparent spirit? Do you hear the TESTIMONY OF JESUS in how they work through their divisions, evil imaginations, accusations, and how The Lord has helped them fight for unity and love? BECAUSE........if they don't do it with each other......they won't CONTAIN a spirit to help the children of
God do it either! Is there bread full of artificial ingredients?"
One thing many of my friends and I have in common is, "we didn't grow up in Christian families, where we heard and witnessed how Jesus helped our parents work through the battles of life. How they dealt with the "little foxes" that spoiled the vine. Most of us saw people who lived a passionless, pretentious, divided life, where they hid from each other. "Hide not yourself from your own flesh", it says in Isaiah. I
decided early on, I was not going to hide from my husband......I was not going to hide anymore from the Lord. I wasn't going to be a with-holder
and settle for a passionless, dark, deceitful way of life. There are times I wondered if my husband would throw me in the gutter for being honest,
but I knew if I really loved him, how could I hold divisions in my heart against him? I went to him (not always, but I try to) in a spirit of honesty, sincerity, humility, and faith because I love him. When I question his integrity, I tell him, because I love him. Our children....and God's children have gotten to benefit from our divisions, and hear how we dealt with them. WE ENDED UP BE AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS WHO NEVER HAD PARENTS WHO WOULD BE REAL, HONEST, AND FEED THEM WITH UNDERSTANDING TO HOW JESUS HELPED THEM WITH THEIR PROBLEMS.
We FIGHT NOT TO LET THE BREAD (OUR RELATIONSHIP) get moldy. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisee's which is hypocrisy! We don't practice hypocrisy with each other. And because I'm willing, and He's taught me to walk in a spirit of LOVING THE LORD WITH ALL MY HEART, MIND AND STRENGTH, I can love others the way I have been loved. AND KEEP PRESSING ON TO BE BETTER EACH DAY! The love and passion in our lives is
ever increasing instead of decreasing like the couples in the world. Isn't that how we should live as the body Of Christ too? I pray that the spirit of love, faith, and truth? What Jesus has given my husband and I would is a precious gift we can impart to all our friends. So they will want to follow
our example..... That the world could see Jesus lives by the way they love each other!
Jesus prayed in John 17......that we would be sanctified by the truth of His Word. He SANCTIFIED himself unto the truth, that we might be sanctified
unto the truth.....He prayed for ALL THOSE WHO WOULD BELIEVE ON HIM, BECAUSE OF THE WORDS OF OTHERS! DON'T YOU REALIZE THAT YOUR HUSBAND COULD COME TO BELIEVE MORE IN JESUS BY THE WORDS YOU SPEAK TO HIM???? Jesus PRAYED THAT WE WOULD ALL BE ONE!! As He is in the Father and the Father IN Him, THAT WE WOULD BE ONE.......IN HIM! That the world would see and believe in Him by the love we have
one for another!
His prayer was that we would all be one in Him......and though we might be far from it, we all will be one in heaven, and we can do our best to fight for the unity of the faith on the earth! (Why not take on faith to deal with the dis-unity here on the earth.) It's all going to be seen and known for what it is one day anyway, don't you want to be on God's side when the dust settles? YOU ARE CALLED TO BE A PEACE MAKER, so TAKE ON FAITH,
to do God's will in ALL THE LIVES WHICH YOU TOUCH!! Don't be indifferent to the divisions in your heart towards your husband. Life isn't about you, it's about you making it your food to do God's will. I don't want Jesus to have to straighten out my problems for me when we see Him face to face, because I was a fainting, indifferent, give up, complaining girl. The scripture we had put on our wedding cake said......."We pray that the
world would SEE AND BELIEVE THAT JESUS LIVES BY THE WAY.......WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER!! YOU HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE WORLD, AND ESPECIALLY YOUR CHILDREN SEEING AND BELIEVING THAT JESUS LIVES BECAUSE THE WAY YOU LOVE YOUR HUSBAND AND THEM!
Sunday, May 27, 2012
THE REFINERS FIRE IS NOW MY HEARTS DESIRE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX0knHZorb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=larbuWBZ58k&feature=fvwrel
I have been reading in Is 58 for the last couple of days since you sent this, seeing more of my hypocrisy over the years. I've said I sought the Lord, but not being willing to be a doer, and not just a hearer, deceiving myself, and pretended for the sake of man's approval, yet my heart had departed from the Lord because I didn't get life my way. I didn't trust the Lord, who is the only one who forgives sin, and had forgiven my bloody sin of having an abortion. I didn't cry out to him to help me, I just got offended that my world crashed in. I've spent my life according to the spirit of humanism, and being "politically right", another phrase for walking in deceit! That is the way I lived my life, trying to be "nice", (my friends called it "being nicer than Jesus"). This has been my strength for my whole life, trying to do the right thing, say the right words, trying to enter in by my good works, (or so I thought) so I didn't have to be honest about myself, all so that I could be accepted by man.
When Jesus saved me, I was such a liar, I had made lies my refuge. I didn't tell the truth about myself to my husband, just hid, and tried to "do good works", & "be nice", but WITHOUT ANY SINCERITY! The truth is, I had been unfaithful to him, and ended up getting pregnant with another man's child, and just had an abortion, because I believed if I was honest, he would never marry me. We lived in fornication for 3 years before that, and I didn't want to risk losing what I thought might be my last chance for someone to commit to me. I already had a son out of wedlock, and given up another son for adoption because of my own "looking to man to meet my needs". Jer 17: 5 says "Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD." My hiddeness, deceit, and lying screwed me up so much, that in my heart and mind, I really thought my problems, and our lack of being able to "graft" into one another was his fault! He had his problems as we all do. After 5 years I started telling the truth -- just because I knew I wasn't moving on with the Lord if I didn't. But my heart was not at all pure in these things. I still wasn't telling the truth for HIS sake! Still only because of my own selfishness!
Jesus still was so merciful to me, and allowed us to join ourselves to a ministry body where the emphasis was "Speak the truth in love one to another, for we are members one of another", Eph 4: 25. So not seeing my own lack of love, and repenting for it, I just started "speaking the truth in my heart. (A lot of the time without regard for others), or praying first, taking the log from my own eye. My husband of 10 years decided he didn't want to walk with the Lord anymore, and we divorced, and he got custody of our three children. (I didn't see at the time what a hypocrite I was.) I was so devastated, that I reclused into my own world, not even telling God the truth about my pain, or trying to get understanding to my circumstances. This was the beginning of years of darkness for me. I continued walking in my religious ways without much sincerity toward God and the people in my life. I walked in the light of my own sparks, did not hear from the people of God in my life, and made sorrow my bed.
A few months after my divorce, I started dating a man who had been a pastor for 23 years before giving up "the ministry". His previous marriage had also fallen apart. We married, and I continued my habits of doing my own thing my own way, and just got offended with his hypocrisies, without looking at my own. I didn't heed Jesus' words about removing the beam from my own eyes so I could see clearly to help my new husband with the "speck" in his eye. (Mt 7: 3-5) I allowed myself to be offended, and it was very familiar to me to accuse him in my heart. Being so deceived that to accuse man is to accuse God. I really exalted myself in my own eyes, and looked down on him for his short-comings. Psalm 36: 1-3 says "The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good." Vs 4 says "he aborreth not evil." That is really my sin, I didn't fear God in the meditation of my HEART toward him. And of course, that heart position was carried out in my other relationships. I continued to accuse God's children in my heart for too many years. I "aborted" people who exposed my darkness instead of coming to the light! Thinking the walls of my pride were keeping me safe. I was the eye, saying to the hand and the rest of the body "I have no need of you."
I didn't really understand the principle of the mirror of Pr 27: 19 which says "As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. Jesus has been trying to get my attention for years to look at myself when I'm shaken instead of pointing the finger at whichever vessel HE chose to use to shake me. Heb 12: 25-27 says "See that you refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall we not escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of those things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain."
In the midst of the BODY OF CHRIST I have been very religious (deceitful, and doing works of sacrifice instead of obedience) and tormented because of it! Holding grudges (Lev.19:15) Ps 119: 165 says "Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them." I have excused myself for living in offense for years, accusing others when Jesus sent people to help-- when He just wanted to set me free from it! And all the time calling myself a Christian! Jesus said that not the hearers only, but those who DO God's WILL will remain with Him. His covenant with us is that He will be an enemy to our enemies, and I have to be willing to put away the enemies that I have used to cover me. God forgive me -- that His enemies had become my friends in my lack of understanding! Ex 23: 23
My husband and I are still walking out these things in our relationship, he has been faithful to stick with me through the "operation of God" as he is opening my eyes to God's love, and faithfulness, and helping me to care about how I'm affecting others. Lying is a breech in the spirit, and without hearing and DOING God's will, the word says we will deceive ourselves (Ja 1: 22). I am realizing that I have to receive the one sent with God's word in order to truly receive God's Word in my life. I am having to esteem others that God sends to recover myself out of the snare of the devil. I can't look down on others and really think that I'm receiving Jesus. It's a lie that I have chosen to believe for too many years. I have let fear cast out love, and excused myself for not being a footwasher, and seeing the obligation of brotherly love an honor and blessing, rather than a curse.
I'm so thankful that God sent Jesus to live and die for me, so that I can be able to overcome these things, and truely be a witness in the earth for HIM in the earth, and not myself. Pr 25: 27 says "...for men to search their own glory is not glory."
18 Therefore I counsel you to purchase from Me gold refined and
tested by fire, that you may be [truly] wealthy, and white clothes to
clothe you and to keep the shame of your nudity from being seen, and
salve to put on your eyes, that you may see.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Saturday, November 6, 2010
intimacy without commitment is fornication
Intimacy without commitment, is fornication. This is the state of many marriages, people not committed to each others soul, people not committed to anyone but themselves, wanting to be intimate with everyone, including God BUT NOT COMMITTED. Many people live together, have a paper from the state that says they are married, but they do not have a SPIRIT that comes from God OF marriage, nor are they COMMITTED to the SAVING AND KEEPING OF EACH OTHERS SOUL!!!
Debbie got converted, so did Carmie, so did I, Linda, others....... we saw the END OF FORNICATION..... Debbie is INTIMATE NOW with commitment. We have all been a woman who lived for pleasure who was dead, DEAD IN our CONSCIENCE TOWARDS JESUS (we shut up the kingdom of God in her conscience refusing to enter in, keeping anyone else from entering in). We were the path of destruction not only to our children, but all others who's lives we touched....... many of us ENTERED INTO A COVENANT DECEITFULLY..... not to serve God or His people but to GET FOR OURSELF. We pass from death unto life when WE LOVE. And loving yourself above all others, and living to get your needs met, living for pleasure are ALL THE PATH OF DEATH, spiritually!
Just like God gave Jezebel time to repent, he gave Debbie 6 years with Joe to repent, she didn't. She was a dead body Joe dragged refusing to judge herself, her motives, she refused to know Jesus in her conscience. She was a covenant breaker TOWARDS JESUS in her conscience. So she and Joe could not connect. THANK GOD, she woke up in her conscience towards God and has passed FROM THE DEATH of being a pleasure seeker, into life, caring about souls saved and souls kept.
Many women are seeing the GENERATIONAL CURSE of FORNICATION, BEING INTIMATE WITHOUT BEING COMMITTED. How many people want intimate details about peoples lives, but have never been committed TO the peoples lives they meddle in? Looking to be intimate emotionally without connecting in Spirit and Truth? Do you GIVE YOURSELF, and Jesus to others? Do you realize if you don't live for God, His Kingdom, His people, your children will not either? If you are one Committed to your pleasures..... God is giving you time to repent too.......
People are very thrilled when others are willing to know God in her conscience, and become COMMITTED TO STOP grieving, denying, AND RESISTING the Holy Ghost. WE ARE ARE LEADERS, we are THE LINK TO THE CURSE our family or THE BLESSING. Women who turn from sexual and emotional fornication HAVE THE JOY OF THEIR SALVATION......... AND are so thankful their sorrows have turned to joy and they have gained their souls through their suffering, and learned to BE COMMITTED to the people God sent them rather than living in a state of CONTINUAL FORNICATION, choosing the curse one day after the next.........
They fell in love with Jesus, that's what matters to Debbie, although she is FILLED WITH GODLY SORROW, for the hell and grief she dragged a man through being the woman who rode the beast........ jumping on spirits to fight her battle. ...
She has put her trust in the Lord. SHE HAS TRULY CHANGED HER MIND ABOUT BRUTING JESUS, AND living with people trying to be intimate WITHOUT BEING COMMITTED. She has REAL FAITH NOW, that her children can be snatched from the devils hand due to HER BEING THE DOOR to their lost soul through her FORNICATIONS.
She has become an INTIMATE friend of mine, and committed to the people God called her to walk with. She has known the guilt of being a terrible fornicator in her marriage, and she has been FORGIVEN and has the joy of her salvation. THE ONLY PEOPLE YOU CAN CONNECT WITH ARE THE ONES WILLING TO CONNECT TO JESUS, AND "KNOW HIM" in their conscience, cut a covenant with Him in their conscience, care about WALKING IN THE SPIRIT AND BECOMING THE SONS OF GOD. Flatters, pretenders, people who are insincere with God and man, do not connect to others.
What really matters, is that we WAKE UP to Jesus' voice in our conscience, that we help our CHILDREN WAKE UP..... so they will pick spouses who are AWAKE in their conscience towards God, and SEE GENERATIONS INHERIT THE BLESSINGS OF GOD.
Love, Ceci
Debbie got converted, so did Carmie, so did I, Linda, others....... we saw the END OF FORNICATION..... Debbie is INTIMATE NOW with commitment. We have all been a woman who lived for pleasure who was dead, DEAD IN our CONSCIENCE TOWARDS JESUS (we shut up the kingdom of God in her conscience refusing to enter in, keeping anyone else from entering in). We were the path of destruction not only to our children, but all others who's lives we touched....... many of us ENTERED INTO A COVENANT DECEITFULLY..... not to serve God or His people but to GET FOR OURSELF. We pass from death unto life when WE LOVE. And loving yourself above all others, and living to get your needs met, living for pleasure are ALL THE PATH OF DEATH, spiritually!
Just like God gave Jezebel time to repent, he gave Debbie 6 years with Joe to repent, she didn't. She was a dead body Joe dragged refusing to judge herself, her motives, she refused to know Jesus in her conscience. She was a covenant breaker TOWARDS JESUS in her conscience. So she and Joe could not connect. THANK GOD, she woke up in her conscience towards God and has passed FROM THE DEATH of being a pleasure seeker, into life, caring about souls saved and souls kept.
Many women are seeing the GENERATIONAL CURSE of FORNICATION, BEING INTIMATE WITHOUT BEING COMMITTED. How many people want intimate details about peoples lives, but have never been committed TO the peoples lives they meddle in? Looking to be intimate emotionally without connecting in Spirit and Truth? Do you GIVE YOURSELF, and Jesus to others? Do you realize if you don't live for God, His Kingdom, His people, your children will not either? If you are one Committed to your pleasures..... God is giving you time to repent too.......
People are very thrilled when others are willing to know God in her conscience, and become COMMITTED TO STOP grieving, denying, AND RESISTING the Holy Ghost. WE ARE ARE LEADERS, we are THE LINK TO THE CURSE our family or THE BLESSING. Women who turn from sexual and emotional fornication HAVE THE JOY OF THEIR SALVATION......... AND are so thankful their sorrows have turned to joy and they have gained their souls through their suffering, and learned to BE COMMITTED to the people God sent them rather than living in a state of CONTINUAL FORNICATION, choosing the curse one day after the next.........
They fell in love with Jesus, that's what matters to Debbie, although she is FILLED WITH GODLY SORROW, for the hell and grief she dragged a man through being the woman who rode the beast........ jumping on spirits to fight her battle. ...
She has put her trust in the Lord. SHE HAS TRULY CHANGED HER MIND ABOUT BRUTING JESUS, AND living with people trying to be intimate WITHOUT BEING COMMITTED. She has REAL FAITH NOW, that her children can be snatched from the devils hand due to HER BEING THE DOOR to their lost soul through her FORNICATIONS.
She has become an INTIMATE friend of mine, and committed to the people God called her to walk with. She has known the guilt of being a terrible fornicator in her marriage, and she has been FORGIVEN and has the joy of her salvation. THE ONLY PEOPLE YOU CAN CONNECT WITH ARE THE ONES WILLING TO CONNECT TO JESUS, AND "KNOW HIM" in their conscience, cut a covenant with Him in their conscience, care about WALKING IN THE SPIRIT AND BECOMING THE SONS OF GOD. Flatters, pretenders, people who are insincere with God and man, do not connect to others.
What really matters, is that we WAKE UP to Jesus' voice in our conscience, that we help our CHILDREN WAKE UP..... so they will pick spouses who are AWAKE in their conscience towards God, and SEE GENERATIONS INHERIT THE BLESSINGS OF GOD.
Love, Ceci
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
MOTIVE AND INTENTIONS, God looks at our hearts
God Tests the Hearts of People
by R Deem
Table of Contents
God wants us to love Him with our hearts
God wants more than obedience. Not only does He want us to obey the letter of the law, He wants us to agree with the spirit of the law in our hearts
God knows all things, including what is in our heart
God knows what is in our heart and thoughts
Jesus, who is God, knows what is in our heart and thoughts
Actions done with bad motives are despised by God
Actions done with good motives are pleasing to God
God tests us to display what the intent of our heart is and if we really love Him
God saves those who are pure in heart
God gives to those with an upright heart
God wants us to love Him with our hearts:
"But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul." (Deuteronomy 4:29)
"Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that the LORD, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other." (Deuteronomy 4:39)
"And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might." (Deuteronomy 6:5)
"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul." (Deuteronomy 10:12)
"And it shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul." (Deuteronomy 11:13)
`And I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.' (Jeremiah 24:7)
Back to Contents
God wants more than obedience. Not only does He want us to obey the letter of the law, He wants us to agree with the spirit of the law in our hearts:
"And these words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart." (Deuteronomy 6:6)
"This day the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul." (Deuteronomy 26:16)
My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments; (Proverbs 3:1)
God knows all things, including what is in our heart:
in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. (1 John 3:20)
God knows what is in our heart and thoughts:
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7)
then hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest, for Thou alone dost know the hearts of all the sons of men. (1 Kings 8:39)
"As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever. (1 Chronicles 28:9)
then hear Thou from heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest for Thou alone dost know the hearts of the sons of men. (2 Chronicles 6:30)
Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. (Psalm 44:21)
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, That they are a mere breath. (Psalm 94:11)
O LORD, Thou hast searched me and known me. Thou dost know when I sit down and when I rise up; Thou dost understand my thought from afar. (Psalm 139:1-2)
"For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory. (Isaiah 66:18)
Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and He said to me, "Say, `Thus says the LORD, "So you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts. (Ezekiel 11:5)
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)
Jesus, who is God, knows what is in our heart and thoughts:
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, "Why are you thinking evil in your hearts? (Matthew 9:4)
And knowing their thoughts He said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself shall not stand. (Matthew 12:25)
But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side, (Luke 9:47)
`And I will kill her children with pestilence; and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. (Revelation 2:23)
God knows what is in our heart, no matter what the external actions may look like. Those who do bad things unintentionally and unknowingly are not condemned by God.
Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her." (Genesis 20:6)
Actions done with bad motives are despised by God:
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. (Genesis 6:5-6)
`You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.' (Leviticus 19:17)
"For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways. (Psalm 95:10)
The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, But the blameless in their walk are His delight. (Proverbs 11:20)
Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished. (Proverbs 16:5)
but I say to you, that everyone who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. (Matthew 5:28)
for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Matthew 6:21)
"But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man." (Matthew 15:18)
Actions done with good motives are pleasing to God:
"Since I know, O my God, that Thou triest the heart and delightest in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Thy people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to Thee. (1 Chronicles 29:17)
The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, But the blameless in their walk are His delight. (Proverbs 11:20)
The Lord judges us based upon our motives, not just our actions:
But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, Who tries the feelings and the heart, Let me see Thy vengeance on them, For to Thee have I committed my cause. (Jeremiah 11:20)
But Thou knowest me, O LORD; Thou seest me; And Thou dost examine my heart's attitude toward Thee. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter And set them apart for a day of carnage! (Jeremiah 12:3)
All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, But the LORD weighs the motives.(Proverbs 16:2)
Who can say, "I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?" (Proverbs 20:9)
Every man's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts. (Proverbs 21:2)
Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts; and then each man's praise will come to him from God. (1 Corinthians 4:5)
the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment. (Philippians 1:17)
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend iton your pleasures. (James 4:3)
`And I will kill her children with pestilence; and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. (Revelation 2:23)
God tests us to display what the intent of our heart is and if we really love Him:
"And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not." (Deuteronomy 8:2)
...you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deuteronomy 13:3)
And even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart. (2 Chronicles 32:31)
Thou hast tried my heart; Thou hast visited me by night; Thou hast tested me and dost find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. (Psalm 17:3)
Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart. (Psalm 26:2)
Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; (Psalm 139:23)
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests hearts. (Proverbs 17:3)
"I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds. (Jeremiah 17:10)
Yet, O LORD of hosts, Thou who dost test the righteous, Who seest the mind and the heart; Let me see Thy vengeance on them; For to Thee I have set forth my cause. (Jeremiah 20:12)
God saves those who are pure in heart:
"Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live. (Deuteronomy 30:6)
My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart. (Psalm 7:10)
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Thy sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)
O continue Thy lovingkindness to those who know Thee, And Thy righteousness to the upright in heart. (Psalm 36:10)
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life. (Proverbs 4:23)
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." (Matthew 5:8)
God gives to those with an upright heart:
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, And has not sworn deceitfully. He shall receive a blessing from the LORD And righteousness from the God of his salvation. (Psalm 24:4-5)
(A Psalm of Asaph.) Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart! (Psalm 73:1)
Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, And to those who are upright in their hearts. (Psalm 125:4)
"And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us." (Acts 15:8)
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend iton your pleasures. (James 4:3)
by R Deem
Table of Contents
God wants us to love Him with our hearts
God wants more than obedience. Not only does He want us to obey the letter of the law, He wants us to agree with the spirit of the law in our hearts
God knows all things, including what is in our heart
God knows what is in our heart and thoughts
Jesus, who is God, knows what is in our heart and thoughts
Actions done with bad motives are despised by God
Actions done with good motives are pleasing to God
God tests us to display what the intent of our heart is and if we really love Him
God saves those who are pure in heart
God gives to those with an upright heart
God wants us to love Him with our hearts:
"But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul." (Deuteronomy 4:29)
"Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that the LORD, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other." (Deuteronomy 4:39)
"And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might." (Deuteronomy 6:5)
"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul." (Deuteronomy 10:12)
"And it shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul." (Deuteronomy 11:13)
`And I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.' (Jeremiah 24:7)
Back to Contents
God wants more than obedience. Not only does He want us to obey the letter of the law, He wants us to agree with the spirit of the law in our hearts:
"And these words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart." (Deuteronomy 6:6)
"This day the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul." (Deuteronomy 26:16)
My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments; (Proverbs 3:1)
God knows all things, including what is in our heart:
in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. (1 John 3:20)
God knows what is in our heart and thoughts:
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7)
then hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest, for Thou alone dost know the hearts of all the sons of men. (1 Kings 8:39)
"As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever. (1 Chronicles 28:9)
then hear Thou from heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest for Thou alone dost know the hearts of the sons of men. (2 Chronicles 6:30)
Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. (Psalm 44:21)
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, That they are a mere breath. (Psalm 94:11)
O LORD, Thou hast searched me and known me. Thou dost know when I sit down and when I rise up; Thou dost understand my thought from afar. (Psalm 139:1-2)
"For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory. (Isaiah 66:18)
Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and He said to me, "Say, `Thus says the LORD, "So you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts. (Ezekiel 11:5)
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)
Jesus, who is God, knows what is in our heart and thoughts:
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, "Why are you thinking evil in your hearts? (Matthew 9:4)
And knowing their thoughts He said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself shall not stand. (Matthew 12:25)
But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side, (Luke 9:47)
`And I will kill her children with pestilence; and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. (Revelation 2:23)
God knows what is in our heart, no matter what the external actions may look like. Those who do bad things unintentionally and unknowingly are not condemned by God.
Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her." (Genesis 20:6)
Actions done with bad motives are despised by God:
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. (Genesis 6:5-6)
`You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.' (Leviticus 19:17)
"For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways. (Psalm 95:10)
The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, But the blameless in their walk are His delight. (Proverbs 11:20)
Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished. (Proverbs 16:5)
but I say to you, that everyone who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. (Matthew 5:28)
for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Matthew 6:21)
"But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man." (Matthew 15:18)
Actions done with good motives are pleasing to God:
"Since I know, O my God, that Thou triest the heart and delightest in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Thy people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to Thee. (1 Chronicles 29:17)
The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, But the blameless in their walk are His delight. (Proverbs 11:20)
The Lord judges us based upon our motives, not just our actions:
But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, Who tries the feelings and the heart, Let me see Thy vengeance on them, For to Thee have I committed my cause. (Jeremiah 11:20)
But Thou knowest me, O LORD; Thou seest me; And Thou dost examine my heart's attitude toward Thee. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter And set them apart for a day of carnage! (Jeremiah 12:3)
All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, But the LORD weighs the motives.(Proverbs 16:2)
Who can say, "I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?" (Proverbs 20:9)
Every man's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts. (Proverbs 21:2)
Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts; and then each man's praise will come to him from God. (1 Corinthians 4:5)
the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment. (Philippians 1:17)
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend iton your pleasures. (James 4:3)
`And I will kill her children with pestilence; and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. (Revelation 2:23)
God tests us to display what the intent of our heart is and if we really love Him:
"And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not." (Deuteronomy 8:2)
...you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deuteronomy 13:3)
And even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart. (2 Chronicles 32:31)
Thou hast tried my heart; Thou hast visited me by night; Thou hast tested me and dost find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. (Psalm 17:3)
Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart. (Psalm 26:2)
Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; (Psalm 139:23)
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests hearts. (Proverbs 17:3)
"I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds. (Jeremiah 17:10)
Yet, O LORD of hosts, Thou who dost test the righteous, Who seest the mind and the heart; Let me see Thy vengeance on them; For to Thee I have set forth my cause. (Jeremiah 20:12)
God saves those who are pure in heart:
"Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live. (Deuteronomy 30:6)
My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart. (Psalm 7:10)
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Thy sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)
O continue Thy lovingkindness to those who know Thee, And Thy righteousness to the upright in heart. (Psalm 36:10)
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life. (Proverbs 4:23)
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." (Matthew 5:8)
God gives to those with an upright heart:
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, And has not sworn deceitfully. He shall receive a blessing from the LORD And righteousness from the God of his salvation. (Psalm 24:4-5)
(A Psalm of Asaph.) Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart! (Psalm 73:1)
Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, And to those who are upright in their hearts. (Psalm 125:4)
"And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us." (Acts 15:8)
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend iton your pleasures. (James 4:3)
MOTIVE AND INTENTIONS, God looks at our hearts
God Tests the Hearts of People
by R Deem
Table of Contents
God wants us to love Him with our hearts
God wants more than obedience. Not only does He want us to obey the letter of the law, He wants us to agree with the spirit of the law in our hearts
God knows all things, including what is in our heart
God knows what is in our heart and thoughts
Jesus, who is God, knows what is in our heart and thoughts
Actions done with bad motives are despised by God
Actions done with good motives are pleasing to God
God tests us to display what the intent of our heart is and if we really love Him
God saves those who are pure in heart
God gives to those with an upright heart
God wants us to love Him with our hearts:
"But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul." (Deuteronomy 4:29)
"Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that the LORD, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other." (Deuteronomy 4:39)
"And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might." (Deuteronomy 6:5)
"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul." (Deuteronomy 10:12)
"And it shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul." (Deuteronomy 11:13)
`And I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.' (Jeremiah 24:7)
Back to Contents
God wants more than obedience. Not only does He want us to obey the letter of the law, He wants us to agree with the spirit of the law in our hearts:
"And these words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart." (Deuteronomy 6:6)
"This day the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul." (Deuteronomy 26:16)
My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments; (Proverbs 3:1)
God knows all things, including what is in our heart:
in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. (1 John 3:20)
God knows what is in our heart and thoughts:
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7)
then hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest, for Thou alone dost know the hearts of all the sons of men. (1 Kings 8:39)
"As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever. (1 Chronicles 28:9)
then hear Thou from heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest for Thou alone dost know the hearts of the sons of men. (2 Chronicles 6:30)
Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. (Psalm 44:21)
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, That they are a mere breath. (Psalm 94:11)
O LORD, Thou hast searched me and known me. Thou dost know when I sit down and when I rise up; Thou dost understand my thought from afar. (Psalm 139:1-2)
"For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory. (Isaiah 66:18)
Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and He said to me, "Say, `Thus says the LORD, "So you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts. (Ezekiel 11:5)
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)
Jesus, who is God, knows what is in our heart and thoughts:
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, "Why are you thinking evil in your hearts? (Matthew 9:4)
And knowing their thoughts He said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself shall not stand. (Matthew 12:25)
But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side, (Luke 9:47)
`And I will kill her children with pestilence; and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. (Revelation 2:23)
God knows what is in our heart, no matter what the external actions may look like. Those who do bad things unintentionally and unknowingly are not condemned by God.
Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her." (Genesis 20:6)
Actions done with bad motives are despised by God:
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. (Genesis 6:5-6)
`You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.' (Leviticus 19:17)
"For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways. (Psalm 95:10)
The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, But the blameless in their walk are His delight. (Proverbs 11:20)
Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished. (Proverbs 16:5)
but I say to you, that everyone who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. (Matthew 5:28)
for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Matthew 6:21)
"But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man." (Matthew 15:18)
Actions done with good motives are pleasing to God:
"Since I know, O my God, that Thou triest the heart and delightest in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Thy people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to Thee. (1 Chronicles 29:17)
The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, But the blameless in their walk are His delight. (Proverbs 11:20)
The Lord judges us based upon our motives, not just our actions:
But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, Who tries the feelings and the heart, Let me see Thy vengeance on them, For to Thee have I committed my cause. (Jeremiah 11:20)
But Thou knowest me, O LORD; Thou seest me; And Thou dost examine my heart's attitude toward Thee. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter And set them apart for a day of carnage! (Jeremiah 12:3)
All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, But the LORD weighs the motives.(Proverbs 16:2)
Who can say, "I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?" (Proverbs 20:9)
Every man's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts. (Proverbs 21:2)
Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts; and then each man's praise will come to him from God. (1 Corinthians 4:5)
the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment. (Philippians 1:17)
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend iton your pleasures. (James 4:3)
`And I will kill her children with pestilence; and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. (Revelation 2:23)
God tests us to display what the intent of our heart is and if we really love Him:
"And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not." (Deuteronomy 8:2)
...you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deuteronomy 13:3)
And even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart. (2 Chronicles 32:31)
Thou hast tried my heart; Thou hast visited me by night; Thou hast tested me and dost find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. (Psalm 17:3)
Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart. (Psalm 26:2)
Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; (Psalm 139:23)
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests hearts. (Proverbs 17:3)
"I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds. (Jeremiah 17:10)
Yet, O LORD of hosts, Thou who dost test the righteous, Who seest the mind and the heart; Let me see Thy vengeance on them; For to Thee I have set forth my cause. (Jeremiah 20:12)
God saves those who are pure in heart:
"Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live. (Deuteronomy 30:6)
My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart. (Psalm 7:10)
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Thy sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)
O continue Thy lovingkindness to those who know Thee, And Thy righteousness to the upright in heart. (Psalm 36:10)
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life. (Proverbs 4:23)
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." (Matthew 5:8)
God gives to those with an upright heart:
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, And has not sworn deceitfully. He shall receive a blessing from the LORD And righteousness from the God of his salvation. (Psalm 24:4-5)
(A Psalm of Asaph.) Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart! (Psalm 73:1)
Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, And to those who are upright in their hearts. (Psalm 125:4)
"And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us." (Acts 15:8)
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend iton your pleasures. (James 4:3)
by R Deem
Table of Contents
God wants us to love Him with our hearts
God wants more than obedience. Not only does He want us to obey the letter of the law, He wants us to agree with the spirit of the law in our hearts
God knows all things, including what is in our heart
God knows what is in our heart and thoughts
Jesus, who is God, knows what is in our heart and thoughts
Actions done with bad motives are despised by God
Actions done with good motives are pleasing to God
God tests us to display what the intent of our heart is and if we really love Him
God saves those who are pure in heart
God gives to those with an upright heart
God wants us to love Him with our hearts:
"But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul." (Deuteronomy 4:29)
"Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that the LORD, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other." (Deuteronomy 4:39)
"And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might." (Deuteronomy 6:5)
"And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul." (Deuteronomy 10:12)
"And it shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul." (Deuteronomy 11:13)
`And I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.' (Jeremiah 24:7)
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God wants more than obedience. Not only does He want us to obey the letter of the law, He wants us to agree with the spirit of the law in our hearts:
"And these words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart." (Deuteronomy 6:6)
"This day the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul." (Deuteronomy 26:16)
My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments; (Proverbs 3:1)
God knows all things, including what is in our heart:
in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. (1 John 3:20)
God knows what is in our heart and thoughts:
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7)
then hear Thou in heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest, for Thou alone dost know the hearts of all the sons of men. (1 Kings 8:39)
"As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever. (1 Chronicles 28:9)
then hear Thou from heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest for Thou alone dost know the hearts of the sons of men. (2 Chronicles 6:30)
Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. (Psalm 44:21)
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, That they are a mere breath. (Psalm 94:11)
O LORD, Thou hast searched me and known me. Thou dost know when I sit down and when I rise up; Thou dost understand my thought from afar. (Psalm 139:1-2)
"For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory. (Isaiah 66:18)
Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and He said to me, "Say, `Thus says the LORD, "So you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts. (Ezekiel 11:5)
For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)
Jesus, who is God, knows what is in our heart and thoughts:
And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, "Why are you thinking evil in your hearts? (Matthew 9:4)
And knowing their thoughts He said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself shall not stand. (Matthew 12:25)
But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side, (Luke 9:47)
`And I will kill her children with pestilence; and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. (Revelation 2:23)
God knows what is in our heart, no matter what the external actions may look like. Those who do bad things unintentionally and unknowingly are not condemned by God.
Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her." (Genesis 20:6)
Actions done with bad motives are despised by God:
Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. (Genesis 6:5-6)
`You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him.' (Leviticus 19:17)
"For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways. (Psalm 95:10)
The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, But the blameless in their walk are His delight. (Proverbs 11:20)
Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished. (Proverbs 16:5)
but I say to you, that everyone who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. (Matthew 5:28)
for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Matthew 6:21)
"But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man." (Matthew 15:18)
Actions done with good motives are pleasing to God:
"Since I know, O my God, that Thou triest the heart and delightest in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Thy people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to Thee. (1 Chronicles 29:17)
The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, But the blameless in their walk are His delight. (Proverbs 11:20)
The Lord judges us based upon our motives, not just our actions:
But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, Who tries the feelings and the heart, Let me see Thy vengeance on them, For to Thee have I committed my cause. (Jeremiah 11:20)
But Thou knowest me, O LORD; Thou seest me; And Thou dost examine my heart's attitude toward Thee. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter And set them apart for a day of carnage! (Jeremiah 12:3)
All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, But the LORD weighs the motives.(Proverbs 16:2)
Who can say, "I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin?" (Proverbs 20:9)
Every man's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts. (Proverbs 21:2)
Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts; and then each man's praise will come to him from God. (1 Corinthians 4:5)
the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment. (Philippians 1:17)
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend iton your pleasures. (James 4:3)
`And I will kill her children with pestilence; and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. (Revelation 2:23)
God tests us to display what the intent of our heart is and if we really love Him:
"And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not." (Deuteronomy 8:2)
...you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deuteronomy 13:3)
And even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart. (2 Chronicles 32:31)
Thou hast tried my heart; Thou hast visited me by night; Thou hast tested me and dost find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. (Psalm 17:3)
Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart. (Psalm 26:2)
Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; (Psalm 139:23)
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests hearts. (Proverbs 17:3)
"I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds. (Jeremiah 17:10)
Yet, O LORD of hosts, Thou who dost test the righteous, Who seest the mind and the heart; Let me see Thy vengeance on them; For to Thee I have set forth my cause. (Jeremiah 20:12)
God saves those who are pure in heart:
"Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live. (Deuteronomy 30:6)
My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart. (Psalm 7:10)
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Thy sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)
O continue Thy lovingkindness to those who know Thee, And Thy righteousness to the upright in heart. (Psalm 36:10)
Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life. (Proverbs 4:23)
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." (Matthew 5:8)
God gives to those with an upright heart:
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, And has not sworn deceitfully. He shall receive a blessing from the LORD And righteousness from the God of his salvation. (Psalm 24:4-5)
(A Psalm of Asaph.) Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart! (Psalm 73:1)
Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, And to those who are upright in their hearts. (Psalm 125:4)
"And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us." (Acts 15:8)
You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend iton your pleasures. (James 4:3)
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