Strengthen yourself in the Lord
Proverbs 4:23 NASB "Watch over your heart with all diligence, for from it flow the springs of life".
All the issues of our lives flow forth like rivers from one central location – our heart – and what we do in watching over our heart, determines the outcome of our lives. God never sets us up to fail, only to grow.
Becoming from beholding. Proverbs 23:7 "for as a man thinks in his heart, so is he". Our thinking and our hearts are intimately connected. The Hebrew word for 'heart' encompasses the entirely of our 'inner man'. Our heart is the seat of our mind, imagination, will, desires, emotions, affections, memory, and conscience. It is also the center of our communication with the Holy Spirit and possesses the faculties that perceive spiritual reality. Scripture refers to this spiritual perception as "the eyes of your heart".
Your faith grows as your heart, led by the Holy Spirit, perceives, and understand the invisible realm of spiritual reality. This unseen realm governs the visible realm and brings your mind and will into agreement with the reality of the Kingdom. This process describes the renewing of our minds.
I heard this comment the other day "our purpose is in us like grain is in wood". It really encouraged me. Whatever we go through in life, our calling and purpose remains the same. Our Lord and Friend has called us to walk with Him in an intimate relationship, enjoying His fellowship and bringing His Presence wherever we are.
Let's strengthen ourselves with the knowledge that He is always with us, protecting and guiding us as a Good Shepherd, leading us ever onwards –'But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn. That shines brighter and brighter until (it reaches its full strength and glory in) the perfect day" Proverbs 4:18 AMP*
Rich blessings
Kath
*** Amplified Bible
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