THAT CHRIST MAY DWELL IN YOUR HEART
Ephesians 3:17
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
The first thing to believe is the most fundamental fact of the Christian life--Jesus Christ has come to live in you. This fact is not dependent upon your feelings, which ebb and flow. It rests solely upon Jesus' promise given in the Upper Room in John 14. The question was put to Him by Judas Iscariot a short time before He would be betrayed by this man. Judas said to him, verse 22, "But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?" Jesus replied, verse 23, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him."
That is what Paul refers to. Faith is awakened now. You remind yourself that Jesus Christ lives in you. You are a believer. He has taken up residence in you. He will not leave you. He is at home in your heart, and you belong to Him.
Here is yet another key to recover from a fainting heart: love! We are reassured by Jesus' promise to be with us, and we know that He loves us, He cares for us, and He will never change that relationship. Christ's love roots us in Him. It is the ground of our being. This is a statement of ultimate security. Roots are solid in the ground, dug deep into the earth, steadfast and immovable, like a tree that has sent its roots deep into the rich, life-sustaining soil.
The same is true of you and me. If we put our roots down deeply into the love of Christ, we become immovable, firmly fixed, rooted and grounded. We become secure in Him. His love gives us our sense of security and well-being.
Jesus alone is why we live. There is no sinners pray that keep you from this world and tasting the sin of this world . It Jesus and Him alone , not words that have no meaning in your heart . David said to his when he handed the throne over to him . This is paraphrasing it, Chronicles 29:17-19 Son , God doesn’t hear words He looks at your heart, so God give him a perfect heart. We can’t lie to God , he knows your heart.
posted by forgiven @ 12:37 PM
15 Comments:
Another great devotion Doug! It's good to see you back. ;-)
Good thoughts, Doug.
Thank KC and DF
Just glad to be writing again
God Bess You
It's so great to have you back brother Doug. This is such a good post! Yes our Lord knows our heart, much better we do ourselves.
Welcome back. I trust your computer is well.
The fickle finger of feelings certainly is not the way to know God or to know that we are known by God.
Good post.
Thanks for this post Doug.
STILL WAITING FOR MY STEAK DINNER!!!
Welcome back ... and a fine post to re-emerge with. Hope you are well and that your computer will behave.
(Now get bluecollar his steak before he goes off!)
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Hi Kitty
Nice to see you
Thank you for your kind words
God Bless You
Hi Joe
Thank you for coming...looking forward to reading your
Blue Collars
Rose is pulling for you
You might get that steak yet..
Hi Rose
Nice to see you.. have you been behaven? I'm sure you are:}
Thank you
It's my first year blogging anniversary today. Thanks for being my "blogging buddy" brother Doug.
Praise the Lord!!!
Yes. It is HIM. The rest is details that are less than Him!
Jesus alone is why we live. There is no sinners pray that keep you from this world and tasting the sin of this world . It Jesus and Him alone , not words that have no meaning in your heart.
WOO-HOO!! Thanks, brother.
Forgiven, that is awesome, and so true, yes He does know me better than I know myself. Thanks for visiting again, I have missed seeing ya. Have a wonderful day in the Lord.
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Thank you Bill for stopping by and your kind word
LLL so nice to see you
I miss you all
God Blees you
Hi Doug,
great post! I like your art work too.
brother John
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