BEWARE YOUR HEART

◄ Jeremiah 17:9 ► The heart is deceitful above all things, you cannot trust it. BeWARe your HEART Beware your heart The Truth is final Beware your heart The End is near Beware your heart The Life is fluid Take care your heart Follow faith not fear Beware your heart Heaven is waiting Beware your heart It leans towards hell Beware your heart Give it to Jesus Take care your heart Choose to be well J3FF 2014 Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary  (Public Domain)   Jeremiah 17:5-11 He who puts confidence in man, shall be like the heath in a desert, a naked tree, a sorry shrub, the product of barren ground, useless and worthless. Those who trust to their own righteousness and strength, and think they can do without Christ, make flesh their arm, and their souls cannot prosper in graces or comforts. Those who make God their Hope, shall flourish like a tree always green, whose leaf does not wither. They shall be fixed in peace and satisfaction of mind; they shall not be anxious in a year of drought. Those who make God their Hope, have enough in him to make up the want of all creature-comforts. They shall not cease from yielding fruit in holiness and good works. The heart, the conscience of man, in his corrupt and fallen state, is deceitful above all things. It calls evil good, and good evil; and cries peace to those to whom it does not belong. Herein the heart is desperately wicked; it is deadly, it is desperate. The case is bad indeed, if the conscience, which should set right the errors of other faculties, is a leader in the delusion. We cannot know our own hearts, nor what they will do in an hour of temptation. Who can understand his errors? Much less can we know the hearts of others, or depend upon them. He that believes God's testimony in this matter, and learns to watch his own heart, will find this is a correct, though a sad picture, and learns many lessons to direct his conduct. But much in our own hearts and in the hearts of others, will remain unknown. Yet whatever wickedness there is in the heart, God sees it. Men may be imposed upon, but God cannot be deceived. He that gets riches, and not by right, though he may make them his hope, never shall have joy of them. This shows what vexation it is to a worldly man at death, that he must leave his riches behind; but though the wealth will not follow to another world, guilt will, and everlasting torment. The rich man takes pains to get an estate, and sits brooding upon it, but never has any satisfaction in it; by sinful courses it comes to nothing. Let us be wise in time; what we get, let us get it honestly; and what we have, use it charitably, that we may be wise for eternity.

MY FAITH (The Only Link)

MY FAITH

My faith is in GOD
The Creator of life
The Savior of souls
Our Lord Jesus Christ

My faith is in LOVE

The Purpose for life

The Searcher of hearts

Our Lord Jesus Christ

My faith is of TRUTH

The Reason for life
The Freer of conscience
Our Lord Jesus Christ

My faith is in JESUS
The Way, Truth, and Life

The only link to OUR FATHER

The Lord Jesus Christ

[LEAP OF FAITH]

 PRESS ON!  

Through the storm
Through the rain

I press on
Through the pain

Through the dark
Through the night
I press on
To reach the light

Through the valley
Through the height
Through the fight
I press on

Through the changes
Through the ages
Through the days
I press on

J E P

2012

Day by Day with Chuck Swindoll

Press On!

Read Acts 12:25; 13:5, 13-15

Paul, Barnabas, and John Mark left Cyprus and sailed to the southern coast of Turkey—a land then known as Pamphylia, whose rugged coastline ascended sharply into the towering heights of a mountain range steeper and fiercer than the eastern Tauras near Tarsus, and more terrible than any hills known to the Cypriot Barnabas or the Judean John Mark.

That sight alone may have initiated the storm surge of doubt that would eventually flood young John Mark's soul. In this region Paul became gravely ill with malaria or some other serious coastal fever. That may have been the last straw for the inexperienced traveler to endure. Without any explanation, Luke simply writes, "John left them and returned to Jerusalem." But going on from Perga, they pressed on. Without even as much as a hiccup, the journey continued. Paul and Barnabas were undeterred by John Mark's desertion.

Here's an important observation: all the way through ministry, people leave. In every church there will be individuals who, for whatever reason, move on to other things. This includes those in leadership. They leave, but the church presses on. Regardless of the circumstances surrounding their departure, the journey continued. For Paul and Barnabas there was neither time nor need for a long, drawn-out farewell. They pressed ahead, keeping their eyes focused on the goal.

It's hard to press on when you feel abandoned. It's easy to give in to discouragement and allow that to siphon your tank dry, but Paul and Barnabas had no such luxury. Emotions in check, they had a job to do. So they moved forward with an even stronger determination.

One of the marks of maturity is the ability to press ahead regardless of who walks off the scene. The alternative isn't an option. Once you've said goodbye, it's time for everyone to move on. That's exactly what Paul and Barnabas did. As Paul wrote in his letter to the Philippians: "I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (3:14).

Reprinted by permission. Day by Day, Charles Swindoll, July 2005, Thomas Nelson, inc., Nashville, Tennessee. All rights reserved.

LEAP OF FAITH

Oh my God! / You are God!

OMG! Oh my God You know my heart, You set its beat and made it start; Oh my Savior You let me believe, You are the one who redeems me. Oh my God You know my soul, You let me go and hold me close; Oh my Strength You are my peace, You are the reason that I breathe. Oh my God You know my mind, Your Word fills my dark with light; Oh my Shepherd You are my song, You are the righter of all my wrong. Oh my Jesus You are my friend, You stay with me past the end; Today the world is broken and lost, But today and forever You are God!

YOU ARE GOD! Oh my God You know my heart, You set its beat and made it start; Oh my Savior You let me believe, You are the one who redeems me. Oh my God You know my soul, You let me go and hold me close; Oh my Strength You are my peace, You are the reason that I breathe. Oh my God You know my mind, Your Word fills my dark with light; Oh my Shepherd You are my song, You are the righter of all my wrong. Oh my Jesus You are my friend, You stay with me past the end; Today the world is broken and lost, But today and forever You are God!

ONE LOVE

ONE LOVE

One love,

Alive forever;

The source of all life.

One love,

The joy of heaven;

The spark of first light

One love,

The reason we celebrate;

The free gift of God's grace.

One love,

The focus of our worship;

Father, Son, Holy Spirit,

The reason we sing!

J.E.P

FOREVER GOD

FOREVER GOD

Forever love is calling

Forever love is free

Forever love is holy

Forever God loves me

Forever love is giving

Forever love is true

Forever love is honest

Forever God loves you

Forever love is watching

Forever love is real

Forever love is searching

For another heart to heal

Forever love is perfect

Forever love is new

Forever love is faithful

Forever God loves you

J7

For God so loved the world 

that He gave His only Son, 

so all who believe in Him 

would not perish but will

have eternal life. 

~ John 3:16 ~

FORWARD FAITH

FORWARD FAITH

Yesterday behind 

Tomorrow yet to come 

Your future is as bright 

As the ever-faithful Sun

Held in place by gravity 

The hand of God Himself 

Your choices made today 

Determine heaven or hell

Jesus paved the way 

Paid the ultimate price 

Instituted forward faith 

To get you through life

Yesterday left behind 

Tomorrow yet to come 

Your future is as bright 

As the ever-present Son

Jeffrey E. Pollock 

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