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the heart and consequences 

Friday e-devotion


Jeremiah 17:9  NLT
The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?
 
Yesterday I spent an extended period of time in a local courtroom so that I could assist a lady from our church.  It was an eye-opening day.  The verse above speaks to that fact.
 
It was a day of sentencing for cases that were closed in court some time ago.  A couple were continued for one reason or another.  Some of the cases seems insignificant and their punishment mild.  A few of the cases were anything but small or insignificant.
 
The points of the cases were shared, and a couple made me sick.  How can a person do that to another person?  How can a relative hurt another relative in that way?  How could someone hurt a child and think they will get away with it.
 
You get my point.  The heart is wicked, and we need God to change our hearts, to direct our paths and to fill us with His love.  It ought to be like what Jeremiah experienced.
 
Jeremiah 17:10  NLT
But I, the Lord, search all hearts and examine secret motives.  I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve.
 
God searches our hearts.  He knows our weakness and our strength.  And with all of that He loves us dearly.  He loves us so much so that Jesus went to the cross, took our sin and destined those who trust Him for life and eternity.
 
We will be rewarded for what we do.  So, what do you do with forgiveness?  I believe that God will forgive our sin and save us, and we will still have to deal with the consequences of our choices here on earth.
 
There will always be consequences.  And there will always be promise of, place for and need of God’s incredible, unending and peace filled love.  Even in the courtroom there is a place for God and His love.
 
Jeremiah 17:14  NLT
O Lord, if you heal me, I will be truly healed; if you save me, I will be truly saved.  My praises are for you alone!
 
Jeremiah interacted with the love of God.  He was changed by it in big ways.  Jeremiah knew that without God there would be more and more problems.
 
This Sunday I will continue preaching through a series of hazards to faith and thankfulness.  Our heart is a big answer.  The heart reminds us that we need God and need to see the hazards in life that keep us from being thankful.
 
Each day reminds me… I need God!
 
 
I’m praying for these:
Pray for the family and friends of Hannah Cousins as her funeral is today.  Pray for Coretha Gravely and her family as her husband’s funeral will be on Monday. Continue to pray for Jennifer Hall as she continues cancer treatments.  WT Setliff is healing from surgery and thankful for our prayers.  Pray for a young man going through a personal battle.

 
 
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