Week Twenty, 2018

And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36:26).

Recently we attended a presentation by a pedantic cardiologist, who spoke on the gestation process of human life. Most startling to me was the fact that it all begins with the heart.

The heart is the first organ to be formed and everything forms around it as other organs and distinctions of the fetus are formed. No brain, no lungs nothing else. The heart forms a circle and then as development progresses other parts are added, but everything begins with the heart.

By Day 22, (three weeks), the heart begins to beat with the child’s own blood, often a different type than the mothers’. Size of a pea. First tubular then forms a ring around it and forms two chambers. Often the heart of the fetus is beating before the mother even knows that she is pregnant. In nine weeks, the heart is fully developed.

God’s purpose predates our conception. Gestation is a journey of the heart. Christianity is like that…. It begins with the heart.

God has a lot to say about beauty, and He’s not referring to fashion tips or face masks! True beauty begins on the inside, in your heart.

Just as our physical life begins with the heart, so too there begins and continues our spiritual journey. Psalms 51:10 says, “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit with me.” Have purity within your heart and never allow others to taint your wishes and beliefs.

The first step in salvation is that of giving our heart to the Lord and then allowing Him to reside there for the rest of our lives.

Have you committed your heart to Him?

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SOMETIMES TRUE STORIES

WELCOME to 2018:

▪ Our Phones – Wireless

▪ Cooking – Fireless

▪ Cars – Keyless

▪ Food – Fatless

▪ Tires -Tubeless

▪ Dress – Sleeveless

▪ Youth – Jobless

▪ Leaders – Shameless

▪ Relationships – Meaningless

▪ Attitudes – Careless

▪ Babies – Fatherless

▪ Feelings – Heartless

▪ Education – Valueless

▪ Children – Mannerless

We are – SPEECHLESS,

Government – is CLUELESS

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Ken Whitten on Brokenness:

▪ The degree of my Sacrifice Is to the same degree I understand the Gospel.

▪ The only way to repentance Is through the door marked brokenness.

▪ Broken people express a marked difference on what’s temporal and what’s eternal.

▪ Memories are not what you remember; memories are what people never forget.

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QUOTES YOU CAN USE

Before we can be old and wise, we have to first be young and stupid.

The past is in the past. The future has yet to unfold itself. Enjoy today. Kathy Merlino

Enjoy your day, no matter what it brings! Kathy Merlino

Lord Jesus, what a thrill it is to know and You call me friend! It is a bigger thrill to know that You will never unfriend me!

Lord God, I praise You that Your love for me is based on Your character, not on my performance. How great You are!

Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. Walt Whitman

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