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You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I forgive with my whole heart Reflection
I forgive with my whole heart. I choose to forgive. It’s a decision of my will. I act by blessing those who curse me in a way that doesn’t put in physical or emotional danger. I feel the peace that comes when I forgive with my whole heart.
Since I am chosen by God for this new life of love, I dress in the wardrobe God picked out for me: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. I am even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offence. I forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave me.
I show love to the ones who show me that they are my enemies. I let them bring out the best in me, not the worst. I bless those who curse me and pray for those who persecute me. When someone takes unfair advantage of me, I use the occasion to practice the servant life. I live generously towards others they Christ Jesus lives towards me.
I know I’ve forgiven what I feel I have forgiven. When I don’t feel like I’ve forgiven, and I’ve chosen to forgive and have done something to bless, I allow Holy Spirit to replace the lie I am believing with the truth He reveals to me. Feeling like I’ve forgiven is effortless when His truth trumps the offence.
I know the freedom of forgiveness when I forgive with my whole heart.
Reflection Question
Is there anyone I need to forgive with my whole heart?
Can I pray?
Lord, feeling like we’ve forgiven can seem so difficult until You speak truth to the offence. Give us ears to hear the truth you’re speaking. Thank you that we can trust you to judge rightly. Thank you that it’s yours to avenge and you will repay. Thank you that you have set us free so we can be free indeed. Amen.
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Watch Whatever I do I work at with my whole heart Reflection
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
Whatever I do I work at with my whole heart Reflection
Whatever I do I work at with my whole heart, working as unto the Lord not people. I don’t make it a performance for anyone but Him. He knows my heart and motivation and is the only one who can judge me rightly.
I don’t call attention to myself, I’m not on a stage. But I don’t hide my light under a basket either. People see my good works and glorify my Father in Heaven. I don’t make a name for myself, I seek to glorify Him.
I decide today to be honest in all I do. I decide today to speak words of grace. I decide today to give thanks in all circumstances. I decide today to do all that I do in love. I am led by compassion and will not turn off my compassion for others. I keep my word even when it hurts.
I grow in my skill set. I give my best and get better with experience and practice. I work with excellence because I work for my Father who loves me. I focus on the work I have been given. People know they can count on me. I work enthusiastically.
I feel the peace that’s mine as I trust in Him and know He takes care of me, provides for me and fights for me. He overwhelms me with more blessing that I can ever imagine so that I am taken care of in every way and have more than enough to share.
Reflection Question
Am I doing what I do with my whole heart?
Can I pray?
Lord, I thank you that you help us to shine bright so others see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven. Thank you for helping us align our whole heart with your heart. You send rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Help us to be like our Father in heaven and show your love to the world that desperately needs it. Amen.
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This heart reflection helps you align your thoughts, actions and emotions. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the full lesson at http://revtrev.link/heart. #LiveLIGHT #reflection #Peace #Hope
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
My actions align my whole heart Reflection
My actions align my whole heart. What I do matters for what I say I believe. People know who I am because they see how I work and treat others.
I work with excellence. I focus on what God wants me to do and how He wants me to show His love. I am never lacking in zeal. I keep my spiritual fervour serving the Lord. I am joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.
I take my everyday, ordinary life—my sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. I embrace what God does for me. I love from the centre of who I am. I don’t fake it. I run for dear life from evil. I hold on for dear life to good. I am a good friend who love deeply. I practice playing second fiddle.
I help people in need and am inventive in hospitality. I bless those who curse me and pray for those who persecute me. I laugh with my happy friends when they’re happy and share tears when they’re down.
I’m not stuck-up I get along with other . I make friends with nobodies and am not the great somebody. My generosity surprises people with goodness. I don’t let evil get the best of me; I get the best of evil by doing good. My actions line up with what I say I believe. My life is better because I follow His path.
Reflection Question
Do my actions show what I say I believe?
Can I pray?
Lord, may our light - that reflects the your light to the side of the world that’s away from the Son, shine bright. May others see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven. May what we say we believe be evident in what we do. Thank you for helping us accomplish every good work prompted by faith. Amen.
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How can we become people after God's own heart? We know David had a special place in God's heart because He was after God's own heart. He made mistakes and sinned greatly, and that's hope for us as well. You can be a person after God's heart and please Him with your life. Learn more in the message
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There are so many of us who need to to re-ignite our spiritual lives. It might not be today for you, but if you’ve been on this journey for a while, you will need to do it more than once.
The good news is - God’s grace is sufficient. It’s more than enough. He still stands at the door and knocks. We still need to open the door so you can come a abide with us.
We need to be able to say like Paul -
1 Corinthians 15:10 NIVUK - But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
It’s been such a hard go lately. We’ve all had moments at being at the breaking point. We may all have wanted to give up.
Some things we needed to give up. They weren’t the light yoke Jesus had for us. Other things, we need to re-ignite and re-awaken.
Like the love we first had for Jesus when we first believed.
If we want discernment, we need to never be lacking in zeal, but keep our spiritual zeal serving the Lord. We need to be joyful in hope, patient in affliction and faithful in prayer. We can’t allow a hardening of our hearts. We need to be quick to confess when it happens and quick to repent when to stop it from continuing to happen.
The easiest way to do all that is to a person after God’s own heart.
Can I pray?
There is someone who God said was a person after His own heart.
David didn’t always follow the law…
Ate the bread that was only for the priests 1 Samuel 21:6 (see Leviticus 24:9)
Moved the Ark on a cart, when it always needed to be carried 2 Samuel 6:3 (see Exodus 25:10-15)
Took back his wife who had been with another man 2 Samuel 3:14-16 (see Deuteronomy 24:1-4)
Slept with another man’s wife, and then had him killed 2 Samuel 11 (see Exodus 20:17 and Exodus 20:13)
These are all clearly disallowed.
Did he not know them? Maybe the law wasn’t important to him?
To find out about David, go to the Psalms that he wrote.
Psalm 19 (New Living Translation)
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
The skies display his craftsmanship.
2 Day after day they continue to speak;
night after night they make him known.
3 They speak without a sound or word;
their voice is never heard.[a]
4 Yet their message has gone throughout the earth,
and their words to all the world.
God has made a home in the heavens for the sun.
5 It bursts forth like a radiant bridegroom after his wedding.
It rejoices like a great athlete eager to run the race.
6 The sun rises at one end of the heavens
and follows its course to the other end.
Nothing can hide from its heat.
7 The instructions of the Lord are perfect,
reviving the soul.
The decrees of the Lord are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The commandments of the Lord are right,
bringing joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are clear,
giving insight for living.
9 Reverence for the Lord is pure,
lasting forever.
The laws of the Lord are true;
each one is fair.
10 They are more desirable than gold,
even the finest gold.
They are sweeter than honey,
even honey dripping from the comb.
11 They are a warning to your servant,
a great reward for those who obey them.
12 How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart?
Cleanse me from these hidden faults.
13 Keep your servant from deliberate sins!
Don’t let them control me.
Then I will be free of guilt
and innocent of great sin.
14 May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Psalm 40:8 I take joy in doing your will, my God, for your instructions are written on my heart.”
So David knew the Law. He loved the Law. He was a lawbreaker.
I don’t know about you, but that gives me hope.
Because I know I can’t do it in my own righteousness. There’s not enough good in me, apart from God in me, to do the good I know I ought to do.
Because Father say about David:
But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’ Acts 13:22 (NLT
What do you think it means to be a person after God’s own heart?
It can’t mean that we don’t sin.
It can’t mean that we don’t mess up.
It can’t mean that we don’t hurt ourselves and others.
What did it mean for David?
Why was David a person after God’s own heart?
We get a clue when we see what David did 7 times in the book of Samuel.
1. He asked the Lord…
in the book of Samuel there are 7 times…
1. 1 Samuel 23:2
David asked the Lord, “Should I go and attack them?” “Yes, go and save Keilah,” the Lord told him.
2. 1 Samuel 23:4
So David asked the Lord again, and again the Lord replied, “Go down to Keilah, for I will help you conquer the Philistines.”
3. 2 Samuel 2:1
After this, David asked the Lord, “Should I move back to one of the towns of Judah?” “Yes,” the Lord replied. Then David asked, “Which town should I go to?”“To Hebron,” the Lord answered.
4. 2 Samuel 5:19
So David asked the Lord, “Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord replied to David, “Yes, go ahead. I will certainly hand them over to you.”
6. 2 Samuel 5:23
And again David asked the Lord what to do. “Do not attack them straight on,” the Lord replied. “Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar trees.
7. 2 Samuel 21:1
There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the Lord about it. And the Lord said, “The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”
2. He did what the Lord said…
‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’ Acts 13:22 (New Living Translation)
Saul - the King David replaced - asked the Lord…but the Lord didn’t answer. See 1 Samuel 14:37, 1 Samuel 28:5-6
Why couldn’t Saul get a response from God?
Saul did things out of fear, not faith. He was waiting for Samuel to come and present the offering. But they were facing the Philistines who had iron and they only had sticks and bronze. His men were deserting, so he decided he’d preform the sacrifice himself. It was out of fear. Samuel came right while the offering was finishing and asked him what he thought he was doing.
“How foolish!” Samuel exclaimed. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you. Had you kept it, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. But now your kingdom must end, for the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart. The Lord has already appointed him to be the leader of his people, because you have not kept the Lord’s command.” 1 Samuel 13:13-14 (NLT)
After Samuel told Saul his Kingdom must end, God would not respond to Saul’s questions. Before that, the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him, and he prophesied. And he was changed into a different person.
But fear got to him.
And the boy that hid in the baggage, was the king who worried about people and wasn’t concerned about God.
God looked beyond Saul’s actions to His heart when He rejected him as king.
You don’t need to listen to condemnation that says, “You’ve sinned so God will never speak to you again.” If you are hearing this message there is hope for you.
You can confess the way your heart has grown cold and how you’ve forgotten your first love and you can repent and do the things you did you at first.
We live in an age of grace and His grace is sufficient. He empowers us to accomplish every good work prompted by faith. He will finish the good work He’s started in us.
What would it be like to once again be a person after God’s own heart?
What would change in your day-to-day of everyday?
How do we be a person after God’s heart?
ASK
Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy. John 16:24
A - Ask God James 4:2
S - Seek wisdom and act on the wisdomHe gives James 1:5
K - Keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking Matthew 7:7-11
A - Ask God
…you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. James 4:2 (NLT)
We can get so busy working towards whatever we want to do that we forget to ask God if it’s something He wants us to do and/or if it’s something He is going to bless as we do it.
Wisdom is learning from others. I’ve done this too much in my life. Don’t do what what I’ve done, listen to what I’ve learned the hard way. Learn to look to what God is doing and ask Him to bless the work of your hands. This is Saul’s mistake. Don’t be like Saul. Be like David and ask God what to do.
Do I ask God for what I’m willing to work for?
S - Seek wisdom and act on the wisdom He gives
If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. James 1:5 (NLT)
Analysis Paralysis is not the way to do. Look for the path of peace. That’s not the path of least of resistance, it’s the path that “seems good to us and Holy Spirit”.
Don’t doubt the wisdom He gives you. Act on wisdom you have.
Obey the still small voice as He directs your steps day to day.
Send that friend that pops into your mind an email.
Pray for the person you think you’ve just saw.
Ask the Father for Prophetic words for those you meet.
Obey the clear command to step out of the boat when it comes.
Peter: “Lord, if it’s you, command me to come.”
Am I obeying what He’s telling me to do?
K - Keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking
“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. “You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him. Matthew 7:7-11 (NLT)
Difference between needs and who we are becoming.
Needs -
Matthew 6:7-8 When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again. Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him!
Your good Father knows what you need.
Why is that different from what He says in the next Chapter…during the same message?
Don’t babble like the pagans vs Keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking
Your Father knows what you need vs Your Father gives good gifts
needs vs gifts
Needs = trust your good Father
Gifts = keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking because your Father gives good gifts
And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him. Hebrews 11:6
So how do you seek Him with all of your heart? It’s a decision, it’s your emotions, it’s your actions.
You make the decision to seek God.
7 Reasons to seek the LORD
1. You will fully understand justice Proverbs 28:5
2. You don’t need to worry about everything everyone worries about Matthew 6:31-33
3. God’s eyes will be on you and His ears will be attentive to your prayers 1 Peter 3:11-12
4. You will be delivered from your fears Psalm 34:4
5. You will live! Amos 5:4
6. You will be strengthened 1 Chronicles 16:11
7. God will be found 1 Chronicles 28:9, Jeremiah 29:13
This heart reflection helps you trust in the Lord with all your heart. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the full lesson at http://revtrev.link/heart. #LiveLIGHT #reflection #Peace #Hope
Watch I trust in the Lord with my whole Heart Reflection
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I trust in the Lord with my Whole Heart Reflection
I trust in the Lord with my whole heart. I trust Him from the bottom of my heart. I don’t try to figure out everything on my own. I listen for God’s voice in everything I do, and everywhere I go. He’s the one who keeps me on track. I don’t assume that I know it all. I run to God and run from evil!
My body glows with health, my very bones vibrate with life! I honour God with everything I own; I give Him the first and the best. He makes my storehouses overflow and my wine vats brim over. I don’t resent God’s discipline; I don’t sulk under His loving correction. It’s the child He loves that God corrects; a father’s delight is behind all this.
The God of all hope fills me peace and joy as I trust in Him, so I overflow with hope by the power of Holy Spirit. I trust in the Lord and do good. I live safely in the land and prosper.
I trust and will not be afraid. I trust in the Father. I trust in the Son. I trust Holy Spirit to finish the good work He’s started in me. He meets my every need out of his riches in the glory that is found in Christ Jesus.
Reflection Question
Am I trusting God with my whole heart? What does my peace tell me?
Can I pray?
Lord, thank you for being the Trustable One. Thank you for helping us trust you more and more. I thank you that when we fear we can trust in you. Thank you that peace is the emotion that shows us we are trusting you. You are so good Father! Thank you for being so very, very good. Amen.
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This heart reflection helps you guard your whole heart. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the full lesson at http://revtrev.link/heart. #LiveLIGHT #reflection #Peace #Hope
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I Guard my Whole Heart Reflection
I guard my whole heart. Above all else, I watch over my heart and diligently guard it because from a sincere and pure heart come the good and noble things of life. I worry about nothing. I pray about everything. I thank God in all things. His peace guards my heart.
Out of the abundance of my heart my mouth speaks. I fill my heart with the good things of God. I think about what is true, and honourable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. I think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. I put into practice all I learned and received from people of wisdom —everything I heard from them and saw them doing. So the God of peace is with me.
The unrepentant heart is deceitful above things and desperately sick, but the Lord, searches my heart and examine secret motives, and gives me — like all people — due rewards, according to what my actions deserve. He’s a good Father who disciplines me for my good.
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! I delight myself in You and You give me the desires of my heart.
Reflection Question
Does peace rule my heart?
Can I pray?
Lord I thank you that gratitude is a choice and being grateful with our whole heart is something you ask us to show you. Thank you that it’s peace that rules our heart and we know our heart is aligned with your heart when we have your peace that passes understanding. Thank you that without faith it’s impossible to please you. Because we can come to know knowing you exist and that you are a rewarder or those who seek you. We seek you today and every day. Amen.
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This heart reflection helps you align your heart with God’s heart. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the full lesson at http://revtrev.link/heart. #LiveLIGHT #reflection #Peace #Hope
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I align my heart with His heart Reflection
I do what I do with my whole heart and align my heart with His heart. I can engage my whole heart without aligning it with God’s, but He created me to move the rhythm of His beat. I want His heart beating in mine.
Christ is Lord of my attitude. I think about myself the same way Christ Jesus thought of himself. I don’t have to cling to the advantages I have in this life. I set aside my privileges and live a selfless, obedient life to show He is Lord of my attitude.
Christ is Lord of my answer. I am agreeable, sympathetic, loving, compassionate and humble. I bless others and refrain from sharp-tongue sarcasm. I say nothing evil or hurtful. I snub evil and cultivate good. I run after peace because it’s His gift for me. Christ is Lord of my answer.
Christ is Lord of my actions. I do the good I know I ought to do. With heart and soul I’m doing good, I know His work in and through me cannot be stopped. He empowers me to accomplish every good work prompted by faith. Christ is Lord of my actions.
Christ is Lord of all in my life. He is Lord of my heart. Through thick and thin, I keep my heart at attention — aligned with Christ, my Lord.
Reflection Question
Has Christ been Lord of my attitude, answer and action lately?
Can I pray?
Lord, I thank you that we can align our hearts with yours. It is truth. Help us to live out that truth today. We know every knee will bow and every tongue will confess you are Lord. Thank you we can do it willing now and not fearfully later. Be Lord of all today. May it be more than words for us to hear, but may it be the reality of our heart today and always. Amen.
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