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Hey guys, I just want to start with good things are happening today. Good things are coming your way. I feel it so strongly in my spirit. And I just want to read over you Romans 8:28. It says, “And we know that he causes all things to work together for our good,” and it goes on to say, “remain faithful and in love with him.”

That last part right there, “remain faithful and in love with him,” is so important and so powerful. And I believe it is one of the keys of just life in general. I have been recently in this process of looking to the Lord and just being like, okay, things don’t look good in this situation, but I’m in love with you, and I just want to see your face. And guys, that has been transformative to my view on life in general. And so I just want to encourage you today that whatever it looks like, if things are messy, if things are not going how you planned, remain faithful and in love with Him, because good things are happening. And I promise you that remaining faithful and looking at the Lord’s face, you will see, you will begin to see things in today that are beautiful and lovely and good over your life.

And so I just want to pray for you. I just thank you, Lord, for your goodness and that you work all things together, no matter what they are, you are working for our good and you love us so much. And so, we choose and we stand today, and we say, God, we love you and we are in it with you. And we just thank you for your presence. And I just pray over anybody today who feels like there is hope deferred, that you would just bring your hope and bring your goodness and your light into their lives, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

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Love God with all your heart

The heart in Hebrew is called “levav” or “lev”. And though Biblical writers already knew the literal meaning of the heart, which is one of the body’s organs, they use “lev” in many different and significant ways.

Ancient Israel had no concept of the brain. Therefore, they believed the heart functions as the human’s intellectual activity. So, they talked of “knowing with our hearts.” And through it, we understand and make connections. The Book of Proverbs presented that wisdom dwells in our hearts, and we use it to discern what is right and wrong.

Thus, the heart is where we think and our aid in perceiving the world.

Moreover, the heart is also the place of our emotions. Just like when Hannah felt pain in the heart when she could not bear any children. In fact, the phrase “broken heart” comes from biblical Hebrew. Similarly, the heart is also responsible for joy. In Hebrew, to be happy is to be “of good heart” or to have a “heart of joy”.

Not only that, but the heart is also the center of making choices motivated by our desires. Like David, who had it in his heart to build a temple for God. Or when Nathan advised David to pursue the desires of his heart. “Whatever is in your heart, go and do it.” (2 Samuel 7:3)

So then, in the Bible, the heart is not only the generator of physical life, but it is also the center of our emotional life, intellectual life, and affections. Now, when we say we should love God with all of our hearts, it means that we are to devote our whole body and mind, its feelings and desires, along with the future and failures to the One who is King overall.

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