I JUST LOVE DRINKING WATER. WATER IS VERY GOOD FOR YOU. IT’S REFRESHING…IT’S HYDRATING…IT REPLENISHES. OUR BODY CANNOT PROPERLY FUNCTION WITHOUT IT. REGULAR TAP WATER FRESH OUT OF THE FAUCET IS USUALLY NOT THAT SAFE TO DRINK. UNFILTERED TAP WATER HAS BACTERIA AND SOMETIMES PARASITES LURKING IN IT. YUCK RIGHT?
REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN WE DID NOT HAVE BOTTLED WATER AND WE HAD TO BOIL WATER TO MAKE IT SAFE TO DRINK AND COOK WITH? I REMEMBER BEING TAUGHT TO MAKE SURE THE WATER COMES TO A FULL BOIL ON HIGH HEAT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES SO ALL THE IMPURITIES IN THE WATER COULD BOIL OUT. AFTER THAT PROCESS I WAS TAUGHT THE WATER WOULD BE PURIFIED AND SAFE TO DRINK. YOU SEE AS MUCH AS WATER IS GOOD FOR YOU, IT MUST BE AT IT’S HEALTHIEST STATE IN ORDER TO BENEFIT YOU. CONTAMINATED WATER IS TOXIC AND CAN MAKE YOU VERY SICK.
THE BIBLE INSTRUCTS US TO GUARD OUR HEART FOR OUT OF IT FLOWS THE ISSUES OF LIFE. IMAGINE YOUR MOUTH BEING A FAUCET AND YOUR HEART THE GROUNDWATER SOURCE. ANYTHING COMING STRAIGHT OUT OF YOUR MOUTH FROM YOUR HEART UNFILTERED MEANING WITHOUT JESUS AND THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN BE VERY TOXIC. WITHOUT A PURIFIED HEART WE CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS TO THOSE AROUND US. IMPURE MOTIVES, TOXIC WORDS, AND BEHAVIOR ARE INEVITABLE AND CAN BRING DEATH TO A PERSON. HOWEVER, WORDS AND ACTIONS FROM A PURE HEART WILL BRING LIFE.
LET’S TAKE INVENTORY OF OUR HEART AND OUR MOTIVES TODAY. LET’S BE ENCOURAGED TO BE LEAD BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD. THE BIBLE SAYS TO BE CARNALLY MINDED IS DEATH BUT TO BE SPIRITUALLY MINDED IS LIFE AND PEACE. IN ORDER TO HAVE GOD’S PEACE WE MUST COME TO A FULL BOIL. THE BIBLE ALSO SAYS BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD. SOME OF US ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AND LOOKING FOR GOD BUT WE WON’T SEE HIM IN OUR LIFE UNTIL OUR HEARTS COME TO A FULL BOIL AND ARE PURIFIED. A FULL BOIL WILL BURN OUT SICKNESS AND DISEASE BRINGING HEALING AND WHOLENESS. A FULL BOIL WILL BURN OUT ANGER AND OFFENSE AND BRING LOVE AND FORGIVENESS. A FULL BOIL WILL BURN OUT LAZINESS AND BRING OUT DILIGENCE. A FULL BOIL WILL BURN OUT DIVISION AND DISCORD AND BRING UNITY AND LOVE. A FULL BOIL WILL BURN OUT ALL TOXINS OF THE HEART AND BRING HEALTH AND PURITY.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALLOW THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BRING OUR HEARTS TO A FULL BOIL AND BURN OUT ALL IMPURITIES. WE HAVE WORK TO DO TODAY IN THE MARKETPLACE AND IN MINISTRY. WE HAVE DECISIONS TO MAKE. WE HAVE PEOPLE WE WILL COME IN CONTACT WITH WHO NEED A TOUCH FROM GOD THROUGH US. DON’T YOU WANT TO BE HEALTH TO SOMEONE? DON’T YOU WANT TO BE SAFE AND NOT CONTAMINATED MAKING OTHERS SICK WHO COME IN CONTACT WITH YOUR UNPURIFIED MOUTH AND HEART? DON’T YOU WANT TO BE HEALTHY FOR YOURSELF? DON’T YOU WANT TO BE REFRESHING TO SOMEONE? WE ARE THE HOPE OF THE WORLD THROUGH CHRIST JESUS. WE HAVE GOD’S KINGDOM TO BUILD SO WE MUST LIVE FULLY BOILED AND PURIFIED. IT TAKES FAITH WITH WORKS AND WE CAN DO THIS WITH THE HELP OF THE LORD!
PRAYER: GOD I HONOR YOUR GREAT NAME TODAY. YOU ARE GOOD! SHOW ME AREAS IN MY HEART THAT ARE UGLY. EXPOSE ME TO ME. HEAL MY HEART LORD. I TAKE MY HEART AND PLACE IT OVER THE FIRE OF YOUR HOLY SPIRIT TODAY SO I MAY OPERATE WITH A FULLY BOILED PURIFIED HEART FOR YOUR GLORY AND FOR YOUR HONOR. AMEN
SCRIPTURES:
Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)
23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
Psalm 51:10 (NIV)
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 24:3-4 (AMP)
3 Who may ascend onto the [a]mountain of the Lord? And who may stand in His holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to what is false, Nor has sworn [oaths] deceitfully.
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