|
More Poems & Stories >>
Give Me Your Heart
Give Me your heart
"…for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7b)
"My son, give Me thine heart." (Proverbs 23:26)
A "willing" heart (Exodus 35:5)—which acts spontaneously and gladly, not out of necessity.
A "perfect" heart (1 Chronicles 29:9)—sincere, genuine, upright.
A "tender" heart (2 Chronicles 34:27)—yielding and pliable, the opposite of hard and stubborn.
A "broken" heart (Psalm 34:18)—sorrowing over all failure and sin.
A "united" heart (Psalm 86:11)—all the affections centered on God.
An "enlarged" heart (Psalm 119:32)—delighting in every part of Scripture, and loving all God's people.
A "sound" heart (Proverbs 14:30)—right in both doctrine and practice.
A "merry" heart (Proverbs 15:15)—rejoicing in the Lord always.
A "pure" heart (Matthew 5:8)—hating all evil.
An "honest and good heart" (Luke 8:15)—free from deceit and hypocrisy, willing to be searched through and through by the Word.
A "single" heart (Ephesians 6:5)—desiring only God's glory.
A "true" heart (Hebrews 10:22)—genuine in all its dealings with God.
Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do. “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” (Proverbs 4:23)
(Arthur W. Pink)
More Poems & Stories >>
|
|
