Sunday 2020-08-09

By Andrew Humphreys

9 August 2020

How to keep my heart soft

1. To keep my heart soft I need to receive God's Love
1 John 4:10 "This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins."

2. To keep my heart soft I need to receive God's healing
Malachi 4:2: But for You who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays."

3. To keep my heart soft I need to continually humble myself
Revelation 4 "...the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

4. To keep my heart soft I need to God's ways
Hebrews 3:10 "That is why I was angry with that generation; I said, 'Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.’"

5. To keep my heart soft I need to obey God's directions
1 Samuel 15:22 "But Samuel replied: "Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord?
To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than fat of rams.