PROTECT YOUR HEART

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PROTECT YOUR HEART  Proverbs 4:20-27 Devotional:- “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life” (V. 23) NLT      Everyone is born with a strength capable of rising to greatness. In every growing child is a seed of greatness. It is this strength that makes the youth so creative and energetic. That is why each young person looks at the future with great hope. The enemy tries to destroy this strength. As strong as many started in life, not many could strike the chord of success because their strength was destroyed.

LONELINESS

LONELINESS          

I King 19:1-10
Devotional:- “So he said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life” (V. 10) NKJV

    There is a common saying that “everything that has advantages also has disadvantages”. For example, one of the adverse effects of technological development in the world today is loneliness. The development we have in technology is fantastic but it is making us become far from one another. For example, since you can connect with a friend or relative on the telephone, you don’t need to see him/her again. We don’t have to go to the cinema houses before we can enjoy a good movie; it can be watched in individual homes on television. This has become what is greatly contending with our time, faith, and relationship with family, friends and God. Most movies keep you indoors for five hours or more. But all of these cannot replace the joy of being together with our loved ones.

If you are feeling lonely today, for one reason or the other, there is a way out. Please know that Jesus felt so when He was on the Cross (Mathew 27: 46). So also did Elijah the man of God we read about today. You need to be out of the situation soon. Loneliness can destroy your self-esteem and make you feel like nobody cares. It can make life look miserable. It could make a man begin to act wickedly against himself and it can open the door of oppression from the devill/ 

During such challenge, always remember the promise of Jesus to always be with you (Mathew 28:20). See Him around you always in your mind by faith, whether you are sleeping or awake. The Holy Spirit also lives in you and God the Father always watches over you. You can’t have the triune God with you and still feel lonely. You only need to communicate in the Spirit. One of the ways is by making melodies in your heart to God (Ephesians 5: 19). Anytime you are praising God, the host of heaven will always join you in singing the choruses (Psalm 22:3, Hebrew 12:22). Hear them with the ear of the Spirit. Always see Jesus beside you standing to follow you everywhere you go. Always be conscious of the angels of God around you singing and praying with you. They carry your prayers and songs to God’s presence as sacrifices and supplications. Don’t forsake the gathering of God's children (Hebrew 10:25). Then you will begin to enjoy great company and peace.

PRAYER: LORD, HELP ME TO CARRY THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF YOUR PRESENCE ALWAYS.

“WHEN GOD IS WITH YOU, THERE ARE INNUMERABLE COMPANIES WITH YOU”

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