Bible Verse of The Day – 7-6-20

Matthew 22:37 (NKJV) 37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

This is the foundation of our walk with God.

If we can get this right, everything else will fall into place in time, as we “work out our salvation with fear and trembling”.

Today I spent some time doing yard work. As I pushed the lawn mower, I spent time talking to and listening to God.

I was sharing with Him about my concern for the state of the bride of Christ. She is, to put it bluntly, a mess.

This has been slowly happening over the last 50 years, as self-absorption and so many false teachings have crept in and taken hold.

At one point today, as I pushed the mower and conversed with God, my eyes began to well up with tears as the enormity of the situation began to hit me and the compassion of God’s spirit took over.

Church, this is a serious matter.

The bride has lost her discernment for spiritual things. She is falling prey to so many of the wiles of the enemy that it is almost inconceivable.

It’s tough to say this, and even tougher for people to admit to it, but we are not loving God with all of our heart, soul and mind if our discernment has become so dull.

This is the very thing that Jesus scolded the people for in this verse:

Luke 12:56 (NKJV) 56 Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?

It’s important that we understand what Jesus died for. It was to set us free from sin and death. And to give us the privilege of a one-on-one relationship with the Father… the Creator of all we see.

But it’s up to us to take advantage of that opportunity, that privilege.

This is not a message to scold. This is a message to say “God has given us such an opportunity, that we should not miss out on that opportunity nor take it lightly”.

The cares of the world are very powerful. They can take up every waking hour of our thoughts and our efforts, unless we make a conscious effort to prevent that from happening.

So, let’s start working to make our walk with God our very first priority, every single day.

Let’s let Him teach us, shape us and mold us, so we don’t run the risk of being the hypocrites that Jesus spoke about in the verse above, lacking the discernment to see and understand the signs of the times.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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