Category: Giving God Our Whole Heart

Jeremiah 29:13 (NKJV) 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

With all your heart. With your whole heart.

In our relationship with God, these two phrases are more important for us to understand than most of us realize.

Numerous times throughout God’s Word, we are instructed to seek Him with all our heart and to love Him with our whole heart.

Deuteronomy 6:5 (NKJV) 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.

His desire is that we put Him above all else.

But do we?

As humans, it can be challenging to do this consistently unless we determine in our hearts and make a conscious, sincere effort to do so.

If we could get this one thing right, to put Him above all else, our lives would change drastically!

Our walk with God would grow exponentially. The way we interact with people would change. The way we see everything about our lives would be forever altered.

Our heart would begin to desire the things of God more than the things of the world.

Our attitude would change.

Our outlook on life would change.

Our habits would change.

Our language would change.

Our circle of friends would change.

How we spend our money would change.

The things we participate in would change.

The things we watch and listen to would change.

We would stop gossiping.

We would put down our phones and pick up our Bibles.

We would learn to forgive.

And the list can go on to be quite lengthy.

But not one of us can experience any of this if we don’t make the effort.

It will not happen simply by us wanting it to.

It all starts when we take the first step, and we trust God to lead us into the second step, the third step, and so on.

Today is that day; the day to start.

You will never regret it.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Jeremiah 24:7 (NKJV) 7 Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.

The people of Israel have a long history of heart problems. And this does not refer to a medical condition.

The Israelites have spent much of the last several centuries being chastened by God for their behavior.

God has shown them great favor by intervening on their behalf in situations that would have meant certain death for their entire civilization.

He rescued them. And in return He asked only for their wholehearted dedication and love.

The people of Israel were always quick to promise Him all of what He asked for.

And then just as quick to betray Him by worshiping idols of metal, wood, stone, or anything else they could find to fabricate a god from.

And then along came Jesus, the long-awaited Messiah; God in the flesh who laid down His life for humanity.

And the Jews once again grieved God by rejecting Him.

And why did this happen?

Because their hearts were hard; prone to practicing rituals and traditions instead of allowing God to soften and shape their hearts into what and who He wanted them to be.

As followers of Christ, we must also do the same; be cautious to allow God to keep our hearts soft and pliable.

We need to listen for His voice, and heed what we hear Him say.

And we must guard our hearts against anything that tries to put distance or enmity (hostility, animosity, friction) between us and our God.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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