Open Your Heart

 GodTracker 976

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“Be encouraged to seek the Lord’s healing. Then pray for someone to speak to and open your heart without reserve.”

Luke 6:45
For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

Pete had been bottling up his anxieties for some time. He’d suffered an emotional breakdown and, though he’d moved on from the situation, he’d never really talked about it. Pete found it very difficult to open up so he prayed for an opportunity to offload his concerns on someone who would be unbiased and understanding. That day arrived over a cup of coffee with a good friend. Pete emptied his heart. His friend listened. Somehow, Pete did not receive much advice from his friend but by simply talking his problems through he was relieved. The healing had begun.

Talk therapy is for anyone who's going through a bad time or has emotional problems they need help with. For many adults, it may be the same as or more effective than medication. Talking can help an individual gain a better understanding of their emotions, identify roadblocks and obstacles and overcome anxieties and insecurities.

God’s word exhorts us to confess our sins (or anxieties) to one another. The Holy Spirit is called our counsellor. He is the One who knows our thoughts and our anxieties. We are encouraged to cast our cares on him because he cares for us. Ultimately, when I talk with a friend, the Lord is in our company. Therefore, he hears my heart as I share my thoughts. And the Lord is the Healer.

So, if you can relate to Pete in our story today, be encouraged to seek the Lord’s healing. Then pray for someone to speak to and open your heart without reserve.”.

God-tracking is opening your heart.

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James 5:16
1 Peter 5:7
John 14:26-27 (RSV)
Exodus 15:26

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“I pray for an opportunity to offload my thoughts on a friend who will love me and listen to me without passing judgement.”

“Dear God, I have been bottling up these feelings and thoughts for too long. I believe that you know my heart and you are the healer of my soul. Your word tells me that it’s out of the abundance of my heart that my mouth speaks. So, I pray for an opportunity to offload my thoughts on a friend who will love me and listen to me without passing judgement. I cast my cares and anxieties on you now, O loving Lord, and trust you for healing. Amen.”

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What is GodTracker?
GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith. Most of what you’ll read is based upon the author’s personal experience of tracking the plans of God.

Listen to GodTracker podcasts by Dudley Anderson at, https://www.surereality.net/podcasts/

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

He is Acquainted with All Your Ways

GodTracker 976

The e-devotional to help keep you on track with God’s plans for your life.
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“You are one of a kind. God has a unique purpose for you. So, pray with the psalmist, “Search me, O God, and know my heart. And lead me in the way everlasting.”

Psalm 139:15
My frame was not hidden from you, when I was made in secret.

In his book on near-death experiences, Imagine Heaven, John Burke writes, “He alone knows who he created you to be. He alone knows what a successful life uniquely means for you, not compared to others but compared to what he had in his mind before he created anything! I believe the reason people having NDEs say, ‘I feel like I’d been here before,’ or ‘I feel like I already existed,’ is because they did exist in the mind of God, eternally.” ¹

The scripture makes it clear that you and I were already in the mind of God before we were conceived. God is omniscient, that is, he knows everything about everything. God is also eternal, which means that he encompasses space and time. Therefore, there is nothing about anything that God does not know, past present or future. He knew your name before the creation of the world. And God knows every nuance of your life, past, present and future. This is great news because it means that you, and I, can rest assured that the circumstances of our lives are wrapped up in his knowing. And if he knows all about you then you can be sure that your life will work out according to the plans he knows he has for you.

The only thing that could distort God’s plan for your life is your own choices. The one auspicious privilege that God has given mankind is free will. So today, make it your choice to follow God’s plans for your life by acknowledging him in all your ways. Scripture assures us that if we acknowledge God in our walk of life then our life’s track will line up with his eternal knowledge of us. Acknowledge God by receiving Christ as Lord and acknowledge God by renewing your mind daily through his holy word. Do this and you will track his will for your life.

You are one of a kind. God has a unique purpose for you. He is acquainted with all your ways. So, pray with the psalmist, “Search me, O God, and know my heart. And lead me in the way everlasting.”

God-tracking is knowing he is acquainted with all your ways.

¹ Imagine Heaven, John Buke, page 74. Published by Baker Books.

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Psalm 139:13-16
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
Proverbs 3:5-6
Romans 12:2

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Don’t Give Up, Look Up & Pray

“Thank you, O Lord, that you search me and known me. You are acquainted with all my ways.”

“Dear eternal God, I acknowledge Jesus as my Lord and savour and I acknowledge that you have knowledge of my whole life. I believe, because you encompass space and time, you already knew me before I was conceived. So, dear Lord, I commit all my life to you. I choose to acknowledge you in all my ways and trust that you will direct my life according to the plans you know you have for me. Thank you, O Lord, that you search me and known me. You are acquainted with all my ways. Amen.”

If you prayed that prayer today email me now at  dudley@godtracker.co.uk

HELP  keep GodTracker free.

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What is GodTracker?
GodTracker is a weekly e-mail Christian motivational thought, written by Dudley Anderson, based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith. Most of what you’ll read is based upon the author’s personal experience of tracking the plans of God.

Listen to GodTracker podcasts by Dudley Anderson at, https://www.surereality.net/podcasts/

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.