Open Your Heart

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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
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John 14:26-27 (RSV)
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“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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GOD-TRACKING IS LIVING IN GOD’S POSITIVE WORLD OF LOVE, POWER AND SOUND THINKING

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02 October 2015 

Dear God-tracker

GOD-TRACKING IS LIVING IN GOD’S POSITIVE WORLD OF LOVE, POWER AND SOUND THINKING

Discussing some of the latest scientific discoveries in cognitive neuroscience, Dr. Caroline Leaf says, 1 “The preponderance of evidence is pointing to the fact that we are wired for love (positivity) and we have to learn fear (negativity).” She goes on to point out that love represents everything that is good while fear represents everything that is evil or sinful. In other words, as human beings, we are all created with an intrinsic instinct for positive love. Fear was never wired into our beings. Fear and negativity result from forces external to our created nature.

I find this idea very interesting. Firstly, we read in the Bible that all God made was good, including man, and man was created in God’s image. In 1 John we read, “God is love.” Therefore, we’re created in the image of love. By the Holy Spirit, John goes on to say, “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.”

Secondly, sin crept into the human race when man disobeyed God. When this happened, mankind fell from God’s image of love and was exposed to fear. Satan (the serpent) lured man away from all that was positive and enduring into an environment that is negative and temporal. We see evidence of this in that God shut up the Garden of Eden to Adam. Yet, even in the curse God pronounces upon the serpent we see a glimmer of hope.

Thirdly, the good news: God, true to his word, did not abandon man to an eternity of fear but provided a way for any who would call on his name to be saved. By sending Jesus (the image of the invisible God who is love) God reconciled us back to his loving image. Jesus, who was sinless, became sin for us on the cross so that, in him, we could become the righteousness of God. As we read in Romans, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Now, I hear you say, “So what’s this got to do with God-tracking?”

Just this: all those negative emotions and destructive forces in your world, which you are suffering from today, are a direct result of the old fearful fallen nature into which you were born. But you can be freed from their influence. I am always amazed at how science catches up with the Bible. Science tells us today that fear is learned, resulting in all that is negative, but love is intrinsic and results in all that is positive. Well, the Bible says it more plainly: Perfect love casts out fear and God has not given us a spirit of fear but of love, power and a sound mind. Are you fighting with fear? Are you battling with depression, anxiety or low self-worth? Well I say to you, call on the name of Jesus and acknowledge him as Lord and Saviour, today. Do this and you will find yourself on the road to positive freedom. If you have already acknowledged Christ then stand on the truth of God’s word and confess: “I do not have a negative spirit of fear (sin, depression, anxiety, disease, poverty, depravity, low esteem…) but I do have a spirit of love, power and positive thinking. Confess: “I am a new creation in Christ. I am God’s righteousness in Christ and God will meet all my needs in Christ.” And then believe it! Only God’s love by his Word and his Spirit can truly change your negative fears into positive love.

God-tracking is living in God’s positive world of love, power & sound thinking

Keep your eyes on Jesus

Dudley

It’s all in the Book…

1 John 4:13-21

Genesis 3:15

Colossians 1:15-19

2 Corinthians 5:16-21

Romans 6:22-23

1 Dr. Caroline Leaf - http://drleaf.com/about/scientific-faqs/

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Verse of the Week

2 Timothy 1:7
God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.


Quote of the Week
A Sample of Dudley’s Fave Quotes.

“We can walk without fear, full of hope and courage and strength... waiting for the endless good which God is always giving as fast as He can get us to take it in.” --- George Macdonald  


Don’t Give Up, Look Up!
Look up and Fix Your Eyes on Jesus!

Your love is the positive force in my life, turning my negative world into a world of wonder and joy

Pray
“My Lord, thank you so much for sending Jesus as your image of love to atone for my sins. Today I confess Jesus as Lord and Saviour and I confess that you are my source and resource in life. Your love is all I need! Your love drives out all my fears. Your love is the positive force in my life, turning my negative world of fear into a world of wonder and joy. I claim the promises of your word (which are all a big fat positive AMEN, in Christ) and stand on the fact of your healing, provision and deliverance of all my fears and worries. You are my Lord and I love you with all my heart. Amen.”

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