OPEN YOUR HEART (receive God’s love) 4-11-17 VIDEO Gods radical love
God’s love is there but your heart must open up. Pharisees couldn’t receive Jesus- Not that He didn’t like them or love them but their hearts were closed to Him. God didn’t harden Pharaoh’s heart- Pharaoh did- God knew His heart condition and all Pharaoh had to do was listen to what Moses was saying. Power in words with a heart open to God. Being right is not as important as an open heart to God. A leader with an open heart can be moved by God.
1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols (false gods) — [from anything and everything that would occupy the place in your heart due to God, from any sort of substitute for Him that would take first place in your life]. Amen (so let it be). AMP
Prov 4:23 Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. AMP
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Prov 4:23 So above all, guard the affections of your heart, for they affect all that you are. Pay attention to the welfare of your innermost being, for from there flows the wellspring of life. Passion
John 5:42 But I know you and recognize and understand that you have not the love of God in you.
43 I have come in My Father’s name and with His power, and you do not receive Me [your hearts are not open to Me, you give Me no welcome]; but if another comes in his own name and his own power and with no other authority but himself, you will receive him and give him your approval. AMP
Matt 13:15 For this nation’s heart has grown gross (fat and dull), and their ears heavy and difficult of hearing, and their eyes they have tightly closed, lest they see and perceive with their eyes, and hear and comprehend the sense with their ears, and grasp and understand with their heart, and turn and I should heal them. AMP
Prov 15:15 All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances]. AMP
Prov 15:13 A cheerful heart brings a smile to your face; a sad heart makes it hard to get through the day. MSG
Prov 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life. AMP
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Prov 13:12 Unrelenting disappointment leaves you heartsick, but a sudden good break can turn life around. MSG
Ps 34:18 If your heart is broken, you’ll find God right there; if you’re kicked in the gut, he’ll help you catch your breath. MSG
Matt 13:11 He replied, “You’ve been given insight into God’s kingdom. You know how it works. Not everybody has this gift, this insight; it hasn’t been given to them.
12 Whenever someone has a ready heart for this, the insights and understandings flow freely. But if there is no readiness, any trace of receptivity soon disappears. MSG
Ex 8:15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was temporary relief, he made his heart stubborn and hard and would not listen or heed them, just as the Lord had said. AMP
1 Peter 3:4 rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
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SOLOMON 1 Kings 3:9 “Here’s what I want: Give me a God-listening heart so I can lead your people well, discerning the difference between good and evil. For who on their own is capable of leading your glorious people?” MSG
Ezek 36:26 I’ll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I’ll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that’s God-willed, not self-willed. MSG
Jer 17:10 But I, God, search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be.” MSG
Prov 16:2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits (the thoughts and intents of the heart). AMP
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Prov 16:2 Humans are satisfied with whatever looks good; God probes for what is good. MSG
2 Chron 6:30 Then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart You know; for You, You only, know men’s hearts, AMP
Ps 44:21 Would not God discover this? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
1 Cor 4:5 So do not make any hasty or premature judgments before the time when the Lord comes [again], for He will both bring to light the secret things that are [now hidden] in darkness and disclose and expose the [secret] aims (motives and purposes) of hearts. Then every man will receive his [due] commendation from God. AMP
Job 11:13 “Still, if you set your heart on God and reach out to him,
14 If you scrub your hands of sin and refuse to entertain evil in your home,
15 You’ll be able to face the world unashamed and keep a firm grip on life, guiltless and fearless.
16 You’ll forget your troubles; they’ll be like old, faded photographs.
17 Your world will be washed in sunshine, every shadow dispersed by dayspring.
18 Full of hope, you’ll relax, confident again; you’ll look around, sit back, and take it easy.
19 Expansive, without a care in the world, you’ll be hunted out by many for your blessing. MSG
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Heb 4:12 For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart. AMP
Job 22:22 Let him tell you what to do; take his words to heart. MSG
Ps 37:31 His heart pumps God’s Word like blood through his veins; his feet are as sure as a cat’s. MSG
Ps 119:11 I’ve banked your promises in the vault of my heart so I won’t sin myself bankrupt. MSG
Prov 3:1 MY SON, forget not my law or teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; AMP
Job 36:5 Behold! God is mighty, and yet despises no one nor regards anything as trivial; He is mighty in power of understanding and heart. AMP
Ps 5:3 In the morning You hear my voice, O Lord; in the morning I prepare [a prayer, a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart]. AMP
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Ps 5:3 At every sunrise you will hear my voice as I prepare my sacrifice of prayer to you. Every morning I lay out the pieces of my life on the altar and wait for your fire to fall on my heart. Passion
Ps 16:7 The way you counsel and correct me makes me praise you more, for your whispers in the night give me wisdom, showing me what to do next.
8 Because you are close to me and always available, my confidence will never be shaken, for I experience your wrap-around presence every moment.
9 My heart and soul explode with joy-full of glory! Even my body will rest confident and secure. Passion
Ps 45:1 My heart is on fire, boiling over with passion. Bubbling up within me are these beautiful lyrics as a lovely poem to be sung for the King! Like a river bursting its banks, I’m overflowing with words, spilling out into this sacred story. Passion
Ps 112:7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is firmly fixed, trusting (leaning on and being confident) in the Lord. AMP
Prov 14:30 A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body, but envy, jealousy, and wrath are like rottenness of the bones. AMP
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Prov 14:30 A tender, tranquil heart will make you healthy, but jealousy can make you sick. Passion
Matt 5:8 What bliss you experience when your heart is pure! For then your eyes will be open to see more and more of God. Passion
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Matt 5:8 “You’re blessed when you get your inside world — your mind and heart — put right. Then you can see God in the outside world. MSG
Matt 12:34 You offspring of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil (wicked)? For out of the fullness (the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks. AMP
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Matt 12:35 When virtue is stored within, the hearts of good upright people will produce good fruit. But when evil is hidden within, those who are evil will produce evil fruit. Passion
Matt 15:18 But what comes out of the mouth reveals the core of your heart. Words call pollute, not food. Passion
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Matt 15:18 But what comes out of the mouth gets its start in the heart. MSG
Prov 21:1 THE KING’S heart is in the hand of the Lord, as are the watercourses; He turns it whichever way He wills. AMP
Luke 1:78 Through the heartfelt mercies of our God, God’s Sunrise will break in upon us,
79 Shining on those in the darkness, those sitting in the shadow of death, Then showing us the way, one foot at a time, down the path of peace. MSG
John 13:20 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, he who receives and welcomes and takes into his heart any messenger of Mine receives Me [in just that way]; and he who receives and welcomes and takes Me into his heart receives Him Who sent Me [in that same way]. AMP
Rom 2:29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and [true] circumcision is of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal [matter]. His praise is not from men but from God. AMP
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Rom 2:29 You become a Jew by who you are. It’s the mark of God on your heart, not of a knife on your skin, that makes a Jew. And recognition comes from God, not legalistic critics. MSG
1 Cor 2:16 For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart. AMP
2 Cor 6:11 Dear, dear Corinthians, I can’t tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life.
12 We didn’t fence you in. The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren’t small, but you’re living them in a small way.
13 I’m speaking as plainly as I can and with great affection. Open up your lives. Live openly and expansively! MSG
1 John 3:20 Whenever our hearts in [tormenting] self-accusation make us feel guilty and condemn us. [For we are in God’s hands.] For He is above and greater than our consciences (our hearts), and He knows (perceives and understands) everything [nothing is hidden from Him].
21 And, beloved, if our consciences (our hearts) do not accuse us [if they do not make us feel guilty and condemn us], we have confidence (complete assurance and boldness) before God,
22 And we receive from Him whatever we ask, because we [watchfully] obey His orders [observe His suggestions and injunctions, follow His plan for us] and [habitually] practice what is pleasing to Him. AMP
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1 John 3:20 It’s also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves.
21 And friends, once that’s taken care of and we’re no longer accusing or condemning ourselves, we’re bold and free before God!
22 We’re able to stretch our hands out and receive what we asked for because we’re doing what he said, doing what pleases him. MSG