My Heart, His Altar

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. - Hebrews 10:22 ESV

In the Old Testament, altars were physical places where sacrifices were made, and people connected with God. Because of the intimate relationship we now have with God through Jesus Christ today, our hearts are to be the spiritual altars where we offer ourselves in devotion and worship to the Lord.

Just as the priests in the Old Testament would prepare the altar with care and reverence, we too are called to prepare our hearts. Hebrews 10:22 encourages us to draw near to God with a true heart, symbolizing sincerity and faithfulness. Our hearts are sprinkled clean from an evil conscience, indicating that through Jesus’ sacrifice, we are purified and made holy.

Our daily lives are filled with moments that can either draw us closer to God or pull us away. When we treat our hearts as altars, we intentionally create space for God’s presence. This means nurturing our relationship with Him through prayer, worship, and reading His Word. It also means being mindful of what we allow into our hearts…guarding against negativity and sin (See Proverbs 4:23).

By intentionally cultivating a heart devoted to God, you’ll experience His presence more deeply and reflect His light more brightly to the world around you. Trust in His transforming power and find peace in knowing that your heart is a cherished altar before the Lord.

Today, spend a few minutes in prayer, asking God to help you treat your heart as an altar. Seek His guidance in purifying your thoughts and intentions and dedicate this day to worshiping Him in all you do.

Cry Out for Revival

A CRY FOR REVIVAL – Psalm 85:1-13

We need the LORD! We need to recognize our need for the LORD. We need to see where we are, is far from heaven. We need to be uncomfortable in a place so filled with sin and wickedness. We need to recognize our need of salvation that doesn’t come through a politician, laws, or congress. We need salvation that doesn’t come from economic systems. We need salvation that doesn’t come from a superior military. We need salvation from our sins and that only comes from the LORD!

We don’t need to pray petty, selfish, and prideful prayers that are so full of ourselves that we can’t clearly see the LORD. We are tired of pastors who limit the Grace of God to call out for revival to happen in “their” church, “their” tribe, “their” corner. They must not know how much we all need the forgiveness and Grace of God! Their pride of place is a stench on all of us. We desperately need the full repentance of all the people! We desperately need every bible believing, gospel teaching, Lord glorifying church to be awakened and calling lost sinners to repentance!

Oh, that we would get on our faces, tear our clothes, fall down, and ask God to awaken His people as only He can! We must not be prideful, lofty, or arrogant in our prayers! We must recognize ourselves as the beggars we are! We must recognize how awful our situation is. We must see an apathetic people and call them to a righteous response to the LORD! We must seek the Lord to work in HIS church!

No more idolatry! No more selfishness! No more pride of place! No more hypocrisy! No more arrogance! No more secret sins! We don’t have time or room for that nonsense! We must seek Yeshua…Now!

PRAYER

Father, awaken your people Oh Lord! We desperately need you in this hour! We need you to awaken slumbering saints and bring dead hearts to life. Our nation needs You to breathe revival more than ever! We have heard of how You have moved in the past and we pray that You would move in our generation! Strip us of our pride and anything that keeps us from worshipping You! We are desperate for You to do what only You can do! We long for You! We wait on You! It must be from You! In Yeshua’s Name, Amen.

You Are Blessed!

And blessed are you, blessed are all of you, when people persecute you or denigrate you or despise you or tell lies about you on My account. Matthew 5:11 VOICE

When one think of the word blessed, many times it’s associated with what a person possesses, for example, material things. So, the question can be asked, if someone does not possess great earthly wealth or abundance in material things, does it mean they are not blessed?

In Matthew 5, we read the beatitudes and what or who Jesus considers as blessed. It goes against the culture, the norm of what or who we consider blessed. Blessed is when you are in God, when you are aligned with His will and purpose. Blessed is when you have gain spiritual gifts, like the fruit of the spirit. Blessed is when you know you are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Blessed is when you know you are connected to the vine. Blessed is when you dwell in the secret place of the Most High and are covered under the shadow of the Almighty wings. Things here on earth are temporal, but the things of God are eternal and cannot be taken away. 

If you are being persecuted, insulted, falsely accused or all manner of evil is being spoken against you for His (Christ) names’ sake, you may find yourself with questions. What have I done? Where is this coming from? Did I wrong someone? You probably may not have done any of the above but simple because of whose you are, because you are a child of God, you can find these things happening to you. If this is happening to you, it’s an indication that you are right where you are supposed to be, in God, in right fellowship with God. It means you have been identified with Christ, the One who gave His life for you. That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; Philippians 3:10 KJV.

There is no need to worry, fear or even feel bad about what you are experiencing.  If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said unto you, the servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. John 15:19-21 KJV

Be glad and exceedingly joyful, for your reward in heaven is great [absolutely inexhaustible]; for in this same way, they persecuted the prophets who were before you, Matthew 5:12. AMP. Not only the prophets, but Christ himself faced the same things. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world, John 16:33 KJV.

So, remember, when you are persecuted, insulted, falsely accused or you are evil spoken of, for the sake of Jesus Christ, do as the scripture say, rejoice and be exceedingly glad for you have been identified with Christ and a great reward awaits you!