![]() Read James 4, verse 8, “ Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Yet again another awesome benefit of maintaining a pure heart, can be seen in James, where it states, “Draw near to Jesus & HE will draw near to you. Read the Psalm 24, verses 3 to 4, “ Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false, and does not swear deceitfully.”ħ. King David says, with clean hands & pure heart, you can go to HIS presence & stand in HIS presence (ascend the Hill of the Lord). Thus, “ if you take care to maintain a clean heart, you can see GOD, can gain permission to be in HIS presence.“Ħ. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” This is from Mathew 5, verse 8. What you are as a root, not visible to others, but God is very significant and is as visible as a branch.ĥ. What is in your heart is not known to others, it’s a secret chamber which only God knows. If you take care of your heart, you can stay away from adultery. Lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Mathew 5, verse 27 to 28 says, “ You shall not commit adultery.” But I say to you that every one who looks at a womanĤ. When any desire is pursued with greater importance than walking in Gods ways, is adulterous. Before physical adultery takes place, adultery happens in the heart. Read again the latter part of the last biblical reference. Thus if you take care of your heart, you can also have a clean body. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a man“ģ. Matthew 15, verse 18 to 19 says, “ What comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart. Thus people would like your conversations. Your words, your vocabulary, what you speak becomes good & wholesome, if you take care of your heart. Here in this case, David’s Dad & his brothers had decided to ignore him totally ignoring him from the feast when Prophet Samuel had visited their home.Ģ. Why getting chosen by GOD is important? If you are chosen by God, no wall, no hindrance can block your progress, you can even forget envious and jealous friends and relations. So if you want to reach your destiny, your full potential, to be chosen by GOD, take good care of your HEART, maintain it pure. Truly, God does not see what man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart. But the person you notices the differences is HIM, the almighty.ġ. In 1 Samuel, verse 7, we read, “The LORD told Samuel, “Don’t look at His appearance or his height, for I’ve rejected him. It’s like the glass of water – the glass with the impure tap water and the glass with the pure bottled water would just look the same. Similarly often, whether your heart is pure or impure, others may not discern any difference. It is only heeding to the warning and experience of others, which guides one to continually decide in favor of pure mineral or distilled drinking bottled water. While one glass of water may give ongoing refreshing, the other can result is frequent toilet visits. In many cases, both glasses of water may look similar & even taste similar, but the difference is felt after a day or so. While a glass of water which is not a bottled mineral water may look identical to a glass tap water, what follows can be a different experience, which is regretted. Drinking anything else is generally associated with risking various sickness including diarrhea. Pure items are in demand & are treasured.Ĭonsider drinking water, although water may be available in plenty, when visiting many cities and villages, you are cautioned to drink only bottled mineral water or distilled water. Time and efforts needs to be put to transform items, be it gold, silver, water, or even a human heart into a state of purity. ![]() To transform them into purity requires time and effort. We come across impure items naturally in nature. Pure gold, pure silver is valued more and desired more.
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