Godly Contemplation Connection with God

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Proverbs 4.23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. (NIV11) … for it determines the course of your life. (NLT) Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. (NRSV)

“The word ‘heart’ in the JewishChristian tradition refers to the source of all physical, emotional, intellectual, volitional, and moral energies. From the heart arise unknowable impulses as well as conscious feelings, moods, and wishes. The heart… is the center of perception and understanding… is the seat of the will … it makes plans and comes to good decisions. "

Thus the heart is the central and unifying organ of our personal life. [It is] not only the place where God dwells but also the place to which Satan directs his fiercest attacks, [affecting] the whole of our humanness.“ Henri Nouwen –The Way of the Heart

“[In the heart] are unfathomable depths. There are reception rooms and bedchambers in it, doors and porches, and many offices and passages. In it is the workshop of righteousness and of wickedness. The heart is Christ’s palace: there Christ the King comes to take rest… he dwells there, walking within it and placing his Kingdom there …and yet dragons and lions are there…. ~ St. Macarios of Egypt, The Kingdom of Heaven and Purity of Heart

Matthew 12.34b …For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

Proverbs 4.23 Above all else, guard your heart (with vigilance) for everything you do flows from it. Above ALL else. Guard your heart with vigilance. It affects everything.

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Godly Contemplation Connection with God

Godly Contemplation Connection with God Psalm 139:23, 24 23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Godly Contemplation Connection with God Lord where were you moving today? What things do You want me to come aware of?

What relationships, feedback, and circumstances are you using for my growth and refinement? What do I need to lay before you today?

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How’s your heart?