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Many of you who know me personally or have known of my ministry for several years know that I am not a fear-monger trying to stir things up. However, I have been feeling some very intense things in the Spirit about the next couple of months here in the United States. I am not saying that God said, but I can’t shake this feeling, so I want to share and try my best to explain it.
Those who walk intimately with the Lord may be experiencing the same things so I am sharing to also confirm what others may be feeling. When you come into a time of prayer you usually feel the expectation of something good that is about to happen or at times the sense of something coming that is wrong. The past several weeks as I pray, I feel both. What I feel in my spirit is the collision of Light and darkness.
Now I know that Light always overtakes darkness, but I’m using it only as a metaphor. I feel in my spirit that we as a nation have gone too far and judgment as a nation has been determined. I have studied revivals for several years and when God sweeps a nation with revival it happens prior to judgment or it follows judgment. I cannot say at this point which will come first, but this is where we are headed.
After the division in Israel following the reign of King Solomon, there arose many kings afterwards who did “evil in the sight of the Lord”. So God would respond by sending men like Jehu, Elijah, Elisha, Hosea, Amos, and Jonah to call the nation to repent. But when God calls a nation to repent and the people refuse how can God awaken them to their eternal judgment? The alternative is natural judgment to expose an eternal reality, men who forsake God will be eternally judged.
What is even worse is when people have had the Light before and yet reject revival. Remember the rebuke of Jesus to cities who rejected the Kingdom. “The very dust of your city which clings to us we wipe off against you. Neverthless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near you. But I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that Day for Sodom than for that city.” (Luke 10:11-12) When a people have seen the Kingdom of God in power among them and yet they turn away from Jesus, He said Sodom would come out better than you on Judgment day.
Woe to you Bible belt of the nation. Looks like we have been caught with our pants down, because we have lost the belt of truth. We have turned to our own opinions. We have filled our churches on Sunday with people, but we have filled their lives with nothing of eternal value that produces Godly change. REPENT. We have never been more successful in the natural with big bank accounts, huge facilities of worship, and we feel that our material gain is proof of God’s approval. Yet let us not forget Jesus message to Laodicea.
“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. ‘So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. ‘Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,” (Revelation 3:15-17)
America, we have seen the miracles. Our nation has been oversaturated with Christian “religious” activity. We now have messages from the Bible on the silver screen, and we have experienced devastating terror attacks and yet we remain idle and appalled by the message to repent. We say that the message of “repent” is not love, grace, or mercy. Yet the Bible proves over and over that “Repentance” is the greatest call in love that brings eternal results.
Some today believe that there is no such thing as judgment on nations anymore. Some believe this type of message calling for people to repent is legalistic and old school. However, history repeats itself and is recorded in the scriptures for our examples. What I am trying to say to you is this…it’s time to repent.
We must get our hearts right with God and with others. We must align ourselves under the cross of Calvary and allow the blood of Jesus to wash over us. We must find a secret place to pray, where we can be filled with His Spirit that will lead us through these dark days. We must also let go of racism, bitterness, un-forgiveness, and the sins against one another. We must stand in the unity of the Spirit in order to survive the darkness coming upon the nation.
Please again heed this warning and do not treat it lightly. You must be ready for eternity, because when it comes, it rains on the just and the unjust. Be ready to meet your Maker. I could go on with other things that I feel in my spirit, but I will just start with this and write some other thoughts in the days to come. Watch for the Madrid Fault Line, get stocked up with food and water, and be ready for possible lockdowns in major cities. Become a Psalm 91 people and speak those promises over your life daily. Learn to hear His voice through His word. I will write more to you in the days to come.
God’s servant,
Mark Casto
Friday, August 29, 2014
God created marriage PERIOD!
Marriage was instituted by God, He created it. Divorce and separation were created by man and allowed by God in certain situations. I listened to a sermon earlier this week that tried to tell me that divorce was instituted by God and that divorce didn't actually mean "divorce" in the Bible. I have such a hard time believing people when they try to look at the Bible, which was divinely inspired by God, as a theology or science project.
God created marriage, period. God is never changing, humans change -- we can change for better or for worse, but I hope that as a believer in Christ, you're changing for the better We all have a crazy amount to learn about our lives as a spouse, but it is oh so beautiful and worth it when we allow the Creator of the Universe to mold and mend our hearts into His good and perfect will.
Reference Used:Wonderful truth from Fierce Marriage
Rise Up
Rise Up
Though we feel discouraged
And feel we can't go on,
The pressures of life mount up
And hope is almost gone
We want so much to rise up
To that which God has called,
But very little seems to happen
Then we cry out to the Lord
'Why, O God, do I feel this way?
And why so downcast my soul?
I feel so very frustrated with life,
Wondering what the future holds'
But even though we feel this way
God truly understands,
Things don't always happen our way
To suit our man-made plans
For everything comes into place
In God's time, not our own,
For he sees much more than we
And we needn't feel alone
For in due time we shall arise
And spread our wings to soar
Above the clouds of adversity
Where we once were before
The cloak we wore of hopelessness
Is replaced with one of praise
Our hope is renewed as we rejoice
In God's mercies and His grace.
© By M.S.Lowndes
Though we feel discouraged
And feel we can't go on,
The pressures of life mount up
And hope is almost gone
We want so much to rise up
To that which God has called,
But very little seems to happen
Then we cry out to the Lord
'Why, O God, do I feel this way?
And why so downcast my soul?
I feel so very frustrated with life,
Wondering what the future holds'
But even though we feel this way
God truly understands,
Things don't always happen our way
To suit our man-made plans
For everything comes into place
In God's time, not our own,
For he sees much more than we
And we needn't feel alone
For in due time we shall arise
And spread our wings to soar
Above the clouds of adversity
Where we once were before
The cloak we wore of hopelessness
Is replaced with one of praise
Our hope is renewed as we rejoice
In God's mercies and His grace.
© By M.S.Lowndes
Outer Appearance
1 Samuel 16:7
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.
Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
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But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.
1 Peter 3:3-4
Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.
1 Timothy 2:9-10
Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.2 Corinthians 11:3But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
1 Corinthians 6:9Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
Luke 7:2525 What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are dressed in splendid clothing and live in luxury are in kings' courts.
Matthew 10:16 “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Persecution Will Come...
16 “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so bewise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Revelation 16:14
For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.Reference Used
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God Looks on the Heart
Ezekiel 36:26 - A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Psalms 51:10 - Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Ezekiel 11:19 - And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
Jeremiah 17:10 - I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.
Proverbs 4:23 - Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.
Matthew 5:8 - Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Proverbs 3:5-6 - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (Read More...)
Psalms 112:7 - He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
Hebrews 4:12 - For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Romans 2:5 - But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Acts 8:22 - Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
Psalms 34:18 - The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Romans 1:21 - Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Jeremiah 12:3 - But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
Proverbs 21:2 - Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Psalms 51:17 - The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Proverbs 16:1 - The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.
1 Timothy 1:5 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and [of] a good conscience, and [of] faith unfeigned:
Psalms 97:11 - Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
James 4:8 - Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.
Hebrews 3:10 - Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in [their] heart; and they have not known my ways.
1 Thessalonians 2:4 - But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
Ephesians 6:6 - Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
1 Samuel 16:7 - But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
Hebrews 10:22 - Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 3:8 - Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Romans 6:17 - But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Jeremiah 4:18 - Thy way and thy doings have procured these [things] unto thee; this [is] thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
Proverbs 11:20 - They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his delight.
Proverbs 6:14 - Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Exodus 4:21 - And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
2 Timothy 2:22 - Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Colossians 3:22 - Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Proverbs 5:21 - For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
Psalms 119:10 - With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Psalms 26:2 - Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
Ephesians 4:23 - And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
Ephesians 4:18 - Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
Romans 10:10 - For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:9-10 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (Read More...)
Acts 28:27 - For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Acts 16:14 - And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard [us]: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
John 12:40 - He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with [their] eyes, nor understand with [their] heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Mark 16:14 - Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
Matthew 23:26 - [Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Matthew 11:29 - Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Isaiah 6:10 - Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Ecclesiastes 9:3 - This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.
Proverbs 28:14 - Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs 14:30 - A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs 6:18 - An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Psalms 125:4 - Do good, O LORD, unto [those that be] good, and [to them that are] upright in their hearts.
Psalms 119:127 - Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Psalms 95:10 - Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation, and said, It [is] a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Psalms 94:11 - The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
Psalms 27:14 - Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalms 24:4 - He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 22:14 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Psalms 10:17 - LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
2 Chronicles 30:19 - [That] prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.
1 Kings 3:12 - Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
1 Kings 2:4 - That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
Revelation 2:23 - And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
Revelation 2:10 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Revelation 2:2 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
1 Peter 3:15 - But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
1 Peter 1:22 - Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Hebrews 3:15 - While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
1 Thessalonians 3:13 - To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
Colossians 3:10 - And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Ephesians 6:5 - Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
Romans 13:12-14 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. (Read More...)
Romans 8:27 - And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.
Acts 15:8 - And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as [he did] unto us;
Acts 13:22 - And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the [son] of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
Acts 9:1-18 - And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, (Read More...)
Acts 8:21 - Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
John 13:2 - And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's [son], to betray him;
Mark 7:21 - For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Matthew 15:18-20 - But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. (Read More...)
Matthew 12:33 - Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by [his] fruit.
Proverbs 22:11 - He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.
James 1:6 - But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Romans 8:7 - Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Romans 2:14-16 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: (Read More...)
Acts 8:36-38 - And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? (Read More...)
Acts 5:3 - But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the price of the land?
Acts 2:46 - And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
Luke 16:15 - And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Mark 10:5 - And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
Matthew 22:37 - Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Zechariah 10:7 - And [they of] Ephraim shall be like a mighty [man], and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see [it], and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
Hosea 13:6 - According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Hosea 10:2 - Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
Daniel 5:20 - But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
Ezekiel 36:25 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Ezekiel 25:15 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy [it] for the old hatred;
Ezekiel 18:31 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Psalms 51:10 - Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Ezekiel 11:19 - And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
Jeremiah 17:10 - I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.
Proverbs 4:23 - Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.
Matthew 5:8 - Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Proverbs 3:5-6 - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (Read More...)
Psalms 112:7 - He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
Hebrews 4:12 - For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Romans 2:5 - But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Jeremiah 17:9 - The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Acts 8:22 - Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
Psalms 34:18 - The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Romans 1:21 - Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Jeremiah 12:3 - But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
Proverbs 21:2 - Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Psalms 51:17 - The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Proverbs 16:1 - The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.
1 Timothy 1:5 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and [of] a good conscience, and [of] faith unfeigned:
Psalms 97:11 - Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
James 4:8 - Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.
Hebrews 3:10 - Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in [their] heart; and they have not known my ways.
1 Thessalonians 2:4 - But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
Ephesians 6:6 - Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
1 Samuel 16:7 - But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
Hebrews 10:22 - Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 3:8 - Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Romans 6:17 - But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Jeremiah 4:18 - Thy way and thy doings have procured these [things] unto thee; this [is] thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
Proverbs 11:20 - They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his delight.
Proverbs 6:14 - Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Exodus 4:21 - And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
2 Timothy 2:22 - Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Colossians 3:22 - Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Proverbs 5:21 - For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
Psalms 119:10 - With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Psalms 26:2 - Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
Ephesians 4:23 - And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
Ephesians 4:18 - Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
Romans 10:10 - For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:9-10 - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (Read More...)
Acts 28:27 - For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Acts 16:14 - And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard [us]: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
John 12:40 - He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with [their] eyes, nor understand with [their] heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Mark 16:14 - Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
Matthew 23:26 - [Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Matthew 11:29 - Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Isaiah 6:10 - Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Ecclesiastes 9:3 - This [is] an evil among all [things] that are done under the sun, that [there is] one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness [is] in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.
Proverbs 28:14 - Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs 14:30 - A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs 6:18 - An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Psalms 125:4 - Do good, O LORD, unto [those that be] good, and [to them that are] upright in their hearts.
Psalms 119:127 - Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Psalms 95:10 - Forty years long was I grieved with [this] generation, and said, It [is] a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Psalms 94:11 - The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
Psalms 27:14 - Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalms 24:4 - He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Psalms 22:14 - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
Psalms 10:17 - LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
2 Chronicles 30:19 - [That] prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.
1 Kings 3:12 - Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
1 Kings 2:4 - That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
Revelation 2:23 - And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
Revelation 2:10 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Revelation 2:2 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
1 Peter 3:15 - But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
1 Peter 1:22 - Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Hebrews 3:15 - While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
1 Thessalonians 3:13 - To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
Colossians 3:10 - And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Ephesians 6:5 - Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
Romans 13:12-14 - The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. (Read More...)
Romans 8:27 - And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to [the will of] God.
Acts 15:8 - And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as [he did] unto us;
Acts 13:22 - And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the [son] of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
Acts 9:1-18 - And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, (Read More...)
Acts 8:21 - Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
John 13:2 - And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's [son], to betray him;
Mark 7:21 - For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Matthew 15:18-20 - But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. (Read More...)
Matthew 12:33 - Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by [his] fruit.
Proverbs 22:11 - He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.
James 1:6 - But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Romans 8:7 - Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Romans 2:14-16 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: (Read More...)
Acts 8:36-38 - And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? (Read More...)
Acts 5:3 - But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the price of the land?
Acts 2:46 - And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
Luke 16:15 - And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Mark 10:5 - And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
Matthew 22:37 - Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Zechariah 10:7 - And [they of] Ephraim shall be like a mighty [man], and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see [it], and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
Hosea 13:6 - According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Hosea 10:2 - Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
Daniel 5:20 - But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
Ezekiel 36:25 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
Ezekiel 25:15 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy [it] for the old hatred;
Ezekiel 18:31 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
God can see the Big Picture Romans 8:28
“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.”(Romans 8:28, NLT)
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veryone goes through things that don’t seem to make sense. It’s easy to get discouraged and wonder, “Why did this happen to me?” “Why did this person treat me wrong?” “Why did I get laid off?” But we have to understand, even though life is not always fair, God is fair. And, He promises to work all things together for good for those who love Him.
I believe the key word is this verse is “together.” In other words, you can’t just isolate one part of your life and say, “Well, this is not good.” “It’s not good that I got laid off.” “It’s not good that my relationship didn’t work out.” Yes, that’s true, but that’s just one part of your life. God can see the big picture. That disappointment is not the end. Remember, when one door closes, God has another door for you to walk through — a better door. Those difficulties and challenges are merely stepping stones toward your brighter future. Be encouraged today because God has a plan for you to rise higher. He has a plan for you to come out stronger. He has a plan to work all things together for your good so that you can move forward in the victory He has prepared for you!
Originally posted 2014-01-19 11:05:16.
Reference Used:http://ibibleverses.christianpost.com/bible-verses-about-devotional/god-can-see-big-picture
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