OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL >> 28TH SEPTEMBER 2022>> WEDNESDAY ODB
Our Daily Bread Devotional 28 September 2022
Our Daily Bread Today
Topic : Out of the Heart
ODB (OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL) KEY SCRIPTURE:
Out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
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ODB MESSAGE TODAY
Today’s Scripture & Insight:
A rescue mission nicknamed “Operation Noah’s Ark” might sound fun for animal lovers, but it was a nightmare for the Nassau Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. After receiving complaints about the noise and the horrid stench coming from a certain house, workers entered the Long Island home and found (and later removed) more than four hundred animals from their neglected conditions.
We may not be holding hundreds of animals in filthy conditions, but Jesus said we might be harboring evil and sinful thoughts and actions in our hearts that need to be exposed and removed.
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In teaching His disciples about what makes a person clean and unclean, Jesus said it isn’t dirty hands or “whatever enters the mouth” that defiles a person, but an evil heart (Matthew 15:17–19). The stench from our hearts will eventually leak out from our lives. Then Jesus gave examples of evil thoughts and actions that come “out of the heart” (v. 19). No amount of external religious activities and rituals can make them clean. We need God to transform our hearts.
ODB 28TH SEP 2022
We can practice Jesus’ inside-out ethic by giving Him access to the squalor of our hearts and letting Him remove what’s causing the stench. As Christ uncovers what’s coming from our hearts, He’ll help our words and actions be aligned with His desires, and the aroma from our lives will please Him.
Why is it important to take frequent inventory of your heart? How can you seek God’s help?
Loving God, my heart is desperately wicked. Only You can fully know it and remove the evil that’s in it.
For further study, read The Forgiveness of God.
