Prayer Thoughts for the Heart

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The word Apply means to put to a practical or a specific use. We have to learn to Apply knowledge and wisdom to our problems, so we can solve them. But we can only Apply what we have stored up in our mind and heart.

The Psalms remind us that we should Apply our hearts to wisdom and we must seek it diligently as it doesn’t automatically come to us. When we understand this and know that it is a treasure that the Lord gives out of His mouth and it is laid up for the righteous, then it is ours for the taking.

We are also to cry out for His knowledge, wisdom, and understanding, as well as seeking it as eagerly as we would seek silver and gold.

Receiving the goodness of God starts when we learn the fear of God, which is when we develop a deep reverence for Him. Reverence means we will have a deep respect and a thankful heart towards Him. The fear of God, according to scripture, is the beginning of wisdom.

Our attitude will be one of deep awesomeness as we will want to praise and worship Him for His worthiness, faithfulness and holy love.

True wisdom is taught by God because it is in His Word and it means to justify God and not ourselves. To justify God is for us to agree with Him about who He says He is and that His Word is truth.

The wise person will Apply his heart to godly understanding and wisdom, and knows that it is on ongoing process. We will definitely have to spend time in the Scriptures so to build our knowledge, line upon line and precept upon precept.

The scriptures have some things to say about a person who thinks they are wise and don’t need godly wisdom. This is self-conceit, self-importance, and self-exaltation. Overestimation of self can close the door to godly wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, which teaches us a true picture of how we are to see ourselves.

Our friends and family and strangers are watching when we least expect it and what they see will impress them in some way. Will it be in a wise way or ………………..?

Be diligent about learning and then storing godly wisdom in your heart because only then will you have the knowledge of knowing what to Apply, and how to Apply it, and then be quick to Apply it when it is needed.

“Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips” (Proverbs 22:17-18 NIV).

Give yourself a checkup and find out which Track you are on and which Track is the best one to be on when you want certain results.

Are you on the Right Track today or the Wrong Track? Are you on the Slow Track or the Coasting Track? Are you on the Fast Track or the Don’t Care Track?

You really should be on the Track that is going to help you know what God has planned for you each day, and then you can know that you are on the Right Track.

The Coasting Track can be a Track that you get on and just have a pity Party, but it can be the time you can pray, reflect on God’s wisdom that you need at that moment. Also, the Slow Track can be a good time to take inventory, reflect on helping others, taking time to be with your family, and to have some slow down time.

Get off of the Don’t Care Track the moment that you find that you are on it. Satan wants you to stay there day after day, but don’t do it. Be very careful to never get on the Wrong Track because it will only take you the wrong way.

At all times you need to be on the Right Track and this will take some help from God’s Word. This is how you will build you faith, your Christian faith. It is what gives you what it takes to trust in God, as trusting conquers fear, doubt, anxiety, discouragement, and the impossible.

A trusting faith, which is found on the Right Track, is what will build courage and confidence. These will determine your level of obedience. This is where you learn that to obey is pleasing to God and brings many blessings, like love, joy, and peace that will surpass all understanding.

You may need to get on the Fast Track some time, but be very careful it can take you where you might not want to go. It is hard to get off of the Fast Track and it is difficult to make fast decisions on the Fast Track.
Godly wisdom is found on the Right Track and will keep you on the Right Track, going in the right direction, at the right speed and doing the right things.

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make you paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV).

We all get excited when we think of someone giving us a gift. A gift is something we give to show love, friendship, make a person laugh or to give comfort.

The words gift or gifts appear in the Scripture approximately 65 times. It describes many kinds of gifts. Some are good, some helpful, some needful, some interesting and some are expensive.

Scripture says we have been given spiritual gifts for the work of the ministry of Christ. We have been given the gift of the Holy Spirit, the gift of justification, the gift of salvation, the gift of eternal life, and the gift of grace. But the best gift of all is the gift of Jesus Christ.

Give the gift of praise and thanksgiving to God for His Gift of Gifts.

“Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift” (2 Corinthians 9:15).

Prayer Thought: Thanksgiving Day comes but once a year and it is a wonderful time to enjoy delicious food and good fellowship with family and friends. And don’t forget to take some time to be sincerely thankful for what you have.

Thank God for His blessings and the help you have received from others. Also, be sure and be thankful for all our Service men and women, who are far away from family and putting their lives on the line each day.

We must pause and give thanks, because a thankful heart is a loving heart and a loving heart is a joyful heart and a grateful heart knows the true meaning of the peace of God. Knowing this, should produce a wonderful day of thanksgiving on Thanksgiving Day and on each day of the year.

Please remember to be thankful for God’s greatest gift to all mankind, His Son Jesus Christ. God has also given us the earth and all it beauty and goodness. These should bring gladness and thanks to our lips, as well as praise and worship and the deepest heartfelt gratitude. Your overflowing heart should verbalize your thanksgiving loud, and clear, and often.

If happiness puts a song in your heart, then it stands to reason that remembering God’s goodness with thanksgiving will also put a song in your heart.

Worship and praise singing is a way of showing God we have a thankful heart. What are you thankful for? Name them one by one and you will be surprised at how rich you are in blessings from God, your family, and friends.

Our life is a circle of love from God, to God, and then reaching out with His love to others. Let our thanksgiving to God be spontaneous and a wonderful expression from your heart. Also help others to have a Thanksgiving Day that only you can help provide.

The Book Stores, the Libraries, and even our own shelves at home are full of How to Books. No matter what we start to do, we usually decide to go to the book store and see if we can find a How to Book for our new project.

There are How to Books on building a house and decorating a house. Some books on fashion design and wood working. Some books on landscaping and planting a garden. Some books on weight loss and exercising. We could make this list longer and longer.

However, the How to Book we all need most, and need to spend time searching through, is the bestselling book of all times, the How to Book on Christian Living, The Bible.

The information in the Bible, covers every area of a person’s life, and their relationship to God, and to other people. The information is to help us live a godly life.

If you have a copy of the Holy Bible, you have a treasure chest that is overflowing and waiting for you to take out the gift of salvation with eternal life. Then take out the pearls of wisdom and all the golden characteristics of God, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

The Bible has many books in one book. Included are books of poetry, history, sermons, prophecy, evangelism, romance and much more. These all have something in them that God wants to teach us.

Below is a list that can be helpful as we live our daily routines of life.

1. Let the mind of Christ be in you, Philippians 2:5.
2. Grow in grace and knowledge, 2 Peter 3:18.
3. Overcome evil with Good, Romans 12:21.