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Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Matthew 5:8 (NIV) 

Pure In Heart 

What will help or hinder your ability to see my activity in the world around you? What will you do if you want to live and walk in an intimate relationship with me? If I want to live and walk in an intimate relationship with you I must decide to walk away from the world and all its evil. How will you do that? I will make a choice. I will separate myself from what will certainly try to entangle me in the world’s sin and evil. I will not go where I should not go. I will not do what I should not do. I will choose to live a life that will not stain my heart and mind with sin and evil. Does that seem possible to you? Isn’t sin and evil everywhere you turn in the world around you? Yes, it is and at one time I was completely enslaved to sin and evil in the world. I went where I should not have gone. I did what I should not have done. I lived a life seeking all the comfort and pleasure that the world had to offer me. I lived entirely to please myself. I was on a dark path walking away from you. What happened? How was your course changed? My life had become bruised and battered and broken by the self-centered, self-indulgent, self-sufficient way I was living. I began to suffer the wages of my sinful, evil life. In my pain, I cried out to you. I asked you to show yourself to me. I told you that I wanted to turn away from my sinful life to live a new life in you. You rescued me from a life without you. You pulled me off the dark and dreary path I was on. You set my feet on solid ground and allowed me to follow you. You did show yourself to me. You showed me your love, forgiveness and mercy. You forgave me of my sin and cleansed me of all my unrighteousness. You broke the power of sin over my life. You gave me a new heart and mind. What kind of heart and mind was that? You gave me a heart and mind to want to love, follow and serve you. You made wanting to know you to be the desire of my heart. Now, I am filled with an overpowering desire to know you. That is very good. Yes, and so I now want to walk away from the sin and evil in the world so that I can love, follow and serve you. With your strength and help I will resist sin and evil of every kind. I will draw near to you as you draw near to me. I will listen to your voice. I will see your activity. I will come to know you. I will follow you to where you lead me and do what you ask of me. I will live and walk in an intimate relationship with you. Yes, you will.  

Lord, it is the desire of my heart to know you. I want to live in an intimate relationship with you. I want to hear and see your activity in the world around me. I want to be able to know and do your will. Help me to walk closely with you every day of my life. Amen

Key Question… How are you guarding yourself from sin and evil that is in the world?

Living It Out…  Separate yourself from sin and evil in the world so that you can live and walk in an intimate relationship with the Lord.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that the Lord wants you to live and walk in an intimate relationship with Him.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how you are living and walking in an intimate relationship with the Lord.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you have a pure heart, unstained by the world, so you can live in an intimate relationship with God.

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The Pure In Heart

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Becoming Like Christ – Day 206 – Matthew 5:8 – The Pure In Heart- Growing As Disciples

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Matthew 5:8 (NIV) 

Guard Your Heart

That is exactly what I will do. What will you do? I will guard my heart and mind. It sounds like you have a very strong desire to guard your heart and mind. Yes, that is a very strong desire in me. Why is that a strong desire in you? Well, I should first say that the desire to guard my heart and mind did not originate with me. I can take no credit for this desire in me. You placed this desire in my heart and mind. You have fanned the flame of this desire within me. For that I am very thankful. Why is guarding your heart and mind so important to you? Why is guarding your heart and mind of the highest priority to you? I want to live in an intimate relationship with you. I want to hear your voice speaking to me. I want to be able to see your activity in my life and in the world around me. I don’t want to be dull of hearing. I want to be able to know and do your will. I want to be able to receive your guidance and accept your instruction. I want your favor to rest in me. I want you to use me. I want to able to accomplish your purposes and fulfill your plans.  Above all, I want to walk through life with and for you. That is very good. I have more to say. You asked another question. Yes, I did. I will listen to your answer. None of what I have just said I wanted to happen will come about if my heart and mind and life are filled with impurity. Impurity in my heart and mind and life will dull my hearing and make me uninterested and undesirous of your activity in my life. I want to live my life in tune with you. My life will do nothing but play sour notes if it is filled with impurity. That is true. I have more to say. I’m still listening. My life is under constant bombardment by the thoughts and opinions of the world. My life is also subject to being influenced by sin, the flesh and the devil. In other words, my heart and mind and life lives in a completely hostile environment. If I am not careful, if I am not watchful, If I am not diligently and continually guarding my heart it could easily become filled with impurity. That’s true. I also know that I cannot keep and guard my heart alone. To rely on my own strength alone would be foolish and ineffective. I need your help. So, what will you do to receive my help? I will draw near to you. Daily, I will meet with you in your word, in prayer and in worship. I will submit myself to you. I will resist evil of every kind. That is very good. Then evil will flee from you. Then you will have a pure heart. Then you will hear and see me today, tomorrow and forever. Thank you, Lord. 

Lord, only you can make my heart and mind pure. Only you can forgive and cleanse my heart and mind. Thank you for giving me a heart and mind that loves, follows and seeks you. Help me to continually guard my heart and mind so impurity does not enter it. Amen

Key Question… How has God used His word to guard your heart and purify your mind?

Living It Out… Guard your heart and mind so that impure thoughts do not enter it.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that the Lord will help you to guard your heart and mind.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how you are guarding your heart and mind.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you guard your heart so that impurity does not enter into it.

For today’s complete 4 page Discipleship Devotional Study Guide click here:

Becoming Like Christ – Day 206 – Matthew 5-8 – The Pure In Heart – 4 Page Discipleship Devotional Study Guide

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Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Will See God

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Discipleship Devotional Study Guide – Becoming Like Christ – Day 206 – Matthew 5:8 – Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Will See God – Growing As Disciples

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Matthew 5:8 (NIV) 

Guard Your Heart

That is exactly what I will do. What will you do? I will guard my heart and mind. It sounds like you have a very strong desire to guard your heart and mind. Yes, that is a very strong desire in me. Why is that a strong desire in you? Well, I should first say that the desire to guard my heart and mind did not originate with me. I can take no credit for this desire in me. You placed this desire in my heart and mind. You have fanned the flame of this desire within me. For that I am very thankful. Why is guarding your heart and mind so important to you? Why is guarding your heart and mind of the highest priority to you? I want to live in an intimate relationship with you. I want to hear your voice speaking to me. I want to be able to see your activity in my life and in the world around me. I don’t want to be dull of hearing. I want to be able to know and do your will. I want to be able to receive your guidance and accept your instruction. I want your favor to rest in me. I want you to use me. I want to able to accomplish your purposes and fulfill your plans.  Above all, I want to walk through life with and for you. That is very good. I have more to say. You asked another question. Yes, I did. I will listen to your answer. None of what I have just said I wanted to happen will come about if my heart and mind and life are filled with impurity. Impurity in my heart and mind and life will dull my hearing and make me uninterested and undesirous of your activity in my life. I want to live my life in tune with you. My life will do nothing but play sour notes if it is filled with impurity. That is true. I have more to say. I’m still listening. My life is under constant bombardment by the thoughts and opinions of the world. My life is also subject to being influenced by sin, the flesh and the devil. In other words, my heart and mind and life lives in a completely hostile environment. If I am not careful, if I am not watchful, If I am not diligently and continually guarding my heart it could easily become filled with impurity. That’s true. I also know that I cannot keep and guard my heart alone. To rely on my own strength alone would be foolish and ineffective. I need your help. So, what will you do to receive my help? I will draw near to you. Daily, I will meet with you in your word, in prayer and in worship. I will submit myself to you. I will resist evil of every kind. That is very good. Then evil will flee from you. Then you will have a pure heart. Then you will hear and see me today, tomorrow and forever. Thank you, Lord. 

Lord, only you can make my heart and mind pure. Only you can forgive and cleanse my heart and mind. Thank you for giving me a heart and mind that loves, follows and seeks you. Help me to continually guard my heart and mind so impurity does not enter it. Amen

Key Question… How are you guarding your heart and mind so that impure thoughts and motives do not enter it?

Living It Out… Guard your heart and mind so that impure thoughts do not enter it.

Seeing It Happen… Have faith that the Lord will help you to guard your heart and mind.

Get Ready To Share… Share with another person or your small group how you are guarding your heart and mind.

Prayer To Bless Others… May you guard your heart so that impurity does not enter into it.

For today’s complete 4 page Discipleship Devotional Study Guide click here:

Becoming Like Christ – Day 206 – Matthew 5-8 – Blessed Are The Pure In Heart For They Will See God – 4 Page Discipleship Devotional Study Guide

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