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HEART MATTERS


Text : Jer 17:9.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Have you ever wondered why you  can spend hours watching season films and not be able to spend the same time or half the time to tarry in God's presence? Well, it's all a matter of your heart composition. Today, we shall be starting a series on the different kinds of heart man carries and its import on our lives.

God asked a germane question in our text above. He said, 
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Now, before we think of the response to the question, let's examine the question again very well.

1. The heart is deceitful above all things. Do you ever consider the deceitfulness of your heart? Infact,  the first step towards deliverance is accepting that you need one in the first place.  If you know of anything or anyone that is deceitful,  know that your heart is more deceitful than that.

 The greatest deception is the deception of the heart. You can only wriggle out of such deception by God's mercy.

2. Desperately wicked. At times, your ears will tingle when you hear about the wicked acts of some people. Don't be alarmed, the heart of man is capable of any wickedness. 
At times,  you may be surprised and disappointed at some of your actions, because you never knew you are capable of such despicable acts until situation presents itself.

3. Who can know it? This is the BIG QUESTION. The truth is no one can know the depth of a man's  heart. The only one who can know it is God.

Verse 10 of Jeremiah 17 says the Lord Himself searches the heart.

God doesn't just search out the heart, He knows the secrets of your heart,even the ones that are not yet known to you,and He is able to change your heart from evil to good. Ps. 44:21.

Take your heart to God  today, allow Him to search you out and heal you of the disease in your heart.


Bible Reading : Matt.13:1- 23.


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