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Godly Sorrow by Joyce Meyer

DAILY DEVOTIONAL - APRIL 09, 2019.

Yesterday I encountered a person who was quite demanding that I do something she wanted me to do and would not take no for an answer. I ended up being rude to her, and I feel a godly sorrow over my behavior. I always want to represent God well, and that means I often need to be long-suffering with someone who is irritating to me.  

 

 

I don’t feel guilty and condemned, because I have repented and know that I am forgiven, but I do feel a godly sorrow, and I think that feeling is healthy and right. We should take our sin seriously and be deeply penitent when we do something that we know is wrong.  

Although this feeling is uncomfortable, I welcome it because it impresses on me the importance of my witness for Christ and reminds me of how easy it is to behave in a fleshly and carnal way. The Bible urges us repeatedly to be on our guard against the temptations we encounter in the world and to live carefully. Being rude to someone may seem a small thing, but it is the little foxes that spoil the vine (see Song of Solomon 2:15).  

I believe we should appreciate any feeling of chastisement that we receive from the Holy Spirit, because it is God helping us be the kind of people who represent Jesus well.  

Prayer Starter: Lord, I appreciate Your conviction and chastisement, and I am deeply sorry for my sins and grateful for Your forgiveness. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Daily Devotion – The Power of a Renewed Heart

God is the God of hearts. He does not look only at the exterior of a person, or even the things a person does, and judge the individual by that criterion. Man judges the flesh, but God judges the heart.  

It is possible to do good works and still have a wrong heart attitude. It is also possible to do some things wrong but still have a right heart on the inside. God is much more inclined to use a person with a good heart and a few problems than He is to use a person who seems to have it all together but who has a wicked heart.  

It is very important that we get in touch with our inner life and our heart attitude, the way we feel and think about things (what the Bible calls the hidden man of the heart), if we want to hear from God and live in close relationship with Him.  

When God seeks to promote someone, He chooses a person after His own heart.  

 

JOYCE MEYER DAILY DEVOTIONAL

July 03, 2017

Topic :- His Peace, My Responsibility

 

Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give

and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I

give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled,

neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing

yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do

not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated

and cowardly and unsettled.]

—John 14:27

Perhaps you have never thought about how

important it is to manage your emotions. I

imagine we all think, I can’t help how I act when

I am having a hard time. That is a normal human

reaction, but with God on your side helping you,

you don’t have to behave the way a “normal”

person would.

It is obvious from Jesus’ words in John 14:27

that He desires for you to have wonderful peace,

but please notice He is also giving you a

responsibility. He wants you to choose to control

the negative emotions that can steal your peace.

You cannot always control your circumstances,

but you can control yourself with God’s help.

Power Thought: God has given me His peace,

and I will walk in it.