Wholehearted - Liz Matheson

Jez exhorted us all on Sunday in the meeting to be all in with God, to live whole-heartedly for Him.

Off the back of that I just want to encourage you (and myself) to be whole-hearted in our faith, to give our all to God, to love Him and seek to know Him better, to obey Him and above all to trust Him. He is good, all things are possible with Him and he cares for us. Here's some Bible verses to encourage us in this....

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me." Matt 16:24

Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what he taught. Luke 10.39

"There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:42

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it. Matt 13:45-46

When God and His plan for us is first above everything else we become more who we were designed to be. We become more of a blessing to everyone around us and they are able to see God's love shining through us.

If we put God first...

Above our spouses

Above our friends

Above our work, what needs doing

Above what we want

Above our fears

Above making things happen

Above what we think and feel

Above what society says is right

Above everything...

He will pour out his blessing on our lives and take care of all those things and people for us.

We also grow ourselves; becoming more loving, patient, kind, good, gentle, merciful, joyful; a city on a hill that shines out for all to see, salt and light in this world, healing for the nations... we become unstoppable!