Would you agree that appreciating and being truly grateful for what you have is a form of worship? Gratitude has the power to shift the very atmosphere. Try it—right in the middle of pain, when your body aches and everything feels heavy. Pause. Search for something—anything—you can be genuinely thankful for. Then, from that place of sincerity, whisper a word of thanks to God. Watch the shift that happens in your heart and mood.
And what about those moments when you feel miserable, irritated, ready to complain? Stop. Take a timeout. Look—intentionally—for something good that’s happening, no matter how small. Speak it out, acknowledge it, and tell me your heart doesn't begin to soften. That shift in your heart changes the entire atmosphere. Glory to God!
The Word of God is undeniably true—it says, “Out of the heart flow the issues of life.” The circumstances outside of you didn’t create the issue—they merely affected your heart, and your heart created the issue.
If we truly understand this, and begin to take control of our hearts—doing as the Scripture commands, “Guard your heart with all diligence”—then it becomes far more difficult for external circumstances to hijack our peace or stir up trouble in our lives.
Could it be that this is Satan’s strategy? To manipulate our circumstances in a way that shifts our hearts—so we end up generating all kinds of chaos, confusion, and pain, thinking it’s the situation that caused it? When in truth, the issue of life came from within us—from our own hearts.
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