Today we tried out a new church and I think I really REALLY love it! I knew the moment I met the pastor back in December that I would enjoy listening to him teach. I was right! Today’s message was “It Came from WITHIN”…

I knew immediately that this would be something that would truly speak to both Troy and myself.

The sermon was based on the concept of Luke 6:45

Luke 6:45 (New Living Translation)

45 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.

Wow… think about this statement. Pastor Casey talked about how so many of us have learned to filter ourselves. When you are a kid… your mom threatened to wash your mouth out with soap. You learned that you should not say certain things. But as adults this can be to our detriment. We become GOOD at filtering ourselves. But sometimes we have moment, some comment or “slip up” and we think to ourselves… WHERE did that come from? From the abundance of our hearts is what Jesus has told us.

So learking deep within in us is this veritable cesspool of life. All the hurt, bitterness, anger, evil thoughts… they lurk in there… mostly being filtered out. But every now and then something slips thorugh our “censoring” and we surprise ourselves. But WHY? These are things that fill our hearts yet are surprised by them? We should all remind ourselves that sin is sin and whether in thought or action it is all the same.

So… this year instead of learning to change our ACTIONS… lets change our HEART and the deeds will follow. WOW… now that is powerful. My prayer for this new year is that God would take my heart and mold into exactly what he wants it to be. I pray that he would make me whomever he wants me to be. I realize that on my own I am noting. I have watched my life, as well laid as my plans were, fall to pieces and I have seen HIM step in and in a matter of days, not only restore but reknew my life. I am ready for this year to be a complete renovation of my heart, my home, my marriage… not just a fresh paint job.

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