Heart and Mind

And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever”. 1 Chronicles 28:9 ESV

Total service to the Lord always includes both the heart and mind.  It must be with the whole heart and a willing mind. Both must serve with holy motives for the Lord knows the heart and the mind.

Solomon was given good instructions from David his father, instructions that he followed at first but abandoned in his senior years.  A warning to all but especially to those in their senior years!  

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Help Others

Find the joy of serving others. Helping others is an unselfish act that will bring joy to you and the person you help. Serving others also helps you to gain the proper perspective of your problems. Service to others creates a true win-win situation; and opens the door to the heart and allows the gospel to be heard. Share 

If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. (John 13:14)

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When The Call Comes?

Jesus called his disciples, Andrew and Peter, to leave their profession of fishermen and follow him with the promise that he would make them fishers of men. God’s call to service always comes with a promise. The promise is that God will make the receiver of the call capable to perform the task ahead.

Peter and Andrew were not the most likely candidates for the task Jesus had for them except for this one outstanding qualification: When Jesus called they responded immediately and answered his bidding.

God does not choose the qualified. He delights in making them qualified. God calls the willing.

May our prayer be: “Lord when you direct my paths, when you call me to serve in any task, let me be willing; and let me respond without hesitation.”


Mark 1:16-18
16  Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
17  And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
18  And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

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