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Devotional - 26th June 2020

'Let us lift our hearts with our hands unto God in the heavens'
(Lamentations 3:41).

We are all in need of Jesus! And as such we ought to examine ourselves daily and afflict our souls before God. Everyone knows well to lift up their hands unto God when affliction comes, but what about the heart? Isaiah 29: 3 says, "This people come to me with their tongue, but their heart is far away." Are your heart still fixed on the earth, when you come to God? Or is it lifted up to heaven, to the God who is on the throne in heaven? Our mode of prayer is important. We should set our heart to  meditate upon Christ. With a humble and contrite heart come before God to be pardoned of our sin; to be reconciled to Him, through Jesus Christ, our Saviour. We can be lifted from our sorrows and perplexities as we open our hearts, and raise them up to the One who can read the heart. The prophet Jeremiah  beseech us to "Lift our heart with our hands unto God in heaven." He wants us to remove all hypocrisy from our prayers when we come to God, and to join our heart and hands in fervent prayer. We must seek to pour out our heart before the throne of grace, with the Holy Spirit interceding for us and within us. God is in heaven on His throne of grace, full of love and compassion and mercy towards His people, who with willingness and sincerity lift up both heart and hands to Him; in ready expectancy to receive pardon and peace through Christ. Lifting up our hearts to God require humility, commitment, faith and obedience. As we connect to Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit our prayers will be truly accepted. Let us lift up our heart in truth to God; as the Scripture says in Hebrews 10:22, "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water." Come to the fountain of Christ and allow Him to wash you with pure water and a true heart to worship Him.

Have a wonderful day and a bless weekend 🌹🌹

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