THE LAMP DEVOTION SUNDAY NOVEMBER 28 YOUR WORDS SIMPLY | THE LAMP📖

THE LAMP DEVOTION

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 28

YOUR WORDS SIMPLY SAY WHO YOU ARE

Matthew 12:35-37

_35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”_

Jesus in this passage teaches the relationship between the heart and the mouth. The heart is the repository of so many things, good or bad. People fill their hearts with hurts, anger, bitterness, and very unpleasant things. The same heart can store the values we are expected to live by. The mouth becomes the passive organ that reveals what is truly inside the heart.
Jesus calls the heart a treasure house. Whatever you keep in your heart will grow, mature and begin to bear fruits. If you do not guard your heart and allow it to harbor all the evil that passes through, your heart will be full of evil. How will we know that? According to Jesus, your words will show if you are a good man or an evil man.
Does that suggest that you keep quiet so no one will know the kind of person you are? Absolutely not! You cannot keep quiet your whole life. You will talk one way or the other.
You therefore do yourself a lot of good if you yield to the God who makes good people out of sinful, fallen men. The level of goodness in you is directly proportional to your level of yieldedness to God. Cooperate with the Holy Spirit and He will make you a good man.

Prayer
1. Thank God for wanting to make you into a good man.
2. Pray that you will humble yourself before Him for that to happen to you.
3. Father, please help me agree with You in all You do to make me a good man.

Declarations
I declare that as l yield to God the goodness of God will flow from my heart. I accept God’s offer to purge my heart and soul so His goodness will flow through me. I will not stand in the way nor circumvent and hinder the process. I will go through God’s mill till in I overflow with the goodness of God in the name of Jesus.

Author:Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams.









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