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W e should pay attention to our hearts. I am astounded by the simple yet profound wisdom I find in the excellent authors that I read. They are searching for God in ways that I had never heard of in my youth, or was to deaf to hear.

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All sorts of awlful things can seem to issue from your heart - - anger, lust, fear, petty jealousies,” says John Eldredge in Waking The Dead . “If you think it’s you, a reflection of what’s really going on in your heart, it will disable you. It could stop your journey dead in its tracks. What you’ve encountered is either the voice of the flesh or an attempt of the Enemy to distress you by throwing all sorts of thoughts your way and blaming you for it. You must proceed on this assumption: your heart is good. (The Holy Spirit dwells in, and keeps our hearts, once we become true believers.) If it seems that some foul thing is at work there, say to yourself, well, then–this is not my heart. My heart is good. I reject this. Remember Paul in Romans 7. This is not me. This is not me. And carry on in your journey. Over time you’ll grow familiar with the movements of your heart, and who is trying to influence you.

Look for those who have walked with God down through the ages” he says. “Certainly, that is why the Bible is given to us. If God had intended it to be a textbook of doctrine, well, then, he would have written it like one. Oh, yes, we learn many crucial things about doctrine and Christian character in the Scripture, along with a great deal of wisdom. But if you’ll flip from cover to cover, you’ll notice that it’s overwhelmingly a book of stories–tales of men and women who walked with God. John Eldredge, Ransomed Heart