Category Archives: Heart
Only One
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the [consistently] righteous man [upright and in right standing with God] runs into it and is safe, high [above evil] and strong” Prov.18:10 [AMP]
God cannot share the throne of your heart with another god. It has to be God and God alone. The Philistines took the Ark of Covenant of God to the shrine of dagon, their god. What do you think happened? By morning Dagon had bowed down, fallen flat on his face. Why? because there can only be one God. They obviously Read the rest of this entry
Heart Check
“You must not have any other god but me. You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind… You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods…” Ex.20:3-5.
After reading yesterday’s devotional, a lot of people felt uninvolved because they do not go to shrines, or consult any medium, or engage any false prophet. However, I have said to you repeatedly, your heart is the altar of God. For some of us, the altar you have set up is the altar of fashion. Some people have an altar for Read the rest of this entry
The Sacrifice Factor
“No, I insist on buying it for I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing” So David paid him fifty pieces of silver for the threshing floor and the oxen” 2 Sam.24:24
Adam and Eve taught their sons Cain and Abel, that the altar is the meeting place with God. However, the altar cannot be left without a sacrifice. So when you build an altar, bring a sacrifice and put it on the altar. When God comes and consumes the sacrifice, He attends to you. At the appropriate time, both boys brought something before God. Abel brought a sacrifice, while Cain brought something that Read the rest of this entry
Building An Altar
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service” Rom.12:1 [NKJV].
At his deathbed, my spiritual father said to me, “Your heart is the most important thing, so guard your heart with all your life”. I knew that and I thought to myself, who does not know that? But permit me to reiterate, the most important thing in ministry is your heart. Ministry work is a heart work and you and I are called to be altar builders. If there is any secret in being a successful Christian, or a successful Read the rest of this entry
The Meeting Place
“You also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ” 1 Pet.2:5 [KJV]
An altar, in summary, is where God meets with man. In the Old Testament, altars were usually raised surfaces, a collection of stones, or a huge stone raised by the individuals or a group of people when God called for a meeting place. And on that altar, God visits them. Sometimes, it is after God has visited them that they realize that the Presence of God is there and so they raise an altar. An altar is a Read the rest of this entry
