Healthy Hearts

Just as our heart, which is a valuable organ and needs to be taken care of properly by daily exercise, correct eating and living properly, so our hearts for Christ also need to be taken care of.

Do we give our hearts for God the same attention we give our physical heart? Here are some tips for a healthy heart.

1. Have a personal relationship with Christ. "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. " Romans 10:9

2. Have a purpose for our heart in order to keep it pure and working properly. David was a man after God's own heart. David looked to God and chose to keep his heart pure and working properly. Psalm 51

3. Have a servant's heart. Serving Christ is one of the best exercises for our heart. It's like doing a cardiovascular workout!

4. Have a song in our heart. What better medicine than singing. When we are joyful and rejoicing in the Lord in our hearts, it's like giving our hearts a healthy dose of whole grain. "Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord." Ephesians 5:19

5. Have a trusting heart. Nothing can help us breathe easier than trusting the Lord. "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding." Proverbs 3:5

6. Have love in our heart. There's something about having love in our hearts that makes that blood pump through our veins a little better. God not only wants us to love Him but love others, too. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself." Luke 10:27 When we don't take care of our heart it can lead to health problems such as heart disease and congestive heart failure. The same is true in the Christian life.

Do you have a healthy heart?

PF
Woman of Character Graduate

Psalm 91:3,4
3 For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will cover you with his pinions,
and under his wings you will find refuge;
his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.