I Give My Heart

[Thompson, Darryl]

I Give My Heart 

     My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Prov. 23:26  

     The Lord says to every one of you, "My son, give Me thine heart."
He sees your disorders. He knows that your soul is diseased with sin,
and He desires to say to you, "Thy sins are forgiven." The Great
Physician has a remedy for every ill. He understands your case. Whatever
may have been your errors, He knows how to deal with them. Will you not
trust yourself to Him?  

     The blessing of God will rest upon every soul that makes a full
consecration to Him. When we seek for God with all the heart, we shall
find Him. God is in earnest with us, and He wants us to make thorough
work for eternity. He has poured out all heaven in one gift, and there
is no reason why we should doubt His love. Look to Calvary. . . .  

     God asks you to give Him your heart. Your powers, your talents,
your affections, should all be surrendered to Him, that He may work in
you to will and to do of His good pleasure, and fit you for eternal
life.  

     When Christ dwells in the heart, the soul will be so filled with
His love, with the joy of communion with Him, that it will cleave to
Him; and in the contemplation of Him, self will be forgotten. Love to
Christ will be the spring of action. Those who feel the constraining
love of God, do not ask how little may be given to meet the requirements
of God; they do not ask for the lowest standard, but aim at perfect
conformity to the will of their Redeemer. With earnest desire they yield
all, and manifest an interest proportionate to the value of the object
which they seek.  

     It is the submissive, teachable spirit that God wants. That which
gives to prayer its excellence is the fact that it is breathed from a
loving, obedient heart. 

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