{"id":27590,"date":"2015-09-09T00:15:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T04:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=27590"},"modified":"2015-09-08T18:52:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T22:52:07","slug":"with-all-my-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/09\/with-all-my-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"With All My Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">In this quiet place with You<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I bow before Your throne<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I bare the deepest part of me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">To You and You alone<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I keep no secrets<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">For there is no thought<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">You have not known<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">I bring my best and all the rest<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">To You and lay them down<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>With all my heart<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>I want to love You, Lord<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>And live my life<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Each day to know You more<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>All that is in me<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Is Yours completely<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>I\u2019ll serve You only<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>With all my heart<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">You faithfully supply my needs<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">According to Your plans<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">So help me, Lord, to seek Your face<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Before I seek Your hand<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">And trust You know what \u2018s best for me<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">When I don\u2019t understand<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">Then follow in obedience<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">In every circumstance<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RE2Nn1jxKCU?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0Singer \/ Songwriter ~~ <em>Babbie Mason<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our Heavenly Father, the Great I AM, deserves our<strong> all<\/strong>\u2014all our love, all our obedience, all our worship, all our devotion, all our service, all our focus, all our praise, all our whole heart\u2014our <em>everything<\/em>. \u00a0Actually, He <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>requires<\/strong> <\/span>our<strong> all<\/strong>. \u00a0Listen to these three examples from the Scriptures where God\u2019s people (you and me, too!) are given the command to love God with all their heart\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>When Moses gave the Law to the Israelites<\/strong>, he said:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">These are the commands, decrees and laws<br \/>\nthe Lord your God directed me to teach you to observe\u2026<br \/>\nso that you, your children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God<br \/>\nas long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you,<br \/>\nand so that you may enjoy long life.<br \/>\nHear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.<br \/>\nLove the Lord your God with\u00a0<em><strong>all<\/strong> your heart<\/em> and\u00a0<em><strong>all<\/strong> your soul<\/em> and\u00a0<em><strong>all<\/strong> your strength<\/em>.<br \/>\nDeuteronomy 6:1-4 (excerpts)<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>prophet Jeremiah was given this compelling message<\/strong> to send to the exiled Israelites who had been carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzer and his army. \u00a0Think about how comforted they must have been hearing God\u2019s words!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord,<br \/>\nthoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil,<br \/>\nto give you hope in your final outcome.<br \/>\nThen you will call upon Me,<br \/>\nand you will come and pray to Me,<br \/>\nand I will hear and heed you.<br \/>\nThen you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me [as a vital necessity]<br \/>\nand find Me when you search for Me with <em><strong>all<\/strong> your heart<\/em>.<br \/>\nI will be found by you, says the Lord\u2026.<br \/>\nJeremiah 29:11-14<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Lord spoke this convicting message<\/strong> to His followers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And one of the scribes\u2026asked him, \u201cWhich commandment is the most important of all?\u201d<br \/>\nJesus answered, \u201cThe most important is,<br \/>\n\u2018Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.<br \/>\nAnd you shall love the Lord your God<br \/>\nwith <em><strong>all<\/strong> your heart <\/em>and with <em><strong>all<\/strong> your soul<\/em><br \/>\nand with <em><strong>all<\/strong> your mind<\/em> and with <em><strong>all<\/strong> your strength<\/em>.\u2019<br \/>\nThe second is this: \u2018You shall love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019<br \/>\nThere is no other commandment greater than these.\u201d<br \/>\nMark 12:28-32<\/p>\n<p>We know from the Scriptures that God desires us to<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>trust Him <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">with <strong>all<\/strong> of our heart<\/span> <\/em>(Proverbs 3:5 and 6)<\/li>\n<li>work heartily as if for Him<em><span style=\"color: #800080;\"> with <strong>all<\/strong> of our heart<\/span> <\/em>(Colossians 3:23)<\/li>\n<li>seek Him <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">with <strong>all<\/strong> our heart<\/span> <\/em>(Deuteronomy 4:29 and 30)<\/li>\n<li>serve Him <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">with our<strong> whole<\/strong> heart<\/span><\/em> (1 Chronicles 28:9)<\/li>\n<li>love Him <em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">with <strong>all<\/strong> our heart<\/span> <\/em>(Matthew 22:37)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are a few questions that I have asked myself\u2026perhaps\u00a0you have asked yourself the same things, too:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What would it take for you, {your name here}, \u00a0to\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\u2665 \u00a0Give God your <em>all<\/em>?<br \/>\n\u2665 \u00a0Be <em>sold out<\/em> for God?<br \/>\n\u2665 \u00a0Be His <em>completely<\/em>?<br \/>\n\u2665 \u00a0Serve Him <em>only<\/em>?<br \/>\n\u2665 \u00a0Love Him with <em>all<\/em> your heart?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Have you answered them yet?<br \/>\nIf so, would you share your answer with us (in the comments below)?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0\u271e \u00a0~ \u00a0\u2665 \u00a0~ \u00a0*<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Friends, whether the words of this anointed song\u2014this prayer\u2014cause you to throw your hands in the air raised in praise, or fall on your knees in humble submission, may you voice your commitment to your Father with <em><strong>all your heart<\/strong><\/em>! \u00a0&lt;3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this quiet place with You I bow before Your throne I bare the deepest part of me To You and You alone I keep no secrets For there is no thought You have not known I bring my best and all the rest To You and lay them down With all my heart I 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