A Heart Untroubled

Have you ever noticed how hungry children can be (especially teenagers)? Children are growing of course,  and in order to do that in a normal, healthy way, we have to feed them.  We are like that spiritually too.  I've noticed that the nature of fallen man feeds on negativity!  The more negative stuff we feed on, the more we seem to gravitate to it and look for that until we can no longer see the goodness of God.   Negativity breeds fear, sorrow, and anxiety by the bucket load!  But Jesus didn't save us so we could live in that! Matthew 4:4 (TPT) says: He answered, “The Scriptures say:  Bread alone will not satisfy,  but true life is found in every word,  which constantly goes forth from God’s mouth.” Our Spirit is fed by what God speaks.   Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17).  We will feed either the Spirit of the flesh.  There's no two ways about it; you will be sowing to one or the other, and there's a really easy way to tell which: L

This week I was reading this passage from John.  Jesus is talking in the temple to the Jews when he says: Therefore if the Son sets you free, you shall be free indeed. I know that you are Abraham’s seed. But you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. I am telling what I have seen with My Father, and you are doing what you have seen with your father.”  John 8:36-38 (MEV)   The phrase". ..because My word has no place in you."  Really jumped out at me.    I looked that up in a variety of tranaslations: ... because you do not welcome My voice into your lives. (The Voice) ... because my message does not find a home within your hearts. (LB) ... because My word has no place to grow in you and it makes no change in your heart . (AMP) It is very clear that they were looking to kill Jesus because of the word.  John said " In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. "  John 1:1 (KJV) While we may not physically be 'killi