Inclusion Fusion

God's people are vast and strong, now if we would just stop fearing the lies the enemy whispers, and the petty schemes of the lawless, and all stand together!
"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9

"The best gauge of where your heart is before God is your tongue." Chip Ingram
"out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." Matt 12:34
What is coming from your mouth is really where your heart is before God. Tithing, volunteering doing churchy things, Bible studies etc. is not. Why?
Because they can be done by anyone for any reason; but the true condition of our heart will flow from our tongue during times of severe trials.
I failed yesterday, because when things got tough I became distressed, and discouraging things flowed from my heart! What came out was really the opposite of truth (God being in control) and thus flowed as discouragement from my tongue (which is really only unbelief masked). Friends, gold and silver can never be purified unless they are placed into intense heat, and you and I we will never be given opportunity to see the true condition of our hearts unless we face intense trials and things are boiled to the surface of our lives to be skimmed off through humble repentance.
So next time you face extreme difficulty and feel like losing it like I did, look a little deeper and recognize what is really happening! These things that corrupt our hearts have finally come to the surface so we can clearly see them! And we have opportunity to either make excuse for them and it WILL grow stronger in your life, or you can recognize it, skim it off and cast it far from your life through repentance.
I am so weary of sin!
I choose to do the latter one!