Open Your Heart

Jesus wept. (John 11:35)

Many people do not feel godly emotions because they have endured so much pain in the past that they simply "turned off" their feelings. People who have refused to feel anything for a long period of time are afraid to begin to feel again because all they can remember about feelings is pain.

Eventually, emotional pain must be dealt with in order to let godly emotions flow in our lives again. Allowing ourselves to feel again will turn a hard heart into a tender one, but i requires patience and a willingness to work with God to get those feelings turned back on.

Now matter what has caused you pain or how terrible it was, don't stay in the bondage of hard-heartedness. That will only treat symptoms, not roots, of your pain. It will not protect you from further pain, but it will hinder your ability to hear God's voice. Hard-heartedness is not from God; He created us to have feelings. According today's verse, even Jesus wept.

Anytime you allow yourself to feel, you will be vulnerable to pain, but it will be different when you have Jesus the Healer living inside of you.

If you have turned off your emotions, please realize that you have compromised your ability to hear God's voice. Open your heart to Him; ask Him to tenderize your heart and heal you so you can hear His voice and enjoy intimate fellowship with Him.

GOD'S WORD FOR YOU TODAY: If you build walls to keep people out of your life, you will live behind those walls in a self-made prison.

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And please always remember God love you.