The Heart


For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  


—Romans 10:10 NKJV

I write not to only encourage myself in God’s goodness but, hopefully, others, too. If I’m not encouraged about God’s love in my own life then I cannot encourage anyone else about God’s love in theirs. If I don’t constantly examine myself, my motives, and what I believe according to Scripture, I will miss out on God’s will. I write not only to inspire my faith in Him. I pray that what I write inspires you to become fully convinced that what God has promised you, He is able to perform (Romans 4:21).

Faith doesn’t deny the reality of what you are going through. Faith just believes God’s truth supersedes what you see, feel, or experience. We were saved by grace through faith. In just the same way, we receive the truth of God’s Word through faith. We cannot judge God’s truth in our lives with our natural senses. That defeats the purpose of faith.

“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him” (1 John 5:14-15, NKJV).

I believe when I pray God’s will about a need, He hears my prayer and answers my petition when I ask, whether I experience my answer or not. Even though I may not experience the answer, the prayer that I pray in agreement with God’s will is answered in the spiritual realm. This is foolishness to my natural mind because God’s will must be spiritually discerned (1 Corinthians 2:14). For me to experience His will in my natural life, what is in the spiritual must be believed and conceived in my heart through faith.

My heart is where I believe, and it’s my faith which prepares my heart to receive the manifestation of God’s will.  Frequently, receiving isn’t immediate, because the revelation of my answer is often a journey. But it’s a journey, I never want to forsake.

Don’t give up on God’s will, His Word, because of what you mentally, emotionally, and physically experience. When you received salvation through faith, you believed with your heart that Jesus had made you righteous, and with your mouth you confessed it. You receive the truth of God’s Word in  the same way. With your heart you believe, and with your mouth you confess it. 

Whether it’s healing or any other will of God for your life, you will either testify to its truth or you will deny it. 

“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks” (Luke 6:45, NKJV). 

You partake of what you speak (Proverbs 18:21), and what you speak comes out of what is in your heart. You have been reborn into the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus is in your heart. What are you confessing? Are you speaking from the spirit or the flesh? What are you bringing forth out of your heart? 

“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful” (Hebrews 10:23, NKJV).