{"id":10206,"date":"2022-01-07T08:48:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T13:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&p=10206"},"modified":"2022-01-07T08:48:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T13:48:16","slug":"wherever-your-treasure-is-there-the-desires-of-your-heart-will-also-be-matthew-621-nlt-2","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/wherever-your-treasure-is-there-the-desires-of-your-heart-will-also-be-matthew-621-nlt-2","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be” (Matthew 6:21 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TIME FOR A HEART CHECKUP<\/h3>\n\n\n
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So, how can we get a heart checkup? Jesus taught that one way to get a spiritual heart check-up is to consider what you treasure most. Because wherever your treasure is, that’s where your heart is. So, the question becomes not “where is my heart?” But “where is my treasure?”<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Like the “precious” corrupted the heart of the character “Gollum” in Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” so treasuring worldly, temporal things affects the human heart. Yet, making Jesus Christ our treasure, our hearts are sanctified and our treasure is laid up in heaven.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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So, how are you doing? Where is your heart today? Hint: It’s what you’re thinking about most and treasuring most today.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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PRAYER: Lord, our hearts are so easily corrupted by the things of this world. We always want more. We are never satisfied. Yet, we would be satisfied with more of You. Give us the wisdom and strength to focus on You as our great treasure and our great reward, forsaking that which distracts or entangles us from fully following You. In Jesus name, Amen.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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