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Have you ever wanted to improve your physical condition and studied diet and fitness programs? To be successful at this it is helpful to have a plan and some approaches are more successful than others.

Matthew 6:15 "... but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." Lord, this does not fit with other Scriptures that indicate You do forgive. What do You say?

Do you know the difference between happiness and joy? Happiness is circumstantial and joy is internal. The pursuit of happiness is enshrined in your culture as a basic human instinct. Yet have you ever found it frustrating and unsatisfying?

Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it come the issues of life. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. There is no such thing as an idle word, for all shall be accounted for in the Day of Judgment.

Have you ever heard a parent disciplining a child say, this hurts me more than it hurts you? People do not make the same statement when they withhold forgiveness from others, but in this case it is undeniably true. To be denied forgiveness is a terrible burden, just as losing a case in court.

Paul was eager to obtain his heavenly reward. He had a desire to depart and be with me. Some take this matter into their own hands, but suicides are those who despair of life here, not knowing what lies beyond. If they did they would not take their own lives.

Have you heard that the road to hell is paved with good intentions? This is a cynical saying, but there is often a big difference between the good that you would do and the way you actually perform.

You cherish heirlooms that are of great sentimental value to you. You realize that you have a finite time on this earth, and hope that when you are gone someone else will value them as you did. When your time approaches you would rather give them to the right person instead of selling them on the open market even if they have significant monetary value.

Do you live a life of regret, looking back and wishing you had made different choices at key points in your life? Do not be discouraged. This is not appropriate behavior for a believer, and you may not be as far from my will for you as you imagine.

This Blog is Reprinted from Fount Shults, a Powerful Minister of God

“When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it [literally, who does not put it together], the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart” (Matt. 13:19).

If you did the exercise we suggested in the previous blog, you will have noticed that you often do not “put together” what the other is saying because you are trying to “put together” your own thoughts or responses to what you think they are saying or what they ought to say. The times you failed to “put it together” were the times of the lowest level of heart-to-heart intimacy.