Through the prophet Jeremiah, God said, “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water” (Jeremiah 2:13). A physical cistern dams the flow of the Holy Spirit into our bodies, what we eat, what we drink, where […]

As a result of the first sin, we have compartmentalized God and dammed the flow of the Holy Spirit in our lives. When we compartmentalize, we create boundaries that did not previously exist in God’s design, and we become god in each compartment of our lives. Consequently, through the prophet Jeremiah, God said, “My people […]

Too often, our thoughts, feelings, choices, and prayers flow from our fallen perspectives that see ourselves in pretense. This is due to our own self-restoration programs that attempt to unlock ourselves from the prison of pride from the outside in. The Restore Your Heart Chart is a tool for us to see ourselves, not with […]

As a recovering perfectionist, I have attempted to control every outcome in my life. Consequently, I’ve learned that I need to yield my heart to God in order to yield the outcomes to Him. Joshua said it this way: “Throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the LORD” […]

Our emotions represent the spiritual heart chamber of our feelings. These are the multiple reflectors of the light in us. A simple way to categorize our feelings is: mad, sad, glad or afraid. In order to fully surrender our hearts to the Father, we must feel like it. We must want to bend our knees […]

The spirit is the lead heart chamber of our prayers. The Bible refers to the spirit as the lamp of God used to search our innermost beings (Proverbs 20:27). Prayer is the connection of our heart with God’s. In essence, it’s being online with the Creator. In order to humbly surrender our spirits to the […]

The intellect is the spiritual heart chamber of our minds, or our thoughts. In order to unlock the gate to wisdom, we must humble our minds to God. The humbled intellect is a light that illuminates our hearts. King Solomon said, “The fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor” […]

The will is the spiritual heart chamber of our choices. Nearly every action is preceded by a choice. In order to experience wisdom in our lives, we must surrender the will, or our choices, to God (Proverbs 8:10). In essence, it is the flip of a switch. Jesus surrendered His will to the Father. Just […]

Just as the physical heart is comprised of four chambers, so the spiritual heart is comprised of four chambers remembered in the acronym, WISE: Will, Intellect, Spirit, and Emotions. To understand how they work, imagine filling out a bracket during the NCAA’s men’s basketball tournament. When you look at the two teams playing each game, […]

Jesus said, “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5 NASB). This is Jewish phraseology for the blessings of God’s kingdom (Psalm 37:11). We find satisfaction, not through our harshness, but through our gentleness because gentleness restores relationships three dimensionally. First, gentleness restores our relationship with God. Jesus said that His […]