Leviticus 15 :1-16 :28, Mark 7 :1-3, Psalms 40:11-17, Proverbs 10:13-14
What God said to me – I want you to think about how much time you spend each day on food – planning your meals, buying your food, eating, snacking, talking about food, preparing your food, figuring out what’s good for you or bad for you, what you like or don’t like, when you’re going to eat, and on and on. Now what about your spiritual life – how much time do you spend each day on it? Do you think about the things you should be doing to be “heart healthy” spiritually? Your spiritual health is much more important than your physical health and your “spiritual heart” has a greater impact when it comes to walking in a manner worthy of your calling and pleasing Me than your physical heart. Just as you try to maintain your physical health by watching what you eat, you need to guard your spiritual health by watching what you consume – whether it is television or movies or books or things on the internet. You need to plan for and set aside time for spiritual things – times with Me, Bible study, prayer time, ministry. What you put into your heart is what comes out in your life – is it love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, self-control or is it covetousness, deceit, envy, sensuality, slander, pride, foolishness, evil thoughts?