Pride also gets in the way, and often coincides with fear of hurt feelings or rejection ...many times finding it difficult to separate the two. So, we do best to be reminded of the proper perspective.

There are several ways to do this, but the proper perspective always aligns with our understanding of the Word of God.

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Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil:
For Thine is the kingdom, and power, and glory,
For ever.

(This is the example Jesus gave us.)

(There is another verse from the Bible that also ends with the words: For ever.  It is from David's Psalms.)

The LORD is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His Name's sake.
Yea, though I wlak through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me;
Thy rod  and Thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou anointest my head with oil;
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

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We have heard that we should invite Jesus into our heart.  

Not that long ago, I went for a heart cath.  I prayed before I went in ...and I thanked God when I was given a clean bill of health.

I was nevertheless told I should follow a proper diet, and also exercise on a regular basis.

With accepting Jesus into our heart, we need to maintain the proper diet of His Word, and we need to exercise ...or practice what He preaches.

As with going to the dentist, he help us get rid of plaque and fills our cavities.


We likewise need to be wise to brush up on certain things, and fill in the holes that get there because of our occasional neglect. A lot of things enter our mouth, and a lot of things come out of our mouth.

And concerning our heart, there is more in there than we realize.  We often build up walls, and we have dreary tunnels we often travel down.  We proclaim we want Jesus in our heart, but strangely it is quite accurate what I've often heard people say: "He's in there."

Yes, He is in there ...yet, so is so much else.  Do we compartmentalize our heart?   Do we label, categorize, stereotype, or pigeonhole?  And do we compartmentalize with value placed on certain priorities?

Just like in our home ...are there certain rooms we spend more time in?

The bathroom is often the room we prepare ourselves for what others will see.  And we flush what even we don't want to see.

Our Lord sees us without makeup, yet if we look to Jesus, He sees us at our best.

Our bedroom may be the room we spend most of our time in ...but how much of it is conscious.  And are we conscientious enough to end the day with a prayer of thanks, and add to our wake-up ...a prayer to start out new day with the proper perspective?

The living room may be the room we spend most of conscious time in.  But, how conscious are we about what we do in that room?  What is the center of that room?  Is it the TV??

We clean our house when we expect guests to arrive ...yet, are we as conscious of how clean our heart is?  We know none of us are perfectly clean, but we do make an effort for others to see us as presentable.

What do we consider presentable to Jesus?  

Do we compartmentalize Jesus in our heart?

It's something to think about.