a "heart matter"

James 4:7-10 (NLT) 
7 So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 
8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world. 
9 Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. 
10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor. 

Good Morning Father,

It's Day 4 of 21 days of fasting and prayer. "I REPENT" we are taking three days to focus this particular "heart matter." Repentance is no simple act, well...actually it is...It begins with us humbling ourselves before God, then the power of God in us does the rest. He gives us power to resist the devil, causing him to flee. The devil, our adversary finds his way into our lives by our own desires, deep in the heart of men is the appetite for sin, he simply provides the temptation to act. Now the act is where our power lies, there is no sin in the temptation its when we take the next step that we give our power over to the enemy and then the destruction begins. We are daily invited to come close to God and he promises to come close to us, some version say "draw near". The nearer we are to God the further we are away from sin and temptations.  When we repent of our sins, the Lord is near. There is nothing hidden from God, He KNOWS!

Repentance gives us the opportunity to be forgiven. He can't forgive what we won't confess. Oh to come clean! Jeremiah 29:11. I know the plans I have for you says the Lord, they are plans for good and not for disaster. Plans to give you a future and a hope.

What I love about the Lord is that He always provides away to be made right again, a way back home. Today may we declare Psalm 27:4 (NLT) 4 The one thing I ask of the LORD— the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, delighting in the LORD’s perfections and meditating in his Temple.