The quality of life is more important than its length! If we were able to appreciate and enjoy each moment of life as the most important one we have, it would gain immeasurable value and a true significance that would fill our hearts with joy unspeakable! That’s not a chimera, but a reality! Some of us know it, but unfortunately many have lost sight of it! They are too busy trying to fill up their lives with goods to be able to appreciate life, and that’s why they feel “empty”, no matter how much they own!

Joy is a reality that everyone can find! It is not far from us, but much closer than we think. Unfortunately we can only see what we are actually looking to, and often our eyes are turned elsewhere. It would be enough to turn our eyes to what really matters to make our life worthwhile and give it meaning! You don’t have to resign yourself to a life without value and a reason for being, but you can experience its full wealth and learn to appreciate every facet of it. You are here for a reason, and it’s your job to discover it and live it “to the full”!

What would it mean for you to experience the joy of living each day, knowing that you are here for a special purpose? There is a magnificent destiny that awaits you, a wonderful plan to discover and fulfill every day, but you have to make choices and take decisions! There is no reason to feel “victim” of circumstances, because we all have the ability to choose and change our reality. It only depends on what we believe is possible!

“If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes“! This is not just another powerful sentence of a skillful motivational speaker of modern days, but a truth carved from thousands of years in what we recognize for good reasons as Holy Scriptures (Mark 9:23). These are words that for centuries have empowered the minds and hearts of those who desire to add true meaning to their existence! Whether or not you are certain of the divinity of Christ, the truth remains the truth, and there is no doubt that His words have given life and truth to some of the greatest men of history, and they continue to offer it to us today!

By stating that “all things are possible to him who believes“, Jesus offers us a life view of unlimited possibilities and reaffirms the principle of our “majesty of choice”!  We are each able to make choices that can change our life, but we first must believe that it’s possible! If we think that it’s not, then we will resign ourselves to live our life just as we have until now!

And you? Do you believe you can change your life for the better? Do you think you can build a better future? The past is past, and you cannot change it! But you can certainly change your future, by making wise choices that you will get you moving in the right direction!

Stop! Look! Listen to what your heart is telling you, and open yourself to life! Let the Spirit who created you, and put you here for a purpose, become part of you and open your eyes to the way to follow! If you do, you will find that the amazing place where you can find peace and joy in life every day is not that far from you, you just need to look in the right direction!

It is a process of awareness and discovery of the true values of life! Once you are aware of the purpose for which you are in this world, you will have a clearer vision and healthy goals for your life, and you will wake up every day with excitement at the opportunities available! You will start walking the path where you will experience the joy of living each day!
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(Words From Jesus): “Your inspiration come from spending time with Me in the early morning, before the world around you wakes up and starts moving and you get pulled away by the many things that you think you must do. That’s why it’s so important that you go to sleep early at night, because the time that you waste at night, it’s time that you take away from Me in the morning. You need good rest to give Me first place in your life!

I’m the Author and Finisher of your faith and, without Me, you really don’t have the divine inspiration that you need to touch people’s lives with My Spirit of love! To have My Spirit and to live a Spirit-filled life, you need to spend enough time with Me in the morning, but to have that time with Me in the morning, you need to get some good rest at night, and to get that rest, you need to go to sleep early! When you are so tired that you can hardly think, that’s when you need to rest the most, but the enemy of mankind has invented things that keep them awake late at night, so that they don’t get the rest they need and are always nervous and uptight during the day! This comes from not having enough sleep at night …

You need a good balance in your life, not only to eat well and drink enough water during the day, but also to sleep well at night and have enough rest so you can get rid of all that your body and spirit don’t need from the things that you have absorbed during the day. Learn to discipline yourself and your life will be much more balanced. You will have more inspiration from spending time with Me in the early morning, and you will have more time for writing and helping people develop their faith and trust in Me.

“The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and life” (John 6:63), for they come straight from My Spirit and speak directly to your life. That’s what you need the most and foremost! That’s the “one thing needful, which shall not be taken away from you” (Luke 10:42).

There’s nothing more important for you that spending time with Me first thing in the morning, and I want to help you come back to your “first love”… I cannot bless your work unless it’s submitted to My first place of priority in your life, so If you want a successful life and want to prosper in all you do, you must put Me first and give Me first place in your life! I love you.

“In the morning, rising up a great while before day, Jesus went out into a solitary place, and there He prayed.” (Mark 1:35)

“I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things.” (John 8:28 )

“You shall meditate on this book day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.” (Josh 1:8)

“His delight is in the word of the Lord; and in His word does he meditate day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.” (Psalm 1:2-3)
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It all depends on what voice it’s paying attention to! Is it listening to selfish desires? Or is it listening to the voice of God’s wisdom, which is offered “to all man liberally” (James 1:5)? If your heart is filled with God’s Spirit and tuning to God’s voice, He will tell you what to do and where to go, and “you will hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it, when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left” (Isa. 30:21).

Otherwise, the Bible reveals that: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jer. 17:9). In fact, it says that in the old days “God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually, and it grieved him at his heart” (Gen. 6:5)!

That’s because in our heart is where we have our self-talk, where our inner conversation is constantly going on and where we debate in our selves the things that are happening to us each day and moment of our life! Things are always happening to us, whether good or bad, and we process all the emotions that these events cause in our heart by a personal debate within ourselves! If we are self-centered and think that the world owes us everything, we will often be disappointed by the events of life and will usually tend to nurture hate, resentment and bitterness in our heart, which can easily be transformed in horrible behavior and can really take us down a very troubled road in life!

Whereas, if our heart is turned towards God and we are truly seeking for His perspective and guidance in life, He is  able to speak to our inner being and tell us what to do or where to go, and we can certainly trust God’s voice in our heart! Not exactly the voice of our own heart, but the voice of the Holy Spirit who’s speaking to our inner being and “directing our path” (Prov.3:6) to fulfill our destiny!

Let’s be honest with ourselves! If we are only desirous of gratifying our own selves, can we really trust the thoughts and intents of our heart? What is our heart telling us? Is it telling us to love and forgive the person that has hurt us, or to pay him back in double measure? Is it telling us to prefer the other person and give them a chance to prosper and grow, or to take advantage of whatever opportunity we have to get ahead of them and to leave them behind?

It really depends on what are we sowing into our heart … seeds of love, or seeds of hate? Seeds of forgiveness, or of resentment?  Seeds of kindness, or seeds of covetousness? The Bible tells us that “whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap” (Gal. 6:7)!

What is the message that our heart is constantly hearing? What are we feeding it? Are we “hiding God’s Word in our heart, that we might not sin against Him” (Psalm 119:11)? Are we feeding on Gods’ Word and letting it be “the joy and rejoicing of our heart” (Jer. 16:16)? Or are we spending more time watching TV and letting whatever it broadcasts be sown into our heart? The competition is fierce as to what is getting our attention and what messages or seeds are landing into our heart! That’s why the Bibles exhorts us to “Keep our heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life” (Prov. 4:23)!

We must be careful about what is being sown and growing in the garden of our heart, because that’s the fruit that we are going to reap in our life! Jesus said: “Either make the tree good and its fruit will be good; or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit will be corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit … for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. (Matt. 12:33-35).

Can you really trust your heart? You can, if you’re having a regular intimate conversation with God in your heart and listening to what the Spirit is telling you! That’s why the Bible constantly reminds us: “He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying …”
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If you are not sure whether you are listening to the right voice in your heart, or whether you can really trust what your heart has been telling you, contact me and I will be happy to be your mentor and take you through a 4 steps program on: “How to hear the voice of God!”
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I believe that we were asked to “love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind” (Matt. 22:37) because that’s where we process all the thoughts and intents of our inner being, and where we can exercise our free will and majesty of choice, making all of our independent decisions in life.

That’s where God wants to be loved by us, because it’s in that place called “soul” that even He cannot decide for us! It’s there that we have full control of our lives and that we are able to freely process our feelings and thoughts and make our decisions!

There are several Hebrew and Greek words that were translated as ‘heart’ in our modern Bibles, but it mostly comes down to three main original words:

1. Hebrew ‘leb’, meaning: heart, will, feelings, intellect.
2. Hebrew ‘lebeb’, meaning: heart, understanding, awareness.
3. Greek ‘kardia’, meaning: heart, thoughts, feelings.

Think of the verse: “The word of God is sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart!” (Hebrews 4:12)

What it’s actually saying is that God’s Word is so powerful that it can actually separate our soul from our spirit and even discern the thoughts and intents of our heart, where we make our free choices and decisions! That’s how Jesus was able to look into people’s hearts and discern their true intentions, instead of judging them for their behavior …

You might say that there are really 3 persons in each one of us: 1) the one that others see, according to how they perceive us from outside (body), 2) the person that we think we are, according to how we see ourselves (soul), and 3) the person that we truly are, according to how God knows we are, because He can see the most hidden part of our being (spirit).

The Bible says that we were “created in the image of God” (Gen. 1:27), and it’s interesting that, like the Trinity, our “whole being” is made of three parts: 1) body, 2) soul, 3) spirit.

“I pray God your whole being, spirit, soul and body, be preserved blameless.” (1Thes. 5:23)

The New Testament also says that we are the “temple of God” (1Cor. 3:16) and, just like the temple in Jerusalem, our personal temple is made of three main areas:

Our body, which like the “Outer Court” of the temple is exposed to the world around us and communicates with it;

Our soul, the “Inner Court” where we can exercise our priesthood and responsibility of administering the temple of our life with our choices and decisions;

Our spirit, which like the “Holiest of all” is hidden behind a veil and it’s seldom seen or recognized even by those who are the closest to us.

It’s through our physical senses that we communicate with the physical world around us, taking that information and sending it to our mind, where it’s processed with our thoughts.

And it’s through our spiritual senses that we also communicate with the spiritual world and, if we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we can commune with the Lord in worship and prayer in our “Holiest of all”, as “the veil is rent” (Mark 15:38) and “done away in Christ” (2Cor. 3:14).

Finally, between our “Outer Court” (body) and our “Holiest of all” (spirit), where God’s Spirit dwells and “bears witness with our spirit that we are His children” (Rom. 8:16), we have our “Inner Court” (soul), where we’re exercising our freedom of choice, after processing all the information that reaches us through our thoughts and emotions, whether it comes from the physical or spiritual world. It’s in that dialogue between our heart and mind that we process the information and use our free will to make decisions in life …

Proverbs 4:23 tells us to “keep our heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life”, and I believe that it’s vital to carefully guard this very important part of our inner being called “heart”, because that’s where our feelings and thoughts and particularly our will are located, and where we make the decisions that direct our lives. It’s in our soul that we exercise our God given freedom, what we call our “majesty of choice”!

In the coming articles we will explore how to cultivate an intimate relationship with the Lord in order to carefully guard our heart. Don’t miss them!
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If someone does and says something that is hurting our feelings, our mind will immediately start a conversation with our heart to talk it over and decide whether to let it go, or retaliate in some ways that would make things seem fair. On the other end, if we meet a situation that stirs our compassion, our heart will start a conversation with our mind to see if there’s a way that we can help it or an excuse to justify ourselves for not doing anything. All of this happens in that “holy place” called “soul”, where we exercise our majesty of choice!

The question is whether our heart is actually able to think and process any kind of information, and it’s interesting to note that Proverbs 23:7 does not exactly say: “As a man thinks in his mind …”, but it says very clearly that: “As he thinks in his heart, so is he”!

There are many verses in the Bible indicating that the heart actually has its own thoughts. For example, in the Old Testament Daniel told king Nebuchadnezzar “…that you may know the thoughts of your heart” (Daniel 2:30). And in the New Testament Peter told the sorcerer to repent, so that: ‘…the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.’ (Acts 8:22b)

There are more than 400 places in the Bible where the word ‘heart’ was used to indicate a place of intellect, thought, emotions, character, love, compassion, etc … but the interesting thing is that Science has also recently discovered that the physical organ that pumps blood through our veins is actually able to think, and it does have emotions!

I recently read an article, titled “Yes, the Heart Really Can Think and Have Emotions!“, that reported a English TV broadcast on Channel 4 (June 26, 2006), titled: “Mindshock: Transplanting Memories?”, where they interviewed scores of recipients of heart transplants who were experiencing memories that did not belong to them, but were instead part of the deceased donors’ lives, as it was confirmed by their loved ones! In other words, the heart contained “memories” that were transferred from the deceased person to the receiver…

The same article named a heart specialist, Dr. Andrew Armour, Ph.D., who discovered the presence of neurons in the heart, and that it contains a complex nervous system of its own. He realized that there is a much more intimate connection between the heart and the brain than it had previously been known… Dr. Armour claims that the heart actually sends more information to the brain than the other way around!

The publisher of his “Anatomical and Functional Principles stated that ‘Groundbreaking research in the field of neurocardiology has established that the heart is a sensory organ and a sophisticated information encoding and processing center, with an intrinsic nervous system sufficiently sophisticated to qualify as a “heart brain”!  By providing an elaborate anatomy and physiology of the cardiac nervous system, this monograph contributes to the newly emerging view of the heart as a self-organized system that maintains a continuous two-way dialogue with the brain and the rest of the body.

It certainly seems that our heart has thoughts of its own, and therefore not only our mind needs to be renewed, but even our heart might have memories that need to be healed! … The Bible makes it clear that Jesus was not only sent to preach the Gospel to the poor, but also “to heal the broken hearts and set at liberty them that are bruised” (Luke 4:18).

“He heals the broken hearts, and binds up their wounds!”  (Psalms 147:3)

In the coming weeks we will look deeper into this conversation that happens between our thoughts and emotions, and how we can all experience the healing of our heart!
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A few months ago, in July 2010, my friend Janet Daughtry and I (Renato) were interviewed by Dr. Joseph Peck in a Webinar entitled “God’s Vision For Renewing Your Mind“, of the Visions777 series, which included Janet’s presentation on “The renewing of your mind“, followed by another presentation of mine on “The healing of your heart“!

Click here to watch a replay of the Webinar: “God’s Vision For Renewing Your Mind“.

Janet explained how we all need to be “transformed by the renewing of our mind”, in order to see things with God’s eyes and perceive them for what they really are, not for what we might believe they are! She stated that our beliefs are the filter through which we view and respond to the issues of life. In other words, if our beliefs are negative, our response to a crisis will be negative, but if our beliefs are positive we will tend to interpret life events more positively. She was basically saying that our beliefs are the lens through which we view life.

What I felt led to add is that it works both ways! It’s true that our beliefs are the lens through which we view and respond to life, but also the way we personally interpret the events of life is how our “beliefs” are formed. “For now we see through a glass, darkly.”  (1 Cor. 13:12)

Our beliefs come from a variety of sources: from our past experiences, and from the input that we received from our family, friends, teachers, mass medias and society around us… Our beliefs are formed from all the information we have recorded in our brain, according to how we have personally interpreted it throughout the course of our life.

Dr. Carolyn Leaf, a Christian neuroscientist who studied the brain for about 25 years, wrote in her book, “Who Switched Off My Brain?”, that when an important event happens to us (whether good or bad), we have about 24 to 48 hours to process that information and to “ask, answer and discuss” it within ourselves. Otherwise that information will be stored in the deep archives of our brain and will become part of us!

What I gathered from it is that, if someone ever said or did something terrible to you, if you didn’t process it in your heart and mind, in order to come to peaceful terms with it within yourself, then that message has filtered down into the deep archives of your brain and has been played over and over to you. And the more you continue to think about it and obsess over it, the more it reinforces that altered belief system within yourself, which is affecting your thoughts, your emotions, and even your behavior! That’s why the Bible tells us that: “When you are angry, do not let the sun go down upon your wrath.” (Ephesians 4: 26)

In other words, our interpretation of life events (whether true or false) has contributed to the forming of our beliefs, which are now affecting to only our thoughts and emotions, but also our decisions and actions in life!

Beliefs –> Thoughts –> Emotions –> Actions

As the picture of this train shows, our beliefs are the power engine impacting our thoughts and emotions, and ultimately even our actions in life! Therefore if our beliefs system is healthy, then our thoughts and emotions are also positive and they are helping us move forward in life, no matter what mountain we must climb ahead of us …

However, if we ever experienced painful circumstances that we did not come to peaceful terms with (particularly events that happened when we were too young to process them in a wholesome manner), then those past hurts have been recorded in our emotional memory and they continue to have a major role in our personal perception of life …

What happens is that, whenever we encounter a similar situation that reminds us of those hurt memories, even subconsciously, we react impulsively and reactively, instead of being intentional, and ultimately the consequences of those reactions will be of the kind that we did not desire in the first place! You might say that, if we live out of a broken heart, instead of moving forward, we will be pulled back and down the hill, so to speak, because we are reacting emotionally instead of being intentional with our lives …

Unfortunately most of us live out of our “feelings”, because what’s going on inside of us emotionally in any given moment has a major impact on our thoughts, and therefore our decisions and actions are often guided by how we “feel” about the situation we are facing. However, since we cannot fully trust our feelings, knowing that they are based on our own “personal interpretation” of what is happening to us, coming from perceptions that might be altered and not telling us the truth, then we need to find a remedy, what the Bible calls the “healing of our broken hearts” (Psalm 147:3)!

In order to “renew your mind”, you need the “healing of your heart”!

That solution has been provided by our “Wonderful Counselor” (Isaiah 9:6), who was “sent to heal the broken hearts and set at liberty them that are bruised” (Luke 4:18), and in the coming weeks we will explore further how you can avail yourself of what He offers you: the “healing of your broken heart”!
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If you are looking for someone who can personally coach you through some powerful steps that will help you experience “the healing of your heart“, please visit my coaching page, Life Coach Renato, at: http://renatoamato.com/en/coaching/coach-renato/
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I regularly receive emails from people around the world who read my Words from Jesus and want to know how they can learn to personally hear from God! I recently participated in a Webinar, titled “God’s Vision For Prayer“, where I was able to personally connect with Dr. Mark Virkler (of “Communion With God Ministries“), who has put together 4 simple keys on “How to hear God’s voice“, and I’m happy to share them with you…

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How to hear God’s Voice (by Mark Virkler)

Among the existing religions, Christianity alone offers you a personal relationship with your Creator, beginning here and now and lasting throughout eternity. Jesus declared, “This is eternal life – that they may know God” (John 17:2). Unfortunately, many in the Christian Church miss the great blessing of fellowship with our Lord because we have lost the ability to recognize His voice within us. Though we have the promise that “My sheep hear My voice” (John 10:27), too many believers are starved for that intimate relationship that alone can satisfy the desire of their hearts.

I was one of the sheep who was deaf to his Shepherd until the Lord revealed 4 simple keys (found in Habakkuk 2:1, 2) that unlocked the treasure of His voice.

Key #1: God’s voice in your heart often sounds like a flow of spontaneous thoughts.

Habakkuk knew the sound of God speaking to him (Hab. 2:2). Elijah described it as “a still, small voice” (I Kings 19:12). I had always listened for an inner audible voice, and God does speak that way at times. However, I have now found that usually God’s voice comes as spontaneous thoughts, visions, feelings, or impressions.

For example, have you ever been driving down the road when a thought came to you to pray for a certain person? Do you believe it was God telling you to pray? What did God’s voice sound like? Was it an audible voice or a spontaneous thought that lit upon your mind?

Experience indicates that we perceive spirit-level communication as spontaneous thoughts, impressions and visions, and Scripture confirms this in many ways. Therefore, when you want to hear from God, tune to spontaneous thoughts.

Key #2: Become still so you can sense God’s flow of thoughts and emotions within.

Habakkuk said, “I will stand on my guard post…” (Hab. 2:1). He knew that to hear God’s quiet, inner, spontaneous thoughts, he had to go to a quiet place and still his own thoughts and emotions. Psalm 46:10 encourages us to “be still, and know that He is God”. There is a deep inner knowing (spontaneous flow) in our spirits that we can experience when we quiet our flesh and minds. If we are not still, we will sense only our own thoughts.

To receive the pure word of God, it’s important that my heart is focused as I become still, because my focus is the source of the intuitive flow. If I fix my eyes on Jesus, the flow will come from Jesus. But if I fix my gaze on some desire of my heart, the intuitive flow comes out of that desire. To have a pure flow I must carefully fix my eyes upon Jesus.

Fix your gaze on Jesus (Heb. 12:2), becoming quiet in His presence and sharing with Him what’s on your heart. Spontaneous thoughts will begin to flow from the throne of God to you and you will actually be conversing with the King of Kings!

Key #3: Fix the eyes of your heart on Jesus, seeing in the Spirit the visions of God.

Habakkuk said, “I will keep watch to see”, and God said, “Record the vision” (Hab. 2:1,2). Habakkuk was actually looking for vision as he prayed. He opened the eyes of his heart, and looked into the spirit world to see what God wanted to show him.

God has always spoken through dreams and visions, and He specifically said that they would come to those upon whom the Holy Spirit is poured out (Acts 2:1-4, 17).

I had never thought of opening the eyes of my heart and looking for vision. However, I have come to believe that this is exactly what God wants me to do. He gave me eyes in my heart to see in the spirit the visions of God. There is an active spirit world all around us, and it’s full of angels, demons, the Holy Spirit, the omnipresent Father, and His Son, Jesus. The only reasons for me not to see this reality are unbelief or lack of knowledge.

In order to see it, we must look. Daniel saw a vision in his mind and said, “I was looking… I kept looking… I kept looking” (Dan. 7:2,9,13). As I pray, I look for Jesus, and I watch as He speaks to me, doing and saying the things that are on His heart. Christians will find that if they will only look, they will see, in the same way they receive spontaneous thoughts.

Jesus is “Emmanuel, God with us” (Matt. 1:23). It is as simple as that. You can see Christ present with you because He is present with you. In fact, the vision may come so easily that you will be tempted to reject it, thinking that it is just you. But if you persist in recording these visions, your doubt will soon be overcome by faith as you recognize that the content of them could only be birthed in Almighty God.

Jesus demonstrated the ability of living out of constant contact with God, declaring that He did nothing on His own initiative, but only what He saw the Father doing, and heard the Father saying (Jn. 5:19,20,30). Is it possible for you to live out of divine initiative as Jesus did? Yes! Just fix your eyes upon Jesus. The veil has been torn, giving us access into the immediate presence of God, and He calls you to draw near (Lk. 23:45; Heb. l0: 19-22).

Key #4: Journaling, the writing out of your prayers and God’s answers, brings great freedom in hearing God’s voice.

God told Habakkuk to “record the vision” (Hab. 2:2). This was not an isolated command. The Bible records many examples of individual’s prayers and God’s replies (e.g. Psalms, Prophets, Revelation). I call this process “two-way journaling,” and I have found it to be a fabulous catalyst for clearly discerning God’s inner, spontaneous flow, because I am able to write in faith for long periods of time, simply believing it is God. With journaling, I can receive in faith, knowing that when the flow has ended I can examine it carefully, making sure that it lines up with Scripture. You will be amazed!

Doubt may hinder you at first, but throw it off and remind yourself that it’s a Biblical concept, that God is present, speaking to His children. Relax. When we cease our labors and enter His rest, God is free to flow (Heb. 4:10). Sit back comfortably, take out your pen and paper, smile, and turn your attention toward the Lord in praise and worship, seeking His face. After writing your question to Him, become still and fix your gaze on Jesus. You will suddenly have a good thought. Don’t doubt it; simply write it down. Later, as you read your journaling, you will be blessed to discover that you are indeed dialoguing with God.
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A final note: Knowing God through the Bible is a vital foundation to hearing His voice in your heart, so you must have a solid commitment to knowing and obeying the Scriptures. It is also very important for your growth and safety to be related to spiritual counselors. All major directional moves that come through journaling should be confirmed by counselors before you act upon them.” (Dr. Mark Virkler)
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If you need a coach (or mentor) to help you learn how you can personally hear from God and receive your own Words from Jesus , please visit my page: Life Coach Renato at: http://renatoamato.com/en/coaching/coach-renato/
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Dr. Mark Virkler this month published one of my “Words From Jesus” in his October 2010 Newsletter. Click here to read: “Renato Amato shares Journaling From Italy“.
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I know that I should do more of this. Please help me to enjoy life more, to “rejoice with the wife of my youth” (Proverbs 5:18) that You so kindly put next to me. My heart cannot even begin to express the gratitude that I feel for all that You have done for me!

You have done so much for me, Jesus, and I’m thankful!  I’m so thankful for all the people that You have put in our path, special people… I’m thankful that I can share Your love with them, and I want to do more of that! I’m thankful that, together with my wife, we can make a team that can reach out and share Your love with the world, and I want to do more of that! I’m thankful that You have equipped us with much training that we can use to impact the people around us, and I really want to do more of that, Jesus!

I want to share Your love with others, I want to touch the hearts of those that You put in our path, I want to reach out and feed Your sheep! Jesus, please help me, equip me, fill me with Your Spirit and empower me to touch the hearts of those that You put on my path and reach them with Your love! Please fill me with Your Spirit and help me to make clear plans and steps towards reaching those goals! Will You please fill me with Your love? Will You give us Your Spirit of love so we can reach others with Your love? I need You, Jesus!

Words From Jesus: “Life is about sharing! The meaning of life is to share it with others. “It’s not good”, and I never intended, “for man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18), for it’s in sharing your life with others that you find true meaning!

You belong to a body and, apart from that body, you have no purpose in life! Each member of the body is there to serve a purpose and to help the whole body function! “My body is made of many members” (1 Cor. 12:12), but if every member will just care for itself and does not care for the other members, then what do you think it would happen to the body?

My body is torn right now, because My children are not functioning together as they should, serving one another in love! I want you to “feed My sheep” (John 21:16) and to “strengthen thy brethren” (Luke 22:32)! It’s time for you to strengthen My body, for there’s quite a bit of disarray amongst My flock right now! Many don’t really understand what’s happening and need to be strengthened! They need to be recharged with “the water of life” (Rev. 22:17) and with “the bread of heaven” (John 6:58)!

This is your chance to get out there and strengthen your brethren and feed My sheep! This is the time for you to gather the flock around My word, and you can do that! You can reach out to those who are lost and confused and gather them around My word! It’s My word that will give “light and understanding to the simple” (Psalm 119:130), and it’s My word that will strengthen your brethren! Take time to feed My sheep and I will take care of you! Take time to strengthen your brethren, and I will strengthen you! I love you!”

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Becoming aware of having a broken heart, and knowing that the Lord is the Soul Doctor who is able to heal you, are just the first steps towards the healing of your heart. But these alone are not enough, if you don’t personally invite Him to come into your heart and visit the innermost parts of your being, so that He can bring to light those hidden areas that are causing your pain and provide you with the right diagnosis and the personal treatment that will start the healing process in your life…

“The entrance of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple” (Psalm 119:130)

The most powerful tools that God can use to “enter” into the hidden areas of your heart and bring to light what has been injured and needs to be treated, are the Logos and the Rhema. These are both the written Word of God (Logos) and the spoken Word of God (Rhema), what some of us have come to appreciate as the precious Words From Jesus that He is speaking directly to our hearts, when we personally spend time with Him.

“The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, and it penetrates even to divide the soul from the spirit, and is able to discern the thoughts and feelings of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12)

The problem is that most believers today, even those who have sincere faith in the Lord, are not always able to find in God’s written Word the personal answers that they can apply to their everyday life. Unfortunately many get lost in the theological explanations that are so easily released as general working recipes by those who think to be qualified for it, but who are not carefully examining what might be at the root of the problem that afflicts them.

What they need is personal and intimate time with the “Wonderful Counselor” (Isaiah 9:5) who was sent by God to “bind up our wounds” and “heal the brokenhearted” (Psalm 147:3).

You might be thinking that it’s not easy to have a personal two-way dialogue with Jesus, as you can’t really see Him and He is not like other human doctors that you can simply visit. Even His disciples were troubled, when they heard that Jesus was about to leave the world, but He reassured them, saying: “Let not your heart be troubled … I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Comforter that may be with you forever; the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it sees Him not, neither knows Him: but you know Him; for He lives with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless.” (John 14:16-18)

In other words, Jesus replaced His bodily presence with the Holy Spirit, Who was sent to comfort our hearts, and He promised to continue talking to us through “the Spirit of truth, who will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatever He hears, that shall He speak …for he shall receive of Mine, and shall show it to you” (John 16:13)

Some people might find it strange, but the Word of God says that we can hear His voice speaking to us and showing us the way: “When you must turn to the right hand, or to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it.” (Isa. 30:21)

Even those of you who are reading this can learn to hear the voice of God speaking to your hearts, so that you can receive from Him a personal diagnosis on the condition of your soul and the tailored made treatment that will help you experience your inner healing.

In the upcoming articles we will teach you the “4 Keys to hear God’s voice“, so be sure to come back to this site, as you will find the new updates that we will continue to publish, in order to take you through the process of Healing your broken heart!
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These will often manifest themselves with negative feelings of:

Fear (the need to feel secure);
Insecurity (the need to feel protected);
Guilt (the need to be justified);
Low self-esteem (the need for a sense of value);
Inferiority complex (the need to feel unique and important);
Contempt for oneself (the need to redeem our own identity);
Sense of rejection (the need to feel accepted for what we are);
Sense of worthlessness (the need to feel loved and part of God’s family).

We all come into this life with some of these wounds imprinted in our soul, and these need to be treated from our early childhood or they will develop into unhealthy attitudes that will negatively influence our whole lives and relationship with others as adults.

Those who are not met with love when they are born, or when they grow up, who do not feel safe and cared for, who have no sense of value or self worth, who do not feel wanted or accepted for who and what they are, they will often try to compensate for these needs by focusing on themselves and living an egocentric life, unable to love and forgive others.

The attitudes of those who are sensitive and fragile, who have a constant need for attention, who are remarkably insecure and are constantly looking for advice on what to do in various circumstances of life, reveal that they were probably raised in an environment that did not bring healing to their soul, but on the contrary it contributed to foster these wounds.

Those with broken hearts might have felt rejected for an unwanted pregnancy while they were still in the womb, or could have been abruptly separated from the mother at birth and placed in an incubator for a long time, or at a young age they might have spent a long time in the hospital, away from the reassuring presence of the mother. They might have grown up without the presence of the parents, because these died or were separated or engaged in stressful work activities. They may have been the subject of continuous derogatory and degrading comments, or grew up in a rigid and severe atmosphere and never received a word of approval from the parents or those who had authority over them. They might have suffered some physical violence, or were born with physical defects, or affected by some handicap or disability … thus the healing of their soul has not yet begun.

Just as we feel pain when someone touches a physical wound that is not yet healed, we also suffer when we don’t feel loved and understood, accepted and important, or when we perceive that we are rejected, because meeting such an attitude reopens the great wound that was produced on the day of the expulsion of our ancestors from the garden of Eden.

The good news is that Jesus is our “Wonderful Counselor” (Isaiah 9:5) who came to “heal the brokenhearted and bind up our wounds” (Psalms 147:3)!

He is our true Soul Doctor, who came not only to bring free eternal salvation to our spirit and the promise of resurrection to our body, but also to heal our soul and bring redemption to our “entire being: spirit, soul and body” (1 Thessalonians 5:23).

We know that our spirit has received salvation by faith, when we accepted Jesus as our Savior, and also that our body will receive its full salvation on the day of resurrection, but from the moment that our spirit was saved until the day when our body will be resurrected, there’s a process of healing for our soul that will equip us to be “thoroughly furnished” (2 Tim. 3:17) for the eternal heavenly home that the Lord has prepared for us.

“To as many as received Him, gave He power to become the sons of God.” (John 1:12)

It’s on ongoing process and, along the path of our Christian journey in life, we become aware that in Jesus we are:

Forgiven
“Your sins are forgiven you for His name’s sake.” (1 John 2:12)

Justified
“Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus.” (Romans 5:1)

Accepted
“Him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out.” (John 6:37)

Loved
“Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: and with loving kindness have I drawn you. (Jeremiah 31:3)

Secure
“They shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” (John 10:28)

Chosen
“He has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world.” (Ephesians 1:4)

Valued
“What manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called God’s children.” (1 John 3:1)

Important
“Created for the good works which God had prepared for us.” (Ephesians 2:9)

Approved
“He that in these things serves Christ is accepted by God, and approved amongst men.” (Romans 14:18)

If you haven’t yet experienced the unconditional love of Jesus in your heart, you can begin today, by simply inviting Him to come into your life, forgive your sins and start that healing process that will give you the assurance that you are fully loved, accepted, secure and valued as God’s beloved child. He loves you!

In the coming days we will continue our reflections on our “soul care” and see how we can start this process of healing in our personal lives, by receiving from our Soul Doctor the personalized diagnosis and individual therapy that He has for each of us.

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