Heart Attack

All the pressure you are feeling and all the things you are going through are attacks on your heart. Do you know why? It is because your heart is your citadel. When the citadel goes down, the kingdom goes down. That is why the citadel has to be protected and it is usually the last to fall if it falls at all. Your heart is your citadel of power, the place that must not fall. I pray that every attack on your heart will come to nothing in the Mighty Name of Jesus.

Heart Attack #1: The 3Ds – Disappointment, Discouragement, and Disillusionment. It all starts with disappointment, proceeds to discouragement and then leads to disillusionment. Most people suffering a heart attack cannot help themselves. So, they need support. If you are experiencing heart attack #1, you need help, you need community. For discouragement, we speak encouragement. For disappointment, we speak perspective. In Jesus Mighty Name, we break the power of disillusionment.

Heart Attack #2: Hate.Every time you are tempted to hate, it is an attack, a heart attack. Hate has no place in you. Hate has no power over you. May your heart be filled with the love of God.

Heart Attack #3: Fear. Fear keeps people from moving forward.

Heart Attack #4: Envy and Jealousy. This is one of the ways that the enemy takes advantage of you. You feel envy about something you want but you do not have. But you feel jealous about something you already have but are afraid of losing. Both envy and jealousy are horrible because they make you feel inadequate and incompetent.

Heart Attack #5: Bitterness. Most times we justify bitterness with our rightness. But the fact that you are in the right does not give you the right to be bitter. Perry Noble wrote “I pray you heal from things no one ever apologized for”. When people apologize for the wrong things they did, it actually helps us heal. Guess what? You do not need anyone's apology to forgive them. It is not written anywhere, forgive after apology. You can forgive without people saying sorry.

If you want to change what you can see in your life, you need to change the seeds you are sowing in your heart. And you need to watch what you are allowing to bloom in your heart. Your heart is the priority of your life, so make your heart the priority of your life and your life will be at peace.

Reflections
1. What do you need to talk to God about based on today’s reading?

2.Write out one action to take based on today’s reading.