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“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.”   Matthew 5:14 I think you’d agree with me when I say that our way of life is under unbelievable attack today.  One of the biggest reasons for this is that the Western world is becoming increasingly secular and humanistic. And as we watch the news and see so much turmoil and unrest in the streets of some of the largest cities around the globe, we see firsthand the cold hard truth that life apart from God will always devolve into chaos. The problem is that too many Christians today are playing it safe. They’re standing in the shadows and keeping their mouths shut rather than courageously standing for Christ. And of all times, of all places, of all people, now is the time for men and women of faith to stand boldly. I truly believe that our world today is not beyond hope. But as a believer in Christ, you must firmly declare that any real hope is only found in Jesus Christ. You must get past the world’s way of thinking that to claim truth is “narrow-minded” or “intolerant.” If you had a magic pill that could cure any disease, would you bury it in your backyard? Jesus is the only answer for the world’s ills. So stand firmly for Jesus and allow His light to shine through you and give hope to a world searching for hope! While the world spins in chaos, remember that the only hope is Jesus and allow His light to shine through you!

A Settled Heart

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.”
Luke 21:14–15
The great issues of life are all determined in the heart. When our hearts are right, our outward attitude and conduct will be as well. When our hearts are wrong, it will come through. Jesus warned His disciples of the need to have their hearts settled before the days of trouble came. Many times we fail to pass a test or resist a temptation because we have not previously settled our hearts regarding a matter. The time to choose to do right is before the challenge comes, not when we are facing it.
Daniel was ripped away from his home and family as a young boy and taken hundreds of miles away from home. He was placed into a carefully designed program meant to take his devotion away from his nation and his God and turn him into a loyal subject of the Babylonian Empire. They changed his name, his clothing, his schooling, and even tried to change his diet. Their program had a great success rate, but it did not work on him, because Daniel’s heart was settled. “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself” (Daniel 1:8).
When we are put to the test, what we love most is revealed. Most of the other Hebrew young men who were taken to Babylon apparently went along with the program of their captors, but Daniel and three of his friends did not. They loved the God of their fathers more than they loved comfort or success or even life itself.

Today’s Growth Principle: 

If your heart is fixed on God, nothing will be able to deter you from following Him faithfully.