HEART EXERCISES

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

John 3:16 KJV

It is not enough to just do physical exercises, we must also do heart exercises and we should do our heart exercises before we do our physical exercises.  The first heart exercise we should do every morning is tell Jesus we love Him.  If we don’t have time to tell Jesus we love Him, we need to rearrange our schedule.

We should tell Jesus we love Him before we tell our spouse and our loved ones we love them.  Jesus has earned the right to have first place in our heart and in our life.  As soon as I wake up in the morning and before I get out of bed, I say “I love You, Heavenly Father.  I love You, Jesus.  I love You, Holy Spirit.”

When I go to bed at night, I say “I love You, Heavenly Father.  I love You, Jesus.  I love You, Holy Spirit”.  I thank God for all He has done for me and I thank Him for loving me and for adopting me into His family.  There are many people who are lonely and discouraged and we need to adopt them in our heart.

When is the last time you told someone that Jesus loves him or her?  It is not enough to tell people Jesus loves them; we must also show them Jesus loves them by our kind and loving actions and words.  My physical therapist does that for me.  She shows me the love of Jesus by her words and also by her actions.

Heavenly Father, I know how it feels to be discouraged, lonely, heartbroken and afraid of everyone and everything.  I pray for all who need Your comforting touch and encouragement.  Please comfort and encourage them.  In Jesus’ Name, I pray.  Amen.

Joanne Lowe

May 2, 2017