Hold on to Your Heart!

Settle this great truth in your heart—that no trouble happens to the Church but by the permission of the Church's God; and he permits nothing out of which he will not ultimately bring much good to his people. We may derive comfort from reflections on the permitting will, as well as on the commanding will of God. John Flavel, Puritan pastor and author who lived in the second half of the 1600s, in his book, “A Treatise on Keeping the Heart,” highlights several seasons or events in a person’s life that calls for an exertion of more than ordinary diligence to keep the heart. You and I are living in such a season this. BUT, you can mark this down RIGHT NOW- the church may be down, it may be in a time of chastening from God Almighty for its infatuation with money, world power, sensuality, and open public debauchery, BUT- in the end- the Church of Jesus Christ is going to rise up in power and success, as Flavel points out. We have God’s promise and guarantee on it. A Treatise on Keeping The Heart by John Flavel (public domain). Shemei 2 Samuel 16:5-14 "Other Things with... " YouTube ChannelCut & Paste Personal Invitation to invite your friends to check out “gwot.rocks” podcast: I invite you to check out the podcast, “gwot.rocks: God, the World, and Other Things!” It is available on podcast players everywhere! Here is the link to the show’s home base for all its episodes: http://podcast.gwot.rocks/  (Ctrl+click to follow the link)  LIFE HELPSDONATE You can help support this podcast by clicking our secure PayPal account. For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City. gwot.rocks home page  Transform This City  Transform This City Facebook [email protected] Thank you for listening! Please tell your friends about us! Listen, share, rate, subscribe!  Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian StandardBible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. ChristianStandard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.