April 19 – The Truth About Heart Choices

1
00:00:02,440 –> 00:00:05,800
Welcome to Bible chat where we
have devotional conversations

2
00:00:06,120 –> 00:00:08,280
rooted in scripture and relevant
for today.

3
00:00:10,080 –> 00:00:13,800
April 19th.
The truth about heart choices.

4
00:00:14,200 –> 00:00:17,320
Most of life is shaped by heart
choices long before those

5
00:00:17,320 –> 00:00:21,720
choices ever become visible.
Proverbs chapter 14 verse 22

6
00:00:21,720 –> 00:00:24,640
says do they not go astray who
devise evil?

7
00:00:25,760 –> 00:00:29,040
Those who devise good meets
steadfast love and faithfulness.

8
00:00:29,640 –> 00:00:32,479
That verse reminds us that
direction begins in the heart.

9
00:00:32,920 –> 00:00:36,440
Before sin becomes action, it is
often entertained in thought.

10
00:00:37,560 –> 00:00:40,840
Before goodness is seen
publicly, it is usually chosen

11
00:00:40,840 –> 00:00:45,040
privately.
Psalm 14 verse 2 says the Lord

12
00:00:45,040 –> 00:00:48,000
looks down from heaven on the
children of man to see if there

13
00:00:48,000 –> 00:00:50,480
are any who understand who seek
after God.

14
00:00:51,200 –> 00:00:55,160
Then Psalm 53 says they have all
gone astray.

15
00:00:55,400 –> 00:00:59,320
That is deeply humbling.
Left to ourselves, we drift.

16
00:00:59,680 –> 00:01:02,000
We do not naturally stay
centered in holiness.

17
00:01:02,360 –> 00:01:04,959
We wander in pride, selfishness,
and sin.

18
00:01:06,040 –> 00:01:10,000
In Romans chapter 3, verses 23
to 24 says it clearly.

19
00:01:10,440 –> 00:01:13,720
For all have sinned and fall
short of the glory of God and

20
00:01:13,720 –> 00:01:15,840
are justified by His grace as a
gift.

21
00:01:16,440 –> 00:01:18,480
That is the truth about heart
choices.

22
00:01:19,520 –> 00:01:22,760
Yes, your choices matter deeply.
They are not random.

23
00:01:23,000 –> 00:01:24,800
They shape your character and
your future.

24
00:01:25,160 –> 00:01:27,640
But your hope is not found in
flawless performance.

25
00:01:27,960 –> 00:01:32,120
Your hope is found in grace.
God sees the ways your heart has

26
00:01:32,120 –> 00:01:35,400
wandered, and still He offers
forgiveness through Jesus.

27
00:01:35,880 –> 00:01:39,040
He does not excuse sin, but He
does provide redemption.

28
00:01:40,120 –> 00:01:42,640
That means when your heart is
drifting, you do not have to

29
00:01:42,640 –> 00:01:44,800
hide.
When your motives are mixed, you

30
00:01:44,800 –> 00:01:47,360
do not have to pretend when you
fail.

31
00:01:47,360 –> 00:01:49,360
You do not have to live buried
in shame.

32
00:01:50,480 –> 00:01:53,840
Grace gives you a new beginning.
Grace teaches your heart to turn

33
00:01:53,840 –> 00:01:56,040
back.
Grace empowers you to choose

34
00:01:56,040 –> 00:01:58,800
what is good today.
Ask the Lord to search your

35
00:01:58,800 –> 00:02:01,520
heart honestly.
What are you devising inwardly?

36
00:02:02,600 –> 00:02:04,440
Bitterness, Pride.
Compromise.

37
00:02:04,600 –> 00:02:06,640
Or are you actively choosing
what honors Him?

38
00:02:07,040 –> 00:02:09,160
Whatever He reveals, bring it
into the light.

39
00:02:09,600 –> 00:02:12,520
God’s steadfast love meets those
who turn toward Him.

40
00:02:13,680 –> 00:02:16,640
You are not saved by your
goodness, but by grace.

41
00:02:16,640 –> 00:02:19,040
You can begin to live
differently from the inside out.

42
00:02:19,400 –> 00:02:22,880
Let’s pray.
Heavenly Father, thank you for

43
00:02:22,880 –> 00:02:26,080
seeing my heart completely and
still loving me through Jesus.

44
00:02:26,600 –> 00:02:29,640
Forgive me for the ways I drift
and the sinful choices I

45
00:02:29,640 –> 00:02:34,240
entertain in secret search me,
cleanse me, and turn my heart

46
00:02:34,240 –> 00:02:36,920
back to what is good.
Thank you for your grace that

47
00:02:36,920 –> 00:02:39,760
covers my sin and gives me
strength to walk in truth.

48
00:02:40,240 –> 00:02:44,920
Help me choose what honors you
today in Jesus name, Amen.

49
00:02:49,360 –> 00:02:52,120
What if you could rise up and
declare with full spiritual

50
00:02:52,120 –> 00:02:54,760
authority, I shall not die but
live?

51
00:02:55,520 –> 00:02:58,560
Death Defeated is a powerful
five book prayer series for

52
00:02:58,560 –> 00:03:01,560
believers who are ready to
confront premature death, break

53
00:03:01,560 –> 00:03:04,720
demonic cycles, and enforce
God’s covenant of life over

54
00:03:04,720 –> 00:03:06,800
their destiny and household.
Book 1.

55
00:03:07,120 –> 00:03:10,080
Deliverance from Death breaks
chains of premature death and

56
00:03:10,080 –> 00:03:12,120
generational attacks.
Book 2.

57
00:03:12,400 –> 00:03:15,640
Destruction of deaths Devices
exposes hidden traps and

58
00:03:15,640 –> 00:03:19,120
dismantles the enemy schemes.
Book 3, Divine Defense against

59
00:03:19,120 –> 00:03:21,720
Death, activates supernatural
protection and divine

60
00:03:21,720 –> 00:03:25,040
preservation.
Book 4, Disarming the Destroyer,

61
00:03:25,120 –> 00:03:27,880
overthrows deadly assaults and
silences the spirit of

62
00:03:27,880 –> 00:03:30,720
destruction.
Book 5, Dominion over Death,

63
00:03:30,840 –> 00:03:33,320
establishes resurrection
authority, victorious living,

64
00:03:33,560 –> 00:03:35,240
and destiny fulfillment in
Christ.

65
00:03:35,640 –> 00:03:37,760
This series equips you with
Scripture anchored prophetic

66
00:03:37,760 –> 00:03:41,920
prayers to reject fear, cancel
dark decrees, and walk in divine

67
00:03:41,920 –> 00:03:44,360
preservation.
Order now on Amazon or visit

68
00:03:44,360 –> 00:03:48,720
prayerscripts.org.
Now I invite you to spend time

69
00:03:48,720 –> 00:03:51,240
with God in today’s three-year
Bible reading plan.

70
00:03:53,160 –> 00:03:57,560
Proverbs Chapter 14 Verse 22
World English Bible Don’t they

71
00:03:57,560 –> 00:04:01,000
go astray who plot evil?
But love and faithfulness belong

72
00:04:01,000 –> 00:04:06,000
to those who plan good.
Psalm chapter 14 World English

73
00:04:06,000 –> 00:04:10,040
Bible for the chief musician by
David The fool has said in his

74
00:04:10,040 –> 00:04:13,080
heart, there is no God.
They are corrupt, they have done

75
00:04:13,080 –> 00:04:15,800
abominable deeds.
There is no one who does good.

76
00:04:16,920 –> 00:04:20,079
Yahweh looked down from heaven
on the children of men to see if

77
00:04:20,079 –> 00:04:22,800
there were any who understood
who sought after God.

78
00:04:23,320 –> 00:04:26,040
They have all gone aside.
They have together become

79
00:04:26,040 –> 00:04:29,000
corrupt.
There is no one who does good.

80
00:04:29,000 –> 00:04:32,880
No, not one have all the workers
of iniquity, no knowledge who

81
00:04:32,880 –> 00:04:35,960
eat up my people as they eat
bread and don’t call on Yahweh.

82
00:04:37,120 –> 00:04:40,120
There they were in great fear,
for God is in the generation of

83
00:04:40,120 –> 00:04:42,560
the righteous.
You frustrate the plan of the

84
00:04:42,560 –> 00:04:44,720
poor, because Yahweh is His
refuge.

85
00:04:45,840 –> 00:04:48,600
Oh, that the salvation of Israel
would come out of Zion.

86
00:04:49,000 –> 00:04:51,720
When Yahweh restores the
fortunes of His people, then

87
00:04:51,720 –> 00:04:54,520
Jacob shall rejoice and Israel
shall be glad.

88
00:04:55,040 –> 00:04:59,200
Psalm, chapter 53.
World English Bible for the

89
00:04:59,200 –> 00:05:01,520
chief musician to the tune of
Mahalath.

90
00:05:01,880 –> 00:05:05,960
A contemplation by David.
The fool has said in his heart,

91
00:05:06,000 –> 00:05:08,720
There is no God.
They are corrupt and have done

92
00:05:08,720 –> 00:05:11,600
abominable iniquity.
There is no one who does good.

93
00:05:12,720 –> 00:05:15,840
God looks down from heaven on
the children of men to see if

94
00:05:15,840 –> 00:05:18,600
there are any who understood,
who seek after God.

95
00:05:19,120 –> 00:05:22,000
Every one of them has gone back.
They have become filthy

96
00:05:22,000 –> 00:05:24,960
together.
There is no one who does good.

97
00:05:24,960 –> 00:05:28,880
No, not one have the workers of
iniquity, no knowledge who eat

98
00:05:28,880 –> 00:05:31,720
up my people as they eat bread
and don’t call on God.

99
00:05:32,880 –> 00:05:35,360
There they were in great fear
where No Fear was.

100
00:05:35,560 –> 00:05:38,400
For God has scattered the bones
of Him who encamps against you.

101
00:05:39,040 –> 00:05:42,040
You have put them to shame
because God has rejected them.

102
00:05:43,200 –> 00:05:45,960
Oh, that the salvation of Israel
would come out of Zion.

103
00:05:46,360 –> 00:05:49,840
When God brings back his people
from captivity, then Jacob shall

104
00:05:49,840 –> 00:05:52,000
rejoice, and Israel shall be
glad.

105
00:05:52,560 –> 00:05:56,320
Romans chapter 3 World English
Bible.

106
00:05:56,680 –> 00:06:00,040
Then what advantage does the Jew
have, or what is the profit of

107
00:06:00,040 –> 00:06:03,120
circumcision?
Much in every way, because first

108
00:06:03,120 –> 00:06:05,760
of all they were entrusted with
the revelations of God.

109
00:06:06,800 –> 00:06:09,560
For what if somewhere without
faith, will their lack of faith

110
00:06:09,560 –> 00:06:12,680
nullify the faithfulness of God?
May it never be.

111
00:06:12,960 –> 00:06:17,560
Yes, let God be found true, but
every man a liar, as it is

112
00:06:17,560 –> 00:06:20,360
written, that you might be
justified in your words, and

113
00:06:20,360 –> 00:06:22,280
might prevail when you come into
judgement.

114
00:06:22,920 –> 00:06:25,280
But if our unrighteousness
commends the righteousness of

115
00:06:25,280 –> 00:06:29,520
God, what will we say?
Is God unrighteous who inflicts

116
00:06:29,520 –> 00:06:31,280
wrath?
I speak like men do.

117
00:06:31,440 –> 00:06:34,040
May it never be.
For then how will God judge the

118
00:06:34,040 –> 00:06:36,920
world?
For if the truth of God through

119
00:06:36,920 –> 00:06:40,880
my light abounded to His glory,
why am I also still judged as a

120
00:06:40,880 –> 00:06:44,080
Sinner?
Why not as we are slanderously

121
00:06:44,080 –> 00:06:47,520
reported, and as some affirm,
that we say let’s do evil, that

122
00:06:47,520 –> 00:06:49,960
good may come?
Those who say so are justly

123
00:06:49,960 –> 00:06:51,600
condemned.
What then?

124
00:06:51,960 –> 00:06:56,360
Are we better than they?
No, in no way, for we previously

125
00:06:56,360 –> 00:06:59,360
warned both Jews and Greeks that
they are all under sin.

126
00:06:59,840 –> 00:07:03,040
As it is written, there is no
one righteous, no, not one.

127
00:07:03,400 –> 00:07:07,440
There is no one who understands.
There is no one who seeks after

128
00:07:07,440 –> 00:07:09,320
God.
They have all turned away.

129
00:07:09,480 –> 00:07:11,440
They have together become
unprofitable.

130
00:07:11,760 –> 00:07:14,480
There is no one who does good,
no, not so much as one.

131
00:07:15,040 –> 00:07:18,920
Their throat is an open tomb.
With their tongues they have

132
00:07:18,920 –> 00:07:21,520
used deceit.
The poison of Vipers is under

133
00:07:21,520 –> 00:07:24,000
their lips.
Their mouth is full of cursing

134
00:07:24,000 –> 00:07:26,680
and bitterness.
Their feet are swift to shed

135
00:07:26,680 –> 00:07:29,720
blood.
Destruction and misery are in

136
00:07:29,720 –> 00:07:33,200
their ways, the way of peace.
They haven’t known.

137
00:07:33,640 –> 00:07:35,720
There is No Fear of God before
their eyes.

138
00:07:36,120 –> 00:07:39,400
Now we know that whatever things
the Law says, it speaks to those

139
00:07:39,400 –> 00:07:43,760
who are under the law, that
every mouth may be closed, and

140
00:07:43,760 –> 00:07:46,160
all the world may be brought
under the judgement of God,

141
00:07:47,320 –> 00:07:50,440
because by the works of the law
no flesh will be justified in

142
00:07:50,440 –> 00:07:52,600
His sight.
For through the Law comes the

143
00:07:52,600 –> 00:07:56,400
knowledge of sin.
But now, apart from the Law, a

144
00:07:56,400 –> 00:07:59,920
righteousness of God has been
revealed, being testified by the

145
00:07:59,920 –> 00:08:03,720
Law and the prophets, even the
righteousness of God through

146
00:08:03,720 –> 00:08:07,320
faith in Jesus Christ to all and
on all those who believe.

147
00:08:08,480 –> 00:08:11,760
For there is no distinction.
For all have sinned and fall

148
00:08:11,760 –> 00:08:15,840
short of the glory of God, being
justified freely by His grace

149
00:08:15,840 –> 00:08:20,120
through the redemption that is
in Christ Jesus, whom God sent

150
00:08:20,120 –> 00:08:23,480
to be an atoning sacrifice
through faith in His blood for a

151
00:08:23,480 –> 00:08:25,800
demonstration of His
righteousness, through the

152
00:08:25,800 –> 00:08:30,840
passing over of prior sins in
God’s forbearance to demonstrate

153
00:08:30,840 –> 00:08:33,679
His righteousness at this
present time, that He might

154
00:08:33,679 –> 00:08:36,799
Himself be just and the
justifier of him who has faith

155
00:08:36,799 –> 00:08:39,840
in Jesus.
Where then is the boasting?

156
00:08:39,960 –> 00:08:43,000
It is excluded by what kind of
law of works?

157
00:08:43,360 –> 00:08:46,400
No, but by a law of faith.
We maintain, therefore, that a

158
00:08:46,400 –> 00:08:49,360
man is justified by faith apart
from the works of the law.

159
00:08:50,480 –> 00:08:54,160
Or is God the God of Jews only?
Isn’t he the God of Gentiles

160
00:08:54,160 –> 00:08:57,040
also?
Yes, of Gentiles also.

161
00:08:57,160 –> 00:09:00,360
Since indeed there is one God
who will justify the circumcised

162
00:09:00,360 –> 00:09:02,920
by faith and the uncircumcised
through faith.

163
00:09:04,040 –> 00:09:05,920
Do we then nullify the law
through faith?

164
00:09:06,240 –> 00:09:08,720
May it never be.
No, we establish the law.

165
00:09:10,920 –> 00:09:14,200
Thanks for joining us on Bible
Chat, where Scripture meets

166
00:09:14,200 –> 00:09:17,400
everyday life.
If today’s devotional encouraged

167
00:09:17,400 –> 00:09:21,040
you, share it with a friend and
be sure to follow the podcast so

168
00:09:21,040 –> 00:09:22,800
you won’t miss the next
conversation.

169
00:09:23,200 –> 00:09:26,680
Until next time, stay rooted in
truth, anchored in hope, and

170
00:09:26,680 –> 00:09:28,160
walking daily with Jesus.