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Our Heart, God’s Dwelling Place

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MARY JAMES

Lead Pastor

April 9, 2026
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We are alive this morning because of God’s mercy.

– If we need God’s favor, then someone else may need ours.

– Christianity becomes a burden in our lives when we hide our hearts from God. For if we refuse to help our brothers and sisters in distress, we only harm ourselves.

– The Bible says this: we cannot serve God with a heart full of resentment, hatred, jealousy… Why can we draw conclusions about our lives when God has not yet spoken His final word?

– What are these things said about your life that you take into account when drawing conclusions about your life without God’s will or judgment?

– If we reject our parents, our siblings, our neighbor because they have reprimanded us, it simply means that we have rejected God, and therefore we cannot receive His blessings.

– Our heart is where God dwells. God cannot dwell in a heart that harbors resentment, gossip, anger, and unforgiveness, because with all these things, we prevent God from manifesting Himself in our lives.

– If we want God to dwell in us, we should allow His spirit of truth, love, correction, and rebuke to dwell within us.

When accusations and persecution arise, we should be happy and pray for more, for this allows us to realize that God is preparing something great for us. What is most important is how we handle them.

We should not allow anything to prevent us from manifesting God’s glory.

We should learn to live righteous lives; we should learn to listen to others. Our heart is God’s dwelling place.

– Let us learn to let go of offenses, to forgive from the depths of our hearts, a sincere forgiveness that comes from the heart and not from the lips. God uses our neighbor to test us so that we may be worthy of His blessings and open doors for Him