Job 7:17

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him?

and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

Meditation:

Do I believe that God cares about me and my life today?

Affirmation:

The heart of God is our life.

Prayer:

Creator God, how wonderful it is to know that your heart is for your creation.

HEART

And in every work that he (Hezekiah) began

in the service of the house of God, and in the law,

and in the commandments, to seek his God,

he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

11 Chronicles 31:21

Meditation:

Today will I do my work for God, with all my heart?

Affirmation:

My work is in the service of God; and I do it with all my heart.

Prayer:

May I find you in my work, Lord; and may I seek you wholeheartedly there.

HEART

Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them

one heart to do the commandment of the king

and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.

11 Chronicles 30:12

Meditation:

Am I ready to believe that God can touch the hearts of a whole people

through his Word?

Affirmation:

I trust that the hand of God is guiding world events.

Prayer:

Lord God, thank you for the power of your word to change hearts.

HEART

And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart,

to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and

thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build

the palace for the which I have made provision.

1 Chronicles 29:19

Meditation:

In what way was the work of building the Temple first completed within Solomon?

Affirmation:

I know that all beauty is God's creation.

Prayer:

Praise and glory are yours, O God, for perfecting the heart of Solomon.

HEART

Thou, (Amaziah, King of Judah) hast indeed smitten

Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up ...

2 Kings 14:10

Meditation:

Am I glorying over some victory that tempts me to be prideful?

Affirmation:

I examine my heart to find commonality with all people.

Prayer:

Thank you, God, that you know the prideful nature of your people and have provided

a merciful King to rule over us.

HEART

Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart

to judge thy people, that I may discern between good

and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

1 Kings 3:9

Meditation:

What role do I have in relationship to judging good versus evil?

Affirmation:

With God's help I choose life, and not judgement.

Prayer:

Father God, with your help may I stay out of the judgement business and choose

life-enhancing attitudes and actions instead.

SOUL

And David was greatly distressed for the people

spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people

was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters:

but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.

1 Samuel 30:6

Meditation:

During times of grief have I turned away from the Good Shepherd?

Affirmation:

King David encouraged himself in the Lord, and so can I.

Prayer:

May I peacefully seek you, Lord Jesus, in times of fear.