Thursday, December 10, 2009

The First Task

The first task in leadership and the first task in spiritual formation are the same.
Guard the Heart. Thoughts, desires, motives in the heart produce fruit in attitudes and actions, good and evil. Everything springs from our hearts. God knows our hearts and wants us to confess, purify, and strengthen our hearts so that we are protected against the encroachment of the enemy.

Jonathan Edwards writes:

"See that your chief study is about your heart:
- that there, God's image is planted;
- that there, His interests are advanced;
- that there, the world and flesh are subdued;
- that there, the love of every sin is cast out;
- that there, the love of holiness grows."

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