A prayer to aim your heart toward God, by Alicia Headley, read by Liam Arden.

Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart and be stiff-necked no longer, due to

around a Me 10-16. Years ago, I hired a nutritionist. She advised me that when I'm deciding

what to eat, to always remember the phrase, if it doesn't nurture or nourish you, get rid

of it. Now of course she was referring to food, but I've taken this phrase and applied

it to every area of my life, especially if it affects my spiritual walk with the Lord.

In today's first, we read that Moses told the Israelites to keep the commandments of

the law and serve only God with their whole heart, not a divided one. He tells them to circumcise

their heart and be stiff-necked no longer, meaning they should no longer be argumentative,

walking in their own ways. Circumcision is used here metaphorically to emphasize the importance

of cutting away any affections that would interrupt complete obedience and total devotion

to the Lord. When Moses spoke to his people, they were not loving the Lord and only the

Lord, rather they had other devotions distracting them from serving God with all their heart.

A circumcised heart is open and responsive to the commands and directions from the Lord.

If we're aiming our hearts towards those things in life that are not nurturing and nourishing

our walk with the Lord, it makes it difficult for us to hear his directions.

What is your heart aimed at? The need to redirect your heart toward the Lord? Misplaced

affections interrupt your whole hearted devotion. An important part of walking wholly and

right with God is getting rid of those affections that are aimed away from the Lord.

So what's in your life that isn't nurturing and nourishing your walk with the Lord?

TV shows, social media sites, friendships, bad habits, attitudes, unforgiveness?

What do you need to circumcise from your heart today?

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