Saturday, September 11 2021
Title: Fill our hearts with goodness
Author: Pastor Johnson Chong
Translation: Margaret Ong

Matthew 12:35 ” A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things,”

Here the Lord Jesus spoke of another principle, an important truth and that is, what is filled in a person’s heart will be revealed externally. This is very natural. We can know what is filled within a person from what a person says, does, likes, and pursues naturally. So if a person is full of sin, then filth, pride, jealousy, greed, lust, anger will also come out. He may suppress these, living in pretence for one moment or once, but he cannot keep suppressing and pretending, because if he does not vent what is filled within, he would not be able to withstand it, and in fact he cannot help it.

Here we not only learn to know people, but also examine ourselves: What do we fill ourselves with? Many people are filled with all kinds of unrighteousness, evil, greed, and malice, and their hearts are full of jealousy, murder, rivalry, deceit, and hatred, so that evil comes out of their hearts. But don’t believers have these things in their hearts? Wouldn’t you say these things in your mouth? Are you not greedy or jealous in your heart? Is there no competition or deceit in your mouth? Are there no fornication or filthy thoughts at all? Don’t you have some proud, arrogant ideas? You are just afraid that it’s useless to be known by others. The question is what is in your heart? So first, purify your heart and empty the evil inside.

But the human heart is never empty, it always has to be filled. You emptied sin, it will come in again, and it will give birth to itself, because you have the flesh, and you live in a sinful world. There is only one way, and that is to fill your heart with good treasure, with the Lord, with the Holy Spirit, with the Words of the Lord. In this way, you can fill your heart, get rid of the sin and filth, and prevent them from coming in again. If you allow sinful thoughts and ideas in it, Satan may be following in. Let’s take another look at what is full of our hearts? The world or God, lust or the Holy Spirit, Satan or Christ?

Prayer: Dear Father, we want to thank you and praise you, bless your name! Pray for the Lord to protect our hearts, renew our thoughts, and fill our hearts with the Lord, with the Holy Spirit and with Your Words. Thank You for praying and asking, in the holy name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen!

每日灵粮
星期六，2021年9月11日
标题：让我们的心充满善
作者：张胜牧师

马太福音12：35 “因为心里所充满的，口里就说出来，善人从他心里所存的善就发出善来。”

主耶稣在这里又讲出一个原则，一个重要的真理，那就是人心里充满甚麽，外面就流露什么。这是很自然的。我们可以从一个人自然流露的所说、所作、所喜好、所追求，知道这个人里面充满的是什么。所以一个人里面若充满罪恶、污秽、骄傲、嫉妒、贪心、情欲、恼怒，这些也会发出来。他可能压抑、假装一时、一次，但不能一直压抑、假装，因为他若不发泄里面所充满的，他是受不住的，实在说来也是身不由己的。

在这里我们不但学习认识人，也当察看我们自己：究竟我们里面充满什么? 有许多人内在装满了各样不义、邪恶、贪婪、恶毒，满心是嫉妒、凶杀、争竞、诡诈、毒恨，因此从心里也就发出那些恶来。但是信徒的心里就没有这些东西吗？口中也不会说出这些东西吗？你心中没有贪心、嫉妒吗？你口中没有争竞、诡诈吗？一点也没有淫乱、污秽的思想吗？没有一些骄傲、狂妄的意念吗？你仅仅怕外面流露出来被人知道是没有用的。问题在於你心里存些什么？所以首先要清洁你的心，倒空里面的恶。

但人的心却总不会空，它总要有所装满。你将罪倒空了，它还要进来，它自己也会生出来，因为你有肉体，而且你住在罪恶的世界中。只有一个办法，那就是让你的心充满善，充满主，充满圣灵，充满主的话。这样就可以占满你的心，把罪恶污秽除掉，不让它再进来。如果你容让罪恶的思想意念在里面，可能撒旦就要跟着进来了。让我们再看一看心中充满的是甚麽？世界或是神，情欲或是圣灵，撒旦或是基督？

祷告：
亲爱的天父，我们要感谢和赞美祢，称颂祢的名！求主保守我们的心，更新我们的思想意念，让我们的心充满主，充满圣灵和充满主祢的话。感谢祷告祈求，是奉靠主耶穌基督的圣名，阿们！