HEART
Our Mission Statement at Kingsland is, “Inviting all people to experience true fulfillment in Jesus Christ, one home at a time.” We do this by engaging in 4 domains in our lives beginning with our own hearts. We start with our own hearts because every other domain is impacted by what flows from our own hearts.
- The main practice in the Heart Domain is REST.
- REST means to stop striving and performing for God’s approval and acceptance.
- REST means that we stop trying to change ourselves, our lives and others apart from God.
- REST means that we receive from God His salvation, His healing and His freedom for our lives.
- REST is living from our identity in Christ as God’s sons and daughters.
Confession & Thanksgiving
- Take a moment and confess your need for God. Simply tell God that you need Him and ask Him to help you seek Him, receive from Him and rest in Him.
- What are you grateful for that God has done in your life? What do you love about God? Take a moment to thank God and tell Him what you love about Him.
- Ask God to show you what sins you need to confess to Him. God’s Word tells us that, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)
- Once you confess any sins to God, thank God for forgiving you. Ask God to cleanse your heart and mind of the sin and to set you free from the power of those sins.
Surrender
- What are the burdens you are carrying that need to be released to Jesus?
- Ask God to show you what you are trying to accomplish or figure out on your own. What are you walking through today that is creating worry, anxiety and fear?
- Take a few minutes and ask God to help you receive His REST as you surrender burdens, fears and control of your life to Him. Ask God to help you trust Him with your whole heart.
Extended Surrender
- Meditate (read slowly and ask the Spirit to speak to your heart through this Scripture). “Casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you” (1 Peter 5:7).
- What is God saying to your heart through this verse? Ask God to speak to your heart and bring this question to your Father: “God, what are you saying to me through this verse?”
- Spend a few moments thanking God for His desire and plan to reveal Himself to you as you seek Him.
- Ask God to speak to your heart and show you what cares (anything that you are anxious about) that you need to cast to God (give to Him) so that your heart is not carrying it.
- As God’s son/daughter, your Father knows the burdens, fears and pain that feel too heavy to give to Him. Take time to tell God how you feel. Be honest with your Father and don’t hold anything back from Him. You may want to journal your thoughts and feelings, which is so helpful to our hearts.
- Close this time of prayer with God by thanking Him for His power, His faithfulness, His provision, His love, His goodness in your life and asking God to give you a passion for Him and His Kingdom.