Deep Cleaning (Pride) - Part 1

<p>We need to declutter and deep clean, in that order.</p> <p>And although I have high aspirations, I am not sure it will happen at the magnitude with which it is needed. Honestly, it may not happen at all.</p> <p>When clutter things – that’s what happens… things will start to get rotten.</p> <p>Pride is a heart-attitude sin that overflows into a person’s motivation, decision-making, and activities. Pride is at the root of nearly every problem we struggle. _________________</p> <p>Even David, described as a man after God’s own heart, asked God to examine the contents of his soul in Psalm 139:23-24 (NIV).</p> <p>“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”    </p> <p> </p> <p>______________________</p> <p>Sometimes our hearts are like this: cluttered.</p> <p>It happens over time, not immediately. Maybe it starts with a misunderstanding, or a betrayal. Time nurses a wound like a newborn baby and before you know it, bitterness is fully-grown and hanging out in our hearts.</p> <p>Overtime, there is a potential for our hearts to be ridden with memories, hang-ups, guilt, sin, and the like, clinging to us and not letting go. I call it heart clutter.        </p>