"Every human heart needs a deeper cleansing by the Holy Spirit. We ought to thank God for the person who irritates us or makes us angry or jealous. That person provides the means for God to teach us something about ourselves. That irritating person shows the true colors of my heart, and only once my heart is displayed in all of its corruption can it be washed white and clean." ~ Dennis F. Kinlaw (from his devotional book, This Day with the Master)

Let Go...

‎"...God wants people who can hold everything – their profession, their wealth, their status, their family – on an open palm. The only thing we are to clutch to our hearts is God himself. God wants us to allow him to give and to take away. We can only allow him this freedom if our security is not in our Isaac but in Christ. This is the job of the sanctifying Spirit. When our security is Christ, we can never be destroyed." ~ Dennis F. Kinlaw (from This Day with the Master – referencing Genesis 22: 1-19)