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Dear Young Christian:
As you start another week of activity in a world that hates Christ and a world where it is easy for the believer to become cold and indifferent to His claims, I want to give you some counsel.
The Lord desires, more than anything else, that you give Him your heart. He says to each of His children, “My son, give Me thine heart” (Proverbs 23:26). The Lord died to win your heart’s affection! The problem is that we often only give Him part of it. The rest we keep for ourselves or something else. Jesus wants our heart so that He can fill it with His love, with His peace, with His joy. A really happy Christian is one who has given his whole heart to the Lord Jesus. A heart that is given to Christ is a full and happy heart — and so is the person it belongs to.
There is much to dull our hearts and chill our affections, but we are exhorted, “Keep yourselves in the love of God” (Jude 21). Live in the sunshine of the enjoyment of His love, and your heart cannot help but respond.
Your Christian Friend,
Jim Hyland
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