KRIS TERRY Ministries

BUILD IT BACK - BUILD BACK THE ALTAR OF YOUR HEART.

Build back the altar of your heart.

Build back that place where you come to me and you lay everything at my feet.

Build back that place of reverence and communion with me. That secret place where we abide together.

It might take some sacrifice, dedication and devotion but something that is of great value often times requires
work but the payoff is exponentially well worth it.

We have become a society of rush rush and instant gratification and instant pleasure and we have to remember that God usually isn’t a God of instant. He likes time and I’ve learned that most often he takes his time.

Think about special times and special moments in your life....don’t you usually want them to last forever? We usually don’t want to rush those times and we want to savor those times right? Well that’s how God is with our time with him.

We must reevaluate our time with him. Have we reduced our time and space with him? We must build back that altar in our heart.

In Bible days the altar in the temple was an extremely sacred place and most often the priest was the only one inside the inner temple where the altar and the holy of Holies was. No average person was allowed inside. BUT since Jesus came and became our sacrifice on that altar he opened the veil or curtain to that special space. And now we are the temple and we house the altar and we must maintain that altar. We must make certain that we have that altar space and time within our heart. It’s vital to our spiritual life and even our daily life that we take everything to God. We release all the hurt, pain and disfunction in our life and lay it at his feet. And we must learn how to walk away, leave it with him and only pick up the uplifting, refreshing and life giving breath of his presence within our spirits.

Oh Lord, I thank you for the altar. I thank you for your provision of that sacred place in my heart. Allow me to be lead more quickly and sincerely to that special place. Teach me how to lay it all down and truly give you my all. And as I learn to release those things that weigh me down I know your spirit will fill me, refresh me and give me a new fresh perspective. May I truly recognize the value and importance of my time at your altar.

Two for one devotionals today. Yesterday’s was so good I thought I’d share it as well.