{"id":9787,"date":"2022-04-29T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=9787"},"modified":"2022-04-28T14:39:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T14:39:43","slug":"the-place-of-wicked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=9787","title":{"rendered":"THE PLACE OF WICKED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE:<\/strong>\u00a0The heart is the place for the wicked to establish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Psalm 73<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The place of wickedness is in the heart that is wickedness has its seat in the heart.<br \/><strong><em>Jeremiah 17:9-10<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0made it known that the heart is the seat (center) of the wicked,\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cThe heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart; I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>The deceitful heart is the heart of wickedness that is the identity of the believer or unbeliever.<br \/>It is certain all are deceived, but not God.<br \/>Can you search if you are wicked?\u00a0<br \/>The acclaimed believer should not be with a wicked heart.<br \/>Psalm 73 identifies what the heart of a wicked one is like:\u00a0\u00a0<br \/><em>Pride serves as their necklace.<\/em><br \/><em>Violence covers them like a garment.<\/em><br \/><em>Their eyes bulge with abundance.<\/em><br \/><em>They have more than a heart could wish.\u00a0<\/em><br \/><em>They increase in riches.<\/em><br \/><em>They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression.<\/em><br \/><em>They speak loftily (arrogantly)<\/em><br \/><em>They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.<\/em><br \/>Are you an acclaimed believer with a head full of the word of God but empty in the heart where wickedness occupies?<br \/>In these wicked days, the sentence of God will answer with speed because God sees it all.<br \/>Are your ways rooted in wickedness?<br \/>The activity of the wicked is to do evil.<br \/><strong><em>Genesis 6:4<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0records the word of God about the wicked,\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Are you questioning the acts of the wicked ones?<br \/>God pays attention to the acts of the evil-doing, and God sees all.<br \/>Are you wicked?<br \/>The way of the wicked can appear better and glamorous.\u00a0<br \/>However, none should focus on the acts of the wicked ones but focus on God continually, with a mind that stays on God.<br \/>Only God is the judge, and all should allow God to judge as He pleases.<br \/>There is no judge but God.<br \/>Are you observing the activities of the wicked world, or are you a part of the wickedness of the world?<br \/>To you, does it appear as if wicked doing will last forever?<br \/>God sees it all, and appointed time will respond to the wicked ones and their activities under the heaven.<br \/>The book of\u00a0<strong><em>Ecclesiastes 8:11-13<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0speaks warning for a heart that is wise not to engage evil,\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cBecause the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him. But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><br \/>All should make amends not to be of wickedness.\u00a0<br \/>God sees it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer for today:&nbsp;<\/strong><em>Ask against having a place for wickedness in the heart.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE:\u00a0The heart is the place for the wicked to establish. Psalm 73 The place of wickedness is in the heart that is wickedness has its seat in the heart.Jeremiah 17:9-10\u00a0made it known that the heart is the seat (center) of the wicked,\u00a0\u201cThe heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=9787\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">THE PLACE OF WICKED<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9788,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9787\/revisions\/9788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}