#half-heartedness

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Give God your Whole Heart

by T. F. Kruckenburg

It is the heart for which God asks, and, moreover, it is the whole heart. There are many claimants in the world for our heart’s affections; but, in withholding our hearts from [worldly things] and giving them to God, we give him our best—we give him our all, we give him ourselves. Oh, that we might lose ourselves in loving, thorough-going service, and self-dedication!— O God, save me from half-heartedness—grant that my heart may be whole with you.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

If you are Christians, be consistent. Be Christians out and out; Christians every hour, in every part. Beware of halfhearted discipleship, of compromise with evil, of conformity to the world, of trying to serve two masters – to walk in two ways, the narrow and the broad, at once. It will not do. Half-hearted Christianity will only dishonor God, while it makes you miserable.

Horatius Bonar

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The Believer's Daily Remembrancer

Devotional for July 3

"Their heart is divided." - Hosea 10:2

THIS is a very serious charge, for God demands the whole heart, and his people profess to surrender it. But have we not reason to fear that many are guilty on this point? They appear so undecided, that we must think that the heart is divided between God and the world; between sin and holiness; between truth and error; or between Christ and self. What are the symptoms of a divided heart? Habitual cleaving to earth. Being satisfied with a form of godliness. Backwardness to examine ourselves. A dislike to plain, close, soul-searching, rousing preaching. Putting away eternal things to a distance. Beloved, how is it with you? God rejects half the heart; He will have all or none. Do you fear on this point? There is a remedy. Thoroughly examine your heart. Condemn whatever you detect amiss in it. Take it to Jesus, and beseech Him to heal it. Expose it to the keen edge of God's word. Endeavour to keep up a constant sense of the presence of God. Converse much with eternal realities. As the heart is, so will the life be; so will the comfort and peace be. O Lord, unite my heart to fear thy name!

Let me, according to Thy word, A tender, contrite heart receive, Which grieves at having grieved its Lord, And never can itself forgive; A heart Thy joys and griefs to feel, A heart where Christ alone may dwell.

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Half-heartedness never won a battle.

William McKinley, US President 

[ekkehard]

Half-heartedness and mediocrity don't inspire anybody to do anything.

Adrian Rogers