What It Means to Have a Heart Touched by God

Temptation is a whole lot less of a threat when its whole process is broken down into parts and identified in its early stages. And who would be better able to expose the hidden end of temptations than a veteran police officer?

For everyone in the battle, there will be good days and bad. In light of eternity, how do we keep one hard day from wiping out our reward? Wouldn’t it save a lot of time and trouble if we decided ahead of time where to go for encouragement when the day seems long, and the sky looks dark?

You and I CAN be close to God. It is the promise of James 4:8: "Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you.…" Just knowing that it is possible is only one of the major incentives Tom Harmon shares here. Drawing means to pull forward in a continual, gradual, unhurried way.

Taking eternity into account changes things. Naturally it can be easy to forget about eternity, focusing instead on our own life and the time we assume is ours. "Numbering our days" enables us to stand back and glimpse the "mosaic" God has been creating from the beginning of time.