Mark 7:1-13 ~ Religion vs Relationship

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So if we ever ask the question, "Lord, why me? Why is this happening to me?" It is because the issue is my heart. It is always happening because of my heart. It is always happening because He wants to get my attention and even make changes to my heart and my relationship in response to Him. I can sit through a religious type service; I can go through the motions of worship to the Lord; I can go through the motions of church; I can go through the motions of doing my duty as a Christian, and it could not be from the heart. That is a problem.

Sure He blesses His Word, and He sure He loves to be worshiped, and yes we need to pray together, but the real issue is the heart. Did it come from the heart? In everyday life, what is the heart like?

Jesus quotes Isaiah chapter 29 verse 13 and says, "That is you. Going through the motions, but your heart is far from Me."