True Worship Starts in the Heart, Not a Vibe ❤️ | Matthew 15 Devotional (7-Step QT)
7-Step QT Notes 1. 🙏 Quiet Time Pause. Take a deep breath. Ask God to show you the difference between external religion and a heart that’s close to Him . 2. 📅 February 19, 2026 Today’s passage reminds us: True worship isn’t about looking right—it’s about a heart that’s truly near God. 3. ✝️ Matthew 15:1-20 Pharisees and scribes accuse Jesus’ disciples of breaking the tradition of the elders, but Jesus rebukes them for voiding God’s commandment—especially honoring father and mother—for the sake of their tradition, exposing their hypocrisy as Isaiah foretold. He teaches the crowd that what defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth but what comes out of it, because it proceeds from the heart. From the heart come evil thoughts and sins such as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, and slander—these defile, not eating with unwashed hands. 4. 📖 Key Verse “ ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; in vain do...