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Guard Your Heart
2~/2~/2002 and 2~/3~/2002
-If I were to say the word “pollution” it would bring all sorts of things to mind.
There is air and water pollution.
Nutritionists tell us we are getting toxins in our bodies that if we leave there can cause disease.
-Every so often you need to de-tox because of the environment we live in.
-The same is true spiritually.
We live in a spiritually toxic world.
Pr 25:26 ¶ Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
(NIV)
Proverbs 14
30 ¶ A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
Proverbs 4
20 ¶ My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words.
21 Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart;
22 for they are life to those who find them and health to a man's whole body.
23 */Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life/*.
24 Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.
26 Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm.
27 Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
(NIV)
NLT
*/20/* Pay attention, my child, to what I say.
Listen carefully.
*/21/* Don't lose sight of my words.
Let them penetrate deep within your heart, */22/* for they bring life and radiant health to anyone who discovers their meaning.
*/23/* */Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do.
/*F8 */24/* Avoid all perverse talk; stay far from corrupt speech.
*/25/* Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you.
*/26/* Mark out a straight path for your feet; then stick to the path and stay safe.
*/27/* Don't get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil.
NCV
*/20/* My child, pay attention to my words; listen closely to what I say.
*/21/* Don't ever forget my words; keep them always in mind.
*/22/* They are the key to life for those who find them; they bring health to the whole body.
*/23 Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life./*
*/24/* Don't use your mouth to tell lies; don't ever say things that are not true.
*/25/* Keep your eyes focused on what is right, and look straight ahead to what is good.
*/26/* Be careful what you do, and always do what is right.
*/27/* Don't turn off the road of goodness; keep away from evil paths.
-In the original language it says “of all guarding guard your heart because from it emanations of life.
-Since all the actions of life literally the outgoings of life originate in the heart, its condition determines whether or not we live wisely or foolishly.
WHY IS THE CONDITION OF YOUR HEART IMPORTANT?
Mark 4
13 Then Jesus said to them, "Don't you understand this parable?
How then will you understand any parable?
14 The farmer sows the word.
15 Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown.
As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
16 Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy.
17 But since they have no root, they last only a short time.
When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
18 Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word;
19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.
(life’s worries, riches and pleasures)
20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop--thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown."
-The condition of someone’s heart determines everything about their lives.
-These people all heard the same seed or Word and different things happened because the condition of the soil or hearts.
-Only God can change a heart and make it right.
-I saw it like a river that flows from its source but we can place obstacles in the path of that water and dam it up.
-We can block the flow of life.
-Pollution in your heart can cause your life to dry up like a desert.
John 7 NRSV
37 ¶ On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me,
38 and let the one who believes in me drink.
As the scripture has said, */'Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living water.'"/*
39 Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him were to receive;
-How do we de-tox?
What should we look out for to keep our hearts clear?
-Our Sripture in Proverbs 4 goes ahead to tell us how to guard our hearts.
-Literally it says “REMOVE” and then goes on to list what things to remove.
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REMOVE PERVERSE TALK AND LYING LIPS
Proverbs 4
24 Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
-The tongue has the power of life and death.
-James (Jesus’ brother and probably the pastor in Jerusalem) has a lot to say about how we use our mouths.
James 3
2 We all stumble in many ways.
If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.
3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.
4 Or take ships as an example.
Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.
5 Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.
Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.
6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body.
It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
7 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
8 but no man can tame the tongue.
It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
9 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness.
10 Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing.
My brothers, this should not be.
-One of the best ways to keep out of trouble is to be quiet.
-A wise man’s heart guides his mouth.
A fool speaks his mind.
-Don’t say everything you think, even to yourself.
-You can pollute your heart as well as others around you.
YOU WILL WIN OR YOU WILL LOSE DEPENDING ON THE WORDS YOU CHOOSE.
-Watch you mouth!
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