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INTRODUCTION:
This morning,
I would like to share with you a passage that literally transformed my life.
- Every passage is certainly inspired,
- Which means,
every passage is a word that should reprove and correct us
- Every passage has an application for how we ought to approach God and live for God,
But not every passage is as dynamically important as every other passage.
>>>>This passage has the power to revolutionize your Christian life.
In other words –
there are certain passages whose truth is so important for our lives,
>>>>> it ought to be a passage every Christian should know.
Passage I believe is one of those.
It is a passage that has the power to revolutionize your Christian life.
ILLUSTRATION:
Warren Wiersbe has a book - 50 people every Christian should know.
I am suggesting to you, if there were 50 passages every Christian should know.
This ought to be one of them.
Why is this passage so important?
Why is this passage a passage that transformed my life?
Because it tells me where I win
and lose the battle of the Christian life.
Perhaps you're sitting here and you have some spiritual goals your thinking about this year -
It can be a basic one -
I want to spend more time in prayer.
I want to be more regular in reading my Bible.
I want to spend more time reaching people for Christ.
Where does the battle of my prayer life and the battle of my devotions take place?
Perhaps you're looking for victory over a certain struggle in your life.
It is a passage that has the power to revolutionize your Christian life.
A habitual sin
an issue in my family or extended family
perhaps a struggle in my marriage or my parenting
a struggle I have in my workplace
a long-time friendship that ended badly
This passage will help us understand where that battle takes place.
There are certainly other passages we need to know,
But this one is one of the major passages we need to know to live a victorious Christian life.
And it is a passage I don't think you can truly live the Christian life without understanding.
Look at your Bibles and consider where Spiritual battles are fought -
From this Proverb, I warn us-
We must guard our hearts.
and this text gives us 4 ways we must do that.
Our proverb begins by calling Solomon's son to listen and concentrate on these words.
(ESV)
20 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
20 My son, be attentive to my words;
20 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.
22 For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.
incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Let them not escape from your sight;
keep them within your heart.
22 For they are life to those who find them,
and healing to all their flesh.
So as we read this passage
– verse 20 pleads with us to listen to these words.
- Verse 21 pleads with us not to lose sight of these words.
In other words Solomon is pleading with us to listen and concentrate on these words.
Why are these words so important for the son of Solomon?
(ESV)
20 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart.
22 For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh.
These words are important - because these words give us life and healing.
>>>>Sin and foolishness is destructive.
The guilt and the fallout of >>>>>>>>>sin and foolishness can literally suck the life and energy out of people.
It gives us restless sleep,
exhaustion,
a lack of hunger,
depression
makes us lethargic
The words the Solomon is about to tell us gives us life and healing.
But the words that Solomon is about to tell us gives us life and healing.
It is hope and health to those who listen and concentrate on them.
What are Solomon's words?
First, Solomon teaches us that –
1) The Heart is the Control Center of Our Lives.
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1) The Heart is the Control Center of Our Lives.
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This verse teaches us, first and foremost, that we must -
1) Protect and cultivate our hearts with the Gospel.
(ESV)
1) The Heart is the Control Center of Our Lives.
1) Protect and cultivate our hearts with the Gospel.
1) The Heart is the Control Center of Our Lives.
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23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
Our text come right out with it – what are the words that are going to give us life and healing?
We are commanded to - Keep our hearts.
The Word keep is the idea of either
caring for a garden
or soldier guarding the fortress.
And it was often used to call us to guard and cultivate Godliness.
We are to keep our hearts in the sense of protecting and cultivating a godly heart.
This verse teaches us
a) We are to protect and cultivate our hearts for Christlike living.
- Negatively this is the sense of guarding something.
Like a soldier,
Protect your hearts from the inroads of sin.
Be watchful for desires that are wrong.
Keep your heart.
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