Wrong speech: Follow your Heart
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· 4 viewsChristians Should follow the one who made the heart not the heart.
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7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 10 I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Introduction
Introduction
Follow your heart
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become—Steve Jobs
All you can rely do is follow your heart you can’t make decisions based on other people’s advice or opinions. Take it on board yes, but always follow your heart the cost of not following your heart is spending your whole life wishing you had. If you try and fail, at least you can move on with clarity instead of questions—Brigitte Nicole
Don’t be pushed around by the fears of your mind. Be led by your heart-Roy T. Bennett
Follow your heart, because if you always trust your mind you will always act on logic and logic does not lead to happiness
Do not follow your heart, follow the one who made it
What you should follow…(7-8)
What you should follow…(7-8)
7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
If you trust in the Lord you are are blessed
it is not easy to trust
but trust we must
if your hope is in the Lord you are blessed
in election season isn’t it easy to put our hope in a canidate? but that is wrong
it is easy to put our hope in our job…
but that is wrong
it is easy to put our hope in our spouse…
but that is wrong
it is easy to put our hope in out abilities…
but that is wrong
some even put their hope in a pastor…
but that is also wrong
Illistration
A man approached a little league baseball game one afternoon. He asked a boy in the dugout what the score was. The boy responded, "Eighteen to nothing--we're behind."
"Boy," said the spectator, "I'll bet you're discouraged." "Why should I be discouraged?" replied the little boy. "We haven't even gotten up to bat yet!"
This boy still had hope
Any hope that is not in our savior is a misplace hope but with Christ we can always be confident because he will never fail
6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Those who trust in the Lord will...
you will be like a tree planted by the water
the tree’r roots spred
the tree does not see droubt
the tree shall remain green even in droubt
it shall not cease form yearlding fruit
A tree planted by the river soaks up the river and stays green and keeps producing even in times of droubt
The christian who keeps his focus on God and keeps his hope there even in times of troubble will be like the tree. and keep producing fruit
What you should not follow 9-10
What you should not follow 9-10
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 10 I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
but…if you do not trust in the Lord and instead in your heart...
the heart is deceptful
not only is it deceptful it is more deceptful than anything elce
the word that the KJV uses for wicked litterally means sick
“the heart is deceitful above everything else and despertly sick”
no one can understand it
if it is the most deceptful thing and it can not be understood why would you just follow your heart?
it is deceptful
your heart is a lier
not only is it a lier it is a sick liar
and it can not be controlled
why would you follow a sick lier that can not be controlled?
The lord searches the heart
The Lord searches the mind
and tests them
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
This should be the prayer of the Believer,
Ask the Lord to search your heart
Ask the Lord to know your thoughts
Ask the Lord to reveal any wickdness to you
Ultemetly confess your wickdness
Application
Do not follow your heart
follow the one who made it!