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Be Wise With Your
Heart
Good morning young people, we have been learning from the Proverbs
in the Bible these past few weeks. We
have learned about why we should keep our eyes upon the things that are
pleasing to the Lord. We have learned why we should be careful what or who we listen
to and we have learned how we should be careful
with what we say with our mouths.
Hooty the owl has reminded me of our next couple verses from
the Proverbs that we will be talking about today. They both speak of our heart. Our hearts need to be protected from the
influences of sin. This is one reason God
has given us these verses through King
Solomon , who is teaching his Son some very wise things.
Proverbs 4:21 says: Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them
in the midst of thine heart.
Proverbs 4:23 says: Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of
it are the issues of life.
Solomon is teaching his son the things of wisdom. He stresses to his son that these things need
to be important to him and that they should never leave his mind. They are to become part of his everyday life. The whole book of Proverbs has been written
with the purpose of teaching one how to make wise decisions and how to protect ourselves
in a world that is prone to sin. The
only way his Son can keep them in the midst of his heart would be to study and meditate on his father's teachings. God has given us those teaching to study
today so we too can keep them in the midst of our hearts.
When we refuse to please the Lord with our choices we leave
our hearts open to evil influences.
Everything we do throughout
our whole lives is impacted by what we
have allowed into our hearts.
God wants us to fill our hearts with His teaching by
memorizing and practicing his precepts.
He wants us to keep our hearts maintained. We do this through prayer, memorization and
meditation upon the Word of God. Meditation is thinking about something very deeply and comparing it with other scriptures. If we
notice anything in our hearts that is wrong, we need to take it to the Lord. We need to confess it before
the Lord and ask him to cleanse us from the sin that has hindered our walk with Him.
Solomon wants his son to study and be prepared to deal with
the life he will have to face throughout his lifetime. Solomon was a very good father because he had
taken the time to not only prepare his
Son for the life he would live but he also took time to teach him how to face the spiritual battle Christians have face day
to day.
As you know we have learned that we should be careful in what
we say, what we listen to and what we
see. These are all gates to our heart. We should not let anything that is dirty
through the gates of our heart. Sin is
an enemy to our sound mind and a destroyer of happiness we have in the Lord.
God wants us to love him with all of our heart, with all our
mind and all of our strength. He does
not want us to use our imaginations in an evil way, we know this because God
had destroyed the whole earth with a flood in Noah's day, because their
imaginations were on evil continually.
God wants to use us in a very special way but if we let our
minds dwell on evil things he will not use us in the great way he wants to. 2 Chronicles
16:9 says: For the eyes of the LORD run
to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of
them whose heart is perfect toward him. God
wants to use you young people. He has
plans for you but if you choose to follow after the pleasures of this world, he
will not use you and you will have lost God's most precious plan for you.
As we begin to pray look inside of your heart and ask
yourself, Have you been keeping your
heart with all diligence, Have you had
bad thoughts about other people, or any hatefulness or unforgiveness. Whatever it is young people get it right
today. Don't allow sin to grow in your
heart because one day you may find that it has taken over your life. Let's keep our heart's maintained in the
sight of the Lord who sees even our thoughts.
Dear Father, thank-you for the wisdom of your Word. Lord, if there be any evil way in our hearts,
we ask that you would cleanse us that we may be mightily used by you. Teach our young people how important it is to
protect their hearts and lead a life pleasing to you. I ask Father God that you would use these
young people in a mighty way and you would place a shield of protection over
their tender hearts. I pray if there is any young person that has not yet trusted you as Savior of their lives that you would open their hearts to your truth this morning.
In Christ name, Amen
Invitation.
Love The Proverbs
Susan Nikitenko
February 3rd, 2014
Lessons
Proverbs 4:20-27
20 son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
List Of Lessons From These Verses:
Be Wise With Your Ears -
Be Wise With Your Heart (Mind And Heart)
Be Wise With Your Mouth-
Be Wise With Your Eyes-
Be Wise Where You Go -
Be Wise In Your Habits -
Follow Here For Lesson: Be Wise With Your Eyes
Follow Here For Lesson: Be Wise With Your Ears
Follow Here For Lesson: Be Wise With Your Mouth
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