otC 220 Guard Your Heart

Guard Your Heart Proverbs 4:23 Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. Proverbs 4:23 God's Part & Our Part I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:1-2 Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You. Psalm 119:11 Key Words: Proverbs 4:23 NLT "Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life." Guard or Keep Ephesians 6:10-18 Heart Genesis 2:7 Course or Proceed Matthew 12:30-37 John 6:63 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24 Nourished By Word of God! How sweet are Your words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way. Psalm 119:103-104 Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4 Caution – Ephesians 4:17-19 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world. I John 2:1-2 God's Provision Leviticus 4:2-3 O.T. – "Bring your lamb" a temporary remedy He fulfilled His promise in the N.T. and said to "Trust the Lamb" salvation, a permanent remedy Hebrews 4:14-16 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:8-9