Saturday, May 15, 2010

Guard Your Heart

In Luke 5:22 Jesus said to the Pharisees, "Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?" Jesus knew that what a person thinks in one's heart is very very important. That's why the Bible tells us, "Above all else guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life." (Proverbs 4:23)

Proverbs 23:7 says, "For as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." (KJV) That means, you will become what you think about. If you think about selfish things, you will become selfish. If you think about godly things, you will become godly. If you think mean thoughts, you will become mean. Your actions will follow along with the thoughts you always have.

That's why we pray and ask God to cleanse our hearts and minds. Read the scripture found in Psalm 51:10-15.

God wants to help make our hearts clean...and then we need to do our part and guard what we allow into our hearts and minds!

Here are the words for a great song that we heard in kids church today. It's called, "GO!"

* * * * Go! Gotta Go! Go! Gotta Go! Go! Walk away. * * * * *

Where do I begin when it comes to sin? It’s a tricky little mess to get in.

You think it doesn’t matter then your world begins to shatter

and that’s where Jesus comes in.

How do you deal with the things that are real

that get you down and take joy away?

You look it in the eye and you tell it “bye bye”

‘cause you are strong, so stand up and say.

No! Don’t want it. Not gonna hear it.

No! And I don’t care what you say.

Go! Don’t need it. Not gonna have it.

Go! Just turn your head. Walk away.

Go! Gotta Go!

When you got that funny feeling that sin is not appealing,

But temptation stands in your way.

You go to the Word, repeat what you’ve heard.

This is how you make it one more day.

How do you deal with the things that are real

that get you down and take joy away?

You look it in the eye and you tell it “bye bye”

‘cause you are strong, so stand up and say.

No! Don’t want it. Not gonna hear it.

No! And I don’t care what you say

Go! Don’t need it. Not gonna have it.

Go! Just turn your head. Walk away.

Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! You gotta go!

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