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Checkout Your Pantry…

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“I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you”
Psalm 119:11

Most people have a pantry or cupboard where they store many of the things they’ll use to create beautiful food and meals. Every now & then we must check our pantry, restocking that which is missing & throwing out that, which is out-of-date or spoiled.

Today’s verse lets us know that we should check our spiritual pantry out regularly. This is our heart, the place where we store God’s Word. Our heart is the very centre of our lives; we’re told that all issues of life flow from it [Proverbs 4:23] and out of its abundance our mouth speaks [Luke 6:45].

Knowing this makes checking our spiritual pantry easy. We just need to look over our lives and then listen to what flows from our mouth. Soon enough we’ll know exactly how our heart is going. If everything is fresh, full of life & faith we know that God’s Word is plentiful in our hearts. If we discover our pantry is empty, out-of-date & rotting with sin then we know it’s time for a clean-out. It’s time to restock our heart with the fresh Word of God.

This week is the time to “Spring Clean” our heart. Let’s take some time and check our heart to ensure that the Word of God is abundant, fresh and vibrant there. When it is, rivers of living waters will flow from our mouths into the lives of everyone we speak with. We’ll be better for it and we’ll cause life to come to others abundantly.

Heart Attack…

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“Above all else, guard your heart, for it determines the course of your life.” 
Proverbs 4:23

Nowadays wherever we go people are guarding things. Whether it’s the palace, the airport or the shopping centre. People are on guard and protecting whatever they think is valuable. Whatever they think is precious.

Today’s verse says that we should not be guarding things we should, above everything else, be guarding our hearts. Our heart carries our desires, motivations, and intimate purposes. So, think for a moment about how much energy, finance and time is spent protecting other things while our hearts are left open to attack. We should be guarding our hearts ABOVE ALL ELSE.

There’s a very good reason why we do this. Our heart determines the course of our life. Matthew 12:35 says that a good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart. If our heart isn’t protected & healthy then we’ll become sick and eventually discover ourselves far from God’s course for our life. This can happen through gossip, offence, anger, competition or neglect to name a few. But our heart can be made well and be restored when we guard it and action Gods Word in our lives.

This week let’s check in with our heart specialist: The Holy Spirit. Let’s ask Him to tell us what’s up and how to rectify it. As we do our life’s course will begin to be restored. We’ll start to produce good things from the treasury of our good hearts. Above all we must GUARD YOUR HEART for out of it flow all the issues of life.

Check Your Pantry…

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Psalm 119:11 “I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you”

Most people have a pantry or cupboard where they store many of the things they use to create beautiful food and meals. Every now and then we must check our pantry, restocking that which is missing & throwing out that, which is out-of-date or spoiled.

Today’s verse lets us know that we should check our spiritual pantry out regularly. This is our heart, the place where we store God’s Word. Our heart is the very center of our lives; we’re told that all issues of life flow from it [Proverbs 4:23] and out of its abundance our mouth speaks [Luke 6:45].

Knowing this makes checking our spiritual pantry easy. We just need to look over our lives and then listen to what flows from our mouth. Soon enough we’ll know exactly how our heart is going. If everything is fresh, full of life & faith we know that God’s Word is plentiful in our hearts. If we discover our pantry is empty, out-of-date and rotting with sin then we know its time for a clean-out. It’s time to restock our heart with the fresh Word of God.

This week is the time to “Spring Clean” our heart. Let’s take some time and check our heart to ensure that the Word of God is abundant, fresh and vibrant there. When it is, rivers of living waters will flow from our mouths into the lives of everyone we speak with. We’ll be better for it and we’ll cause life to come to others abundantly.

Heart Attack…

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Proverbs 4:23 “Above all else, guard your heart, for it determines the course of your life.”

Nowadays wherever we go there are people guarding things. Wether it’s the palace, the airport or the shopping centre. People are on guard and protecting whatever they think is valuable.

Proverbs says that you and I should, above everything else, be guarding our hearts. Our heart carries our desires, motivations, and intimate purposes. So, think for a moment about how much energy, finance and time is spent protecting other things while our hearts are left open to attack. We should be guarding it ABOVE ALL ELSE.

There’s very good reason why we do this. Our heart determines the course of our life. Matthew 12:35 says that a good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart. If our heart isn’t protected and healthy then we’ll become sick and eventually discover ourselves far from God’s course for our life.

So, if life is not heading where it should, then our heart is probably under attack. This can happen through gossip, offence, anger, competition or neglect to name a few. But our heart can be made well and restored when we guard it and action Gods Word in our lives.

This week let’s check in with our heart specialist: the Holy Spirit. Ask Him to tell us what’s up and how to rectify it. Before long our life’s course will be restored and we’ll be producing good things from the treasury of a good heart. Above all we must GUARD YOUR HEART!