Guard your heart/2

GUARD your HEART week 2

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

•   There is in the word of God a proper remedy for all diseases of the soul.

•      Above all else guard your heart.

•      We must set a strict guard upon our souls; keep our hearts from doing hurt, and getting hurt.

Question Is it possible to have a BLAMELESS heart before God?

Genesis 17:1 God told Abraham to walk before him BLAMELESS.

Duet 18:13 God said to the children of Israel You MUST be blameless before me.

Psalm 101:2 David said – “I will be CAREFUL to live a blameless life…when will you come to help me Lord.”

Matthew 5:48 “You are to be perfect even as your Heavenly Father is perfect."

BLAMELESS does not mean a sinless or flawless heart!

•      See when you receive Salvation, you get a NEW HEART.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV) "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

•      After Salvation you and I still need WORK!

•      So having a Blameless Heart is simply keeping your heart in RIGHT PLACE with God.

•      DAVID's life was 4 ever marked with Adultery and Murder…yet when you read Psalm 51 you see the CRY of his heart to have forgiveness.

2. A Blameless heart is a RESPONSIVE HEART!

•      Your heart QUICKLY answers to the HOLY SPIRITS whispers or warnings.

•      Your heart must stay RESPONSIVE…quick to respond to WHATEVER He tells you.  

•      Whether it is a temptation that you are facing…the Holy Spirit will immediately give you a way out…you just have to listen to Him!

•      We cannot IGNORE the Holy Spirit.

HOW do YOU and I KEEP a BLAMELESS HEART…a heart that GOD is pleased with EVERY DAY?

3. Your heart must stay SEARCHABLE!

1 Chronicles 28:9 (NLT) "And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, he will reject you forever."

Psalm 139:23 "Search me Oh God and KNOW my Heart…test me and know my anxious thoughts, POINT OUT anything in me that offends you and lead me along the right path.”

EXAMPLE:Our HEART is a HOTEL with many rooms and behind every door is something…God wants the KEYS to every room!

•      Giving Jesus the KEYS to your life will UNLOCK HIS power and plan in you.

•      THE PROBLEM is that PEOPLE love their SECRETS or are so ashamed of them but either way they keep them HIDDEN.

•      The RESULT: 

Isaiah 29:15 (NLT) "What sorrow awaits those who try to hide their plans from the Lord, who do their evil deeds in the dark! "The Lord can't see us," they say. "He doesn't know what's going on!"

•      The BLAMELESS HEART wants the HOLY SPIRIT to SEARCH it!

•      The BLAMELESS HEART wants the Holy Spirit to SHINE the light on ANYTHING that is not right with God!

•      The BLAMELESS HEART wants the Holy Spirit to DIG and EXAMINE and EXPOSE anything that does not please our Lord.

4. If you have this kind of heart, a right heart before God...here are the results:

•      Isaiah 6:5 – “It’s all over, I am doomed, I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips…verse 7 – then his lips were touched, the guilt removed and he was forgiven…WOW!

•      Don't get MAD at GOD for showing you your junk…be thankful that you can still feel his touch and that He still changes hearts!

•                  Jesus does not give you a COVERING…He gives you a CLEANSING!  (Huge difference)

•      The cover me thing is just for a QUICK FIX.

No CROSS + No PAIN=No CLEANSING!

The WORD of GOD is what convicts us, GROWS us, and CLEANSES us, on a DAILY BASIS!

Bottom line…we need to be searched everyday!

I John 1:6-7 Teaches that we are CLEANSED from all sin.

“God’s purpose for SEARCHING our hearts is not to CATCH you in your sin…but rather to CLEANSE you from your sin!”

Matthew 5:8 – “God blesses those whose HEARTS are PURE, for they WILL SEE GOD!"

1 Timothy 4:11-16 (NLT)
"Teach these things and insist that everyone learn them. [12] Don't let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity. [13] Until I get there, focus on reading the Scriptures to the church, encouraging the believers, and teaching them. [14] Do not neglect the spiritual gift you received through the prophecy spoken over you when the elders of the church laid their hands on you. [15] Give your complete attention to these matters. Throw yourself into your tasks so that everyone will see your progress. [16] Keep a close watch on how you live and on your teaching. Stay true to what is right for the sake of your own salvation and the salvation of those who hear you."

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Mike & Tara Koelling

Guard your heart week 1

1.    When we talk about the heart…I’m not referring to the one that pitter patters when you first saw him or her.

a.    It is not the one that beats super fast when adrenaline kicks in.

i.    The heart we are dealing with tonight is the REAL YOU!

b.    There are several verses in the bible to back up the fact that YOUR HEART is the most IMPORTANT part of you! 

ii.  The INSIDE you! The secret you!

There are scriptures like:

Luke 6:45 “A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.”

Matthew 6:21 “Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.”

Proverbs 27:19 “As a face is reflected in water,

so the heart reflects the real person.”

It’s this simple take a look at what you have been SAYING, THINKING and DOING–you will SEE the REAL YOU–can’t fake that!

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

When we talk about “ABOVE all else”

•        This is the HIGHEST form of WARNING and WISDOM coupled together.

•        If you LOSE your heart…you lose YOU!

•        Your HEART is the SOURCE of your DESIRES and DECISIONS!

•        It’s the core of who and what you are.

•  Some people can’t stand themselves and so they get frustrated, depressed, down cast because of what others tell them to be or feel.

•  When you have a right heart before God you won’t have to worry about those issues you will be confident, collected, passionate about Him and that will make all the difference in you.

•  We must not allow ANYTHING to “COME IN” or “FLOW OUT” that is not PLEASING to GOD!

•  There are ENTRY ways into your HEART and YOU are the only one responsible to keep these areas GUARDED!

•        Your EYES! (What you WATCH!)

•        Your EARS! (What you LISTEN to!)

•        Your Emotions! Your Touch (What you allow to control you!) (What you feel…your physical senses are directly tied to your heart!)

•  ONE wrong IMAGE or ONE wrong IDEA…your heart takes off running.

Jeremiah 17:9, 10 "The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? 10 But I, the LORD, search all hearts and examine secret motives. I give all people their due rewards, according to what their actions deserve."

Matthew 6:33 “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need.”

•        The whole issue to GUARDING your heart is what YOU focus on!

•        If your true priority is PLEASING God in everything that you do, you are ACTIVELY in His WORD, His house and really LIVING THIS THING out…YOUR HEART will be and stay in the RIGHT SPOT!

Matthew 22:37 Jesus replied, "'You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.”

See the RESULT of KEEPING GOD FIRST is a HEART that is plugged into him!

•        You will HEAR is VOICE!

•        He will SHOW you the DIRECTION (this is a given if you are in His word…)

Psalm 119:105 “Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.”

•        He will Guide your EVERY STEP!

•        Doors will be OPENED and Doors will be SHUT! He deals with the past, present, future.

The OPPOSITE heart or failure to guard your heart results in:

•        LOSS of GODS HAND and BLESSING on your life!

•        LOSS of DIRECTION and GUIDANCE!

•        Failure to GUARD your heart will eventually result in the DESTROYING of your relationship with God!

Proverbs 7:1-2,22-27 "Follow my advice, my son; always treasure my commands. [2] Obey my commands and live! Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes. [22] He followed her at once, like an ox going to the slaughter. He was like a stag caught in a trap, [23] awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart. He was like a bird flying into a snare, little knowing it would cost him his life. [24] So listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to my words. [25] Don't let your hearts stray away toward her. Don't wander down her wayward path. [26] For she has been the ruin of many; many men have been her victims. [27] Her house is the road to the grave. Her bedroom is the den of death."

•   WE GUARD our HEART so that the HAND of GOD will NEVER leave our LIFE!

•   Sin and compromise is the den of death!

1 Peter 5:8 "Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour."

•  There are some that he can not devour.

•  Some who are so dead set against him, his antics and his devices and they, every one have guarded their heart.

NO LIMITS

Dreaming dreams.
• Do you have a dream?
• A cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal?
• People have so many dreams for their lives but
are they God dreams?
0.Do you have a God dream?
A. If it's a God dream it'll be beyond your
gifting, talent, and ability to prove to the
world that it was definitely Him and not
you.


Genesis 41:32 (NLT) "As for having two similar
dreams, it means that these events have been
decreed by God, and he will soon make them
happen."

Daniel 1:17 (NLT)
"God gave these four young men an unusual
aptitude for understanding every aspect of
literature and wisdom. And God gave Daniel the
special ability to interpret the meanings of visions and dreams."

Acts 2:17 (NLT)
"'In the last days,' God says, 'I will pour out my
Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will
prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and
your old men will dream dreams."

D. God speaks to people through visions,
His Word, worship, preaching, others, and
through dreams.
E.What could He be saying to you?
F.A dream from God will haunt you, encourage
you, navigate you and fulfill you.

1.Joseph had a dream.
• He was a dreamer.
• Dreaming that God would use him in a
mighty, powerful, and supernatural way but it
all started with a dream.
• His God dream was for a future and a hope
to the nations from God but when he began
to share a portion of the dream with his
family they did not like what was being said
to them.
• When you begin to talk about a dream you
feel God has placed in your heart be careful
who you share your dream with, be careful
who you dream with, be assured that they
have a dream for God or they might steal
yours.

2.Dreams are dangerous.
1.How dangerous are you?
2.If dreams were dynamite would you have
enough to blow your nose.
3.Many people, when setting out in the world,
and dreaming dreams think of nothing but
prosperity and pleasure, they never dream of
trouble, frustration, or lack.
4.Who sits around thinking about "Man, I can't
wait to get busted for..."
5."I'm so glad this isn't working out!"
6."That's okay I'll just save more money and try
it all again even though this flopped."
• But be sure...if you have a God dream that
He has spoken to you, there will be a price
to pay to achieve it! I promise.
• You will not be able to live, dwell and
operate in just your flesh to get a hold of
God's dream for you.

3. Your dream will keep you focused on your
dream.
• When you have a God dream you will be
focused on accomplishing it.
G. I see so many people living life
haphazardly with no dream, no purpose, no
vision for their life and they end up hurting
people, hurting themselves, and ultimately
hurting eternity because of their selfishness.
• When you have a God dream there are
No Limits to what you will lay down to
achieve that dream.
• There is no attitude, there is no
offense, there is no addiction, there is
no temptation that will keep you from
achieving His plan for you.
• I refuse to let the enemy destroy what
God has designed for me.
• There are No Limits of thinking, No
Limits of Financial want or need, No Limits
of criticism, No Limits of fear, No Limits of
education or any other Limit that will keep
me from reaching all out for God.
• I live my life in reference to the dream.
• I treat my wife, love my wife,
encourage my wife in relation to the
dream.
• I parent my children in reference to the
dream.
• I make my life's decisions in
correspondence with the dream.
• I don't have time for missing the goal,
I don't have time for not achieving, I don't
have time for frustration, inaction, or lack.

Genesis 41 The dream of Pharaoh.

• God has a dream for you, what did He
blueprint, engineer, and design?

Genesis 40:8 (NLT)
And they replied, "We both had dreams
last night, but no one can tell us what they
mean." "Interpreting dreams is God's business," Joseph replied. "Go ahead and tell me your dreams."

4. Don't dodge the dream.

Genesis 39:2-4 (NLT)
"The Lord was with Joseph, so he succeeded in
everything he did as he served in the home of his Egyptian master. [3] Potiphar noticed this and realized that the Lord was with Joseph, giving him success in everything he did. [4] This pleased Potiphar, so he soon made Joseph his personal attendant. He put him in charge of his entire household and everything he owned."

B. Joseph dreamed a dream, shared it with his
family, was then sold into slavery, and his 11
brothers faked his death.
C.Joseph saves all his family through a major
drought, and depression when there were no
other options.


Genesis 47:5-6 (NLT)
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Now that your
father and brothers have joined you here, [6]
choose any place in the entire land of Egypt for
them to live. Give them the best land of Egypt. Let them live in the region of Goshen. And if any of them have special skills, put them in charge of my livestock, too."

I believe if there were a word from God to us on a daily basis it would be, "Stop limiting Me(God) and allow Me to take you to No Limits."