Ponder the Path of Your Feet, Mind and Heart
20 My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart;
22 For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you.
26 Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:22-27 NKJV
The cleanliness of your heart is really an important issue. When your heart is bitter or entertains things that are not of the Lord it is only a matter of time before it spills out of your mouth and/or actions.
Just this week we were talking to a young man about some of these issues. He had been watching some things that “were just funny” but very inappropriate. We explained to him that if you “just watched” these things that it would pollute his heart and mind. It would lead to thinking and entertaining perverse thoughts. He didn’t want to “judge” these things. How sad...that is definitely a worldly thought pattern. The bible says to take every vain thought or imagination at knife point!
It is so sad how the enemy uses whatever method he can to dilute the Word of God and to pollute your thought patterns and your heart. His goal is to rob, kill and destroy. If he can take ground in your mind then he has a great advantage. He is very patient and will slowly set the trap...hoping that we will take the bait. At first it might not “hurt” us oh but it does affect us! Don’t believe the lie that a little sin won’t hurt you. It does. A compromise is a compromise. Would you eat a bowl of soup if someone had spit in it? It would just be a little spit and you could eat around it...I am betting that you wouldn’t eat from that bowl.
Ponder the path of your feet, mind and heart. Let all of your ways be established. Remove your foot from evil.
Lord help me to nip sin in the bud before it makes a place in my heart.
21 Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart;
22 For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth, And put perverse lips far from you.
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you.
26 Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left; Remove your foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:22-27 NKJV
The cleanliness of your heart is really an important issue. When your heart is bitter or entertains things that are not of the Lord it is only a matter of time before it spills out of your mouth and/or actions.
Just this week we were talking to a young man about some of these issues. He had been watching some things that “were just funny” but very inappropriate. We explained to him that if you “just watched” these things that it would pollute his heart and mind. It would lead to thinking and entertaining perverse thoughts. He didn’t want to “judge” these things. How sad...that is definitely a worldly thought pattern. The bible says to take every vain thought or imagination at knife point!
It is so sad how the enemy uses whatever method he can to dilute the Word of God and to pollute your thought patterns and your heart. His goal is to rob, kill and destroy. If he can take ground in your mind then he has a great advantage. He is very patient and will slowly set the trap...hoping that we will take the bait. At first it might not “hurt” us oh but it does affect us! Don’t believe the lie that a little sin won’t hurt you. It does. A compromise is a compromise. Would you eat a bowl of soup if someone had spit in it? It would just be a little spit and you could eat around it...I am betting that you wouldn’t eat from that bowl.
Ponder the path of your feet, mind and heart. Let all of your ways be established. Remove your foot from evil.
Lord help me to nip sin in the bud before it makes a place in my heart.
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