What Kind of

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What Kind of Do We Need?
HEARTS
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Valentines Day is Wednesday
Our thoughts will be on love and that special
someone in our lives
Decorations abound to gain your shopping dollar
None so prominent as the heart
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The heart and Valentines Day go hand-in-hand
Bible speaks about the heart
Biblical heart is the mind
Involves the conscience, reasoning ability,
emotions, will, intellect
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Lets focus on the kind of hearts we should have
as Gods people
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HEARTS
Not Hardened By Sin
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But exhort one another daily, while it is called
To day lest any of you be hardened through the
deceitfulness of sin. Hebrews 313
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The ways of the world and sin can harden the heart
The background of this text demonstrates what
having a hard heart can do
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Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye
will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as
in the provocation, in the day of temptation in
the wilderness When your fathers tempted me,
proved me, and saw my works forty years.
Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and
said, They do alway err in their heart and they
have not known my ways. So I sware in my wrath,
They shall not enter into my rest.)
Hebrews 38-11
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The ways of the world and sin can harden the heart
The background of this text demonstrates what
having a hard heart can do
The consequences were grave, and the warning clear
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Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you
an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the
living God. But exhort one another daily, while
it is called To day lest any of you be hardened
through the deceitfulness of sin.
Hebrews 312, 13
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The ways of the world and sin can harden the heart
The background of this text demonstrates what
having a hard heart can do
The consequences were grave, and the warning clear
Pharaoh stands as an example of a hard-hearted
individual
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But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he
hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them
as the LORD had said. Exodus 815
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His heart was so calloused by his pride and his
lust for power that his nation was virtually
destroyed
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And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long
shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men
go, that they may serve the LORD their God
knowest thou not yet that Egypt is
destroyed? Exodus 107
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His heart was so calloused by his pride and his
lust for power that his nation was virtually
destroyed
Hardened hearts result in disastrous consequences
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HEARTS
Prepared to Seek And to Do God's Will
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For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law
of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel
statutes and judgments. Ezra 710
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Proper preparations for any task greatly increase
the chances of success
Successful service to God must begin with heart
preparation
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For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he Eat
and drink, saith he to thee but his heart is not
with thee. Proverbs 237
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A good man out of the good treasure of his heart
bringeth forth that which is good and an evil
man out of the evil treasure of his heart
bringeth forth that which is evil for of the
abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Luke 645
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Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine
ears to the words of knowledge. Proverbs
2312
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For I determined not to know any thing among you,
save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
I Corinthians 22
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Proper preparations for any task greatly increase
the chances of success
Successful service to God must begin with heart
preparation
The church needs hearts that are determined and
prepared to seek and do Gods will
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HEARTS
That Are Filled With Wisdom
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So teach us to number our days, that we may apply
our hearts unto wisdom. Psalm 9012
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Wisdom is the ability to apply instruction and
knowledge in a profitable fashion
God is the origin of wisdom and its supplier
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For the Lord giveth wisdom out of his mouth
cometh knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 26
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Wisdom is the ability to apply instruction and
knowledge in a profitable fashion
God is the origin of wisdom and its supplier
Thus, James instructs us to pray for wisdom
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If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God,
that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth
not and it shall be given him.
James 15
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HEARTS
Determined To Be Upright
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Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to
them that are upright in their hearts.
Psalm 1254
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We can be righteous in an evil world
We must be if we are to please God and dwell
eternally with Him
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For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying
ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present
world Looking for that blessed hope, and the
glorious appearing of the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ Who gave himself for us,
that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and
purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of
good works. Titus 211-14
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Fear none of those things which thou shalt
suffer behold, the devil shall cast some of you
into prison, that ye may be tried and ye shall
have tribulation ten days be thou faithful unto
death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Revelation 210
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We can be righteous in an evil world
We must be if we are to please God and dwell
eternally with Him
It takes determined and persistent hearts
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And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord,
choose you this day whom ye will serve whether
the gods which your fathers served that were on
the other side of the flood, or the gods of the
Amorites, in whose land ye dwell but as for me
and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Joshua 2415
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HEARTS
That Do Not Think Evil
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And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore
think ye evil in your hearts? Matthew
94
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Not easy to dwell on good when surrounded by evil
Others have done it, and no one is incapable of
it (Noah, Joseph, Moses, Daniel)
If evil and wickedness harbored in the heart, it
is eventually exhibited in the life
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For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he Eat
and drink, saith he to thee but his heart is not
with thee. Proverbs 237
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HEARTS
That Are Willing To Forgive
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So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto
you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one
his brother their trespasses.
Matthew 1835
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HEARTS
That Are Filled With God's Word
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Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might
not sin against thee. Psalm 11911
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And these are they by the way side, where the
word is sown but when they have heard, Satan
cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that
was sown in their hearts. Mark 415
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Cant be done without determination to do it
Cant be done simply by attending Bible classes
and worship
Takes time and diligent effort
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Study give diligence- ASV to shew thyself
approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to
be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
II Timothy 215
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HEARTS
That Are Filled With Love
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And hope maketh not ashamed because the love of
God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy
Ghost which is given unto us. Romans 55
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What we know of the love of God has been revealed
to us by the Holy Spirit
Through Gods word we have knowledge of His love
and see demonstrations of His love
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He that loveth not knoweth not God for God is
love. I John 48
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And we have known and believed the love that God
hath to us. God is love and he that dwelleth in
love dwelleth in God, and God in him. I
John 416
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But God commendeth his love toward us, in that,
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 58
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What we know of the love of God has been revealed
to us by the Holy Spirit
Through Gods word we have knowledge of His love
and see demonstrations of His love
Through hearts filled with love we demonstrate to
the world that we belong to Him
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By this shall all men know that ye are my
disciples, if ye have love one to
another. John 1335
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HEARTS
That Are Filled With Christ
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That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith
that ye, being rooted and grounded in
love, Ephesians 317
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It is by faith that He dwells in our hearts
Since faith comes through the word, it is again
His word that is the key
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So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God. Romans 1017
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It is by faith that He dwells in our hearts
Since faith comes through the word, it is again
His word that is the key
Hearts without the knowledge of Christ cannot be
filled with Christ
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HEARTS
That Are Kept By Peace
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And the peace of God, which passeth all
understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus. Philippians 47
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Nothing compares with complete peace
The peace which only comes from God is beyond
description
It is that peace that allows those persecuted to
withstand
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It is that peace that allows one facing imminent
death to stand with great courage and look beyond
the valley
It is that peace, a peace with God, that defies
human understanding
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HEARTS
That Are Filled With Grace
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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all
wisdom teaching and admonishing one another in
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Colossians 316
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Closely akin to that peace is this grace
The knowledge of Gods undeserved favor allows us
to face a cruel world and harsh realities
It prompts us to praise Him
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HEARTS
That Are Purified
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Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners and purify your
hearts, ye double minded. James 48
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Purity of heart comes about only through
obedience of the truth
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Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the
truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of
the brethren, see that ye love one another with a
pure heart fervently I Peter 122
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What Kind of Do We Need?
HEARTS
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Hearts That Are
Not Hardened By Sin
Prepared to Seek Do God's Will
Filled With Wisdom
Determined To Be Upright
Void of Evil Thoughts
Willing to Forgive
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Hearts That Are
Filled With God's Word
Filled With Love
Filled With Christ
Kept By Peace
Filled With Grace
Purified
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Main points from an article by Mark Lindley via
Eastside Edifier