Filtering is
That thing/emotion acts like a smooth criminal, when we mask it…
it keeps stealing and growing and will steal the better life away from you…
Matthew 15:10 - 19
10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Jeremiah 17:9
9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
Slipping behavior isn’t an exception, it’s a reflection.
Proverbs 4:23
23 “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”
WE NEED TO SWITCH FROM BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
TO HEART TRANSFORMATION.
When the truth is much more: “I may have something in my heart I haven’t given over to Jesus.”
KEEPING your heart has to do with your
IT IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE LODGED IN YOUR HEART THAT YOU HAVEN’T GIVEN OVER TO JESUS…..
John 10:10
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
IF NOT DEALT WITH… THESE CRIMINALS WON’T STOP AT ROBBING FROM YOU… THEY WANT TO KILL YOU:
• kill your marriage
• kill your finances
• kill your influence
HOW DO YOU CAPTURE EACH OF THE SMOOTH CRIMINALS?
Psalm 119:112
112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.”
INCLINE - means do something in order for it to be towards a different orientation. Something that was not naturally inclining.
Living a life RECLINED.
However they woke up in the morning is exactly how they’re going to be the rest the day. Whenever an issue happens however it messed them up they’re going to hold onto that for the rest of the week.
Living a life DECLINED.
MEANING that nothing seemed to work for you. And you have grown used to the fact that nothing will work for you and you think it’s better for me to ALWAYS EXPECT THE WORST INSTEAD OF GETTING DISAPPOINTED HOPING FOR THE BEST!
Learn to
Learning to lean your emotions, your thoughts, and your will towards Heaven!
INCLINE = I ACT on my ATTITUDE!
1. HEALTHY
Psalm 119:113 “I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.”
Habits will stay habits until you hate it.
VAIN THOUGHTS - SEEPH - a divided heart.
It’s a heart that lives in a “LOVE/HATE” relationship.
Romans 12:9 - NIV
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.”
THERE ARE SOME THINGS YOU NEED TO HATE…
Psalm 119:114
“Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.”
2. HEART
OUR HEART HIDES IN GOD WHEN WE HEAR HIS WORD!
WHILE YOU HIDE IN HIM, HE HEALS YOUR HEART!
YOU CAN HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT WHEN YOU HIDE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
3. HEALING
Proverbs 13:12 “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”
Deferred – Prolonged or dragged out or drawn out…
HOPE is incredibly important to living the Christian life!
HEBREWS 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Faith is a substance, hope is a stance!
Hope is an attitude, faith is an acceptance.
FAITH IS NOT THE SUBSTANCE IN AND OF ITSELF! Faith has nothing to solidify itself on if there is no HOPE!
If you lose hope, faith can’t do it’s work.
HOPE WILL LIFT YOU UP TO WHERE YOUR FAITH CAN KEEP YOU.
HOPE DOESN’T WAIT TO CHANGE IT’S ATTITUDE TILL THE ANSWER COMES.
HOPE CHANGES IT’S ATTITUDE BEFORE THE ANSWER COMES…
Psalm 51:10
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”
A clean heart
THE PLACE FOR YOUR HOPE IS IN THE WORD OF GOD, NOT IN THE SITUATION…
Psalm 43:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
When my heart is declined… or When my life is reclined…
I WILL INCLINE MY HEART AND TELL IT WHERE TO REST AND HOPE!
DEVELOP a new habit…
You monitor your steps
Your calories
Your mileage
THIS WEEK - monitor your heart.