BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR HEART

PROVERBS 27:19, 4:23Bishop Genesis T. Udang

• Proverbs 27:19

19 As water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.

• Proverbs 4:23

23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

• Mark 7:20-23• 20 He went on: ‘‘What comes out of a

man is what makes him ‘unclean.’ 21 For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22 greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils come from inside and make a man ‘unclean.’”

HOW SHOULD WE TAKE CARE OF OUR HEARTS?• BY MAINTAINING ITS HEALTHY

CONDITION

BY MAINTAINING ITS HEALTHY CONDITION• THE HARDENING AND CLOGGING OF

THE ARTERIES

THE HARDENING AND CLOGGING OF THE ARTERIES

• Several arteries that channeled life into the heart

Several arteries that channeled life into the heart• Prayer and Worship

• Bible

• Fellowship

• Service

• Proverbs 28:14 14 Blessed is the man who always fears

the LORD, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

• Matthew 13:15 15 For this people’s heart has become

calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

• Hebrews 4:7• 7 ‘‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.”

BY MAINTAINING ITS HEALTHY CONDITION• THE HARDENING AND CLOGGING OF

THE ARTERIES

• THE HEART MURMUR

THE HEART MURMUR

• When the heart beats fast for pleasure, popularity, riches that wont satisfy,, it is in bad condition, Our heart should beat for;

Our heart should beat for;

• INTIMACY WITH HIM Jeremiah 24:7

7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.

• TRUTH AND JUSTICE Isaiah 59:15-16

• 15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice. 16 He saw that there was no one, he was appalled that there was no one to intervene; so his own arm worked salvation for him, and his own righteousness sustained him.

• HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 26:11• 11 O LORD, your hand is lifted

high, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame…

BY MAINTAINING ITS HEALTHY CONDITION• THE HARDENING AND CLOGGING

OF THE ARTERIES• THE HEART MURMUR

• HEART DISEASE

HEART DISEASE

• Unforgiveness• Critical attitude

• Greediness

• Pride

• Wrong priorities

• Wrong acquaintances and relationships

HOW SHOULD WE TAKE CARE OF OUR HEARTS?• BY MAINTAINING ITS HEALTHY

CONDITION• BY DETECTING THE EARLY

SYMPTOMS OF ITS BAD CONDITION

BY DETECTING THE EARLY SYMPTOMS OF ITS BAD CONDITION• NUMBNESS

• DIZZINESS

• SHORTNESS OF BREATH

• STAMMERING OF YOUR SPEECH

HOW SHOULD WE TAKE CARE OF OUR HEARTS?• BY MAINTAINING ITS HEALTHY

CONDITION• BY DETECTING THE EARLY

SYMPTOMS OF ITS BAD CONDITION

• BY LOOKING FOR TREATMENT

BY LOOKING FOR TREATMENT

• Psalm 139:23-24• 23 Search me, O God, and

know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

• Psalm 51:10

• 10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.