Amazing Facts

Proverbs 23:7,12,15,17,19,26,33

[7] For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

[12] Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

[15] My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

[17] Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

[19] Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

[26] My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

[33] Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

Watch out for the heart. We sure want to do that in our fleshly life. Don't eat this or don't eat that for its not good for your heart. I was talking with a man this week when another man showed up. He was smoking a cigarette, the other man told him that it was bad for his heart; he responded I know, I need to quit. Needing and knowing but not taking action is useless. In these verses before us did you catch how important your heart is? The heart can think, it can apply instruction, it can rejoice, it can envy, it can guide, it can give, it can also utter perverse things. Just as we protect the heart that pumps blood throughout our bodies by what we take in we can also do the same thing with the heart that controls us. If we have envy in our heart; we allowed it in. ENVY painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage. We do and say things not by accident or a slip of the tongue we do because that is what’s in our heart.  

Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

It's like taking in the wrong things and expecting to have a healthy heart, no in order to have a healthy heart one must take in that which is right. Take the time to follow the word "heart" through your Bible and you will discover some amazing facts. I'll get you started. The first time we see the word heart it’s in;  Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. We must be careful how we use our imagination;  

2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

 Psalm 9:1 I will praise thee , O Lord , with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

Not part or even 99.9% but ALL or WHOLE heart we should praise The Lord . What's going on in our heart will come out in our walk, our talk and our actions.

Matthew 7:20  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

 Take some time and see what The Lord will teach you about your heart.