Heart Check

Matthew 6:21 NLT

Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.

Proverbs 4:23 NIV

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

Why we SHOULD guard our HEART…

Key #1 - It is Extremely Valuable

Proverbs 23:7 NKJV

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.

Key #2 - It is the Source of Everything you Do

Luke 6:45 NLT

A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart.

Key #3 - It is Under Constant Attack

John 10:10 NIV

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

How we Guard our Heart…

Key #1 - By Knowing the Truth

1 Peter 1:22 NIV

Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.

Key #2 - By Setting Biblical Boundaries

1 Corinthians 10:23 NIV

“I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but not everything is constructive.

Key #3 - By Having Heaven’s Heart

Matthew 6:20 NLT

Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

James 4:7 NIV

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil,and he will flee from you.