A Spiritual Heart Attack | Herbert Cooper
Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. (NIV)
Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. (NIV)
Luke 6:45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. (NIV)
Proverbs 27:19 As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart. (NIV)
1. Guard your heart with the Word of God
Proverbs 4:20-22 My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. 21 Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; 22 for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body. (NIV)
Proverbs 22:17-18 Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips. (NIV)
Psalm 119:11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. (NIV)
2. Guard your mouth
Proverbs 4:24 Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. (NIV)
Proverbs 15:28 The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil. (NIV)
Proverbs 16:23 The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent, and their lips promote instruction. (NIV)
3. Guard your eyes
Proverbs 4:25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. (NIV)
Proverbs 23:26 My son, give me your heart and let your eyes delight in my ways, (NIV)
Matthew 6:22–23 “Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. 23 But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is! (NLT)
4. Guard your steps
Proverbs 4:26–27 Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil. (NIV)
Proverbs 4:10–12 Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many. 11 I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. 12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble. (NIV)
Proverbs 4:14–15 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. 15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way. (NIV)
Proverbs 23:19-21 Listen, my son, and be wise, and set your heart on the right path: 20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, 21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags. (NIV)
