Hearts Are Homes... at Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Proverbs 4:23 says "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life."

This verse is describing what we will be talking about for this week in children's church at our church. As I was preparing this verse I have been struggling with the fact that Christians don't fully live out the scriptures. Whether it's the way they talk, the television shows that is on in our house. We really don't take the scripture literally we leave them up to our own interpretations. It's good to have an interpretation of the scripture, but what about when the verse specifically tells you to not do something we usually say well this is what it is like back then.

This verse hit me real hard this week as I prepared this lesson at the office I quickly got home and watched my usual television shows and the Lord started to stirr something in me and I was really embarrassed by the stuff that I was watching. I know for a fact that it doesn't glorify God so why do I entertain the thought of playing that in my house.

Our hearts are homes for Christ why do we entertain things that don't uplift the name of the Lord. We are possibly teaching our kids the wrong way of thinking. Let's guard our lives and make sure that we are protecting ourselves so that no matter what we do, say or watch we will always glorify the name of the Lord.