{"id":7848,"date":"2018-08-06T08:19:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T12:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=7848"},"modified":"2018-08-06T08:19:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T12:19:10","slug":"on-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2018\/08\/on-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"On Guard!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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THEME: Uncharted
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SERIES: Got Wisdom?<\/h2>\n

TITLE: On Guard!
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Text:\u00a0 Proverbs 4:20-27<\/h2>\n

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\u201cA wise man learns by the experience of others. An ordinary man learns by his own experience. A fool learns by nobody\u2019s experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

I. \u00a0 \u00a0 WHAT DOES IT MEAN BY HEART? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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God\u2019s words to Samuel when choosing the next king: \u201cDo not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees; man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.\u201d I Sam.1:6-7 (ESV)<\/p>\n

Pr.20:9: \u201cWho can say, \u2018I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

What determines the type of heart we have?<\/p>\n

1. Our (thoughts<\/u><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

2. Our (speech<\/u><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

3. Our (money<\/u><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

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II.\u00a0\u00a0 HOW DO I GUARD MY HEART?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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A good summary of this 4th<\/sup> chapter:<\/p>\n

1) How to get going (1-4)<\/p>\n

2) How to keep going (18)<\/p>\n

3) How not to get lost along the way (23)<\/p>\n

Life does not flow from the (outside in<\/u><\/strong>), but from the (inside out<\/u><\/strong>). Our speech reveals whether our heart has been changed.\u00a0 Proverbs talks about perverse lips (4:24); lying lips (12:22); flattering lips (20:19); deceptive lips (24:28); and undisciplined lips (10:19). \u201cThose who control their tongue will have a long life; opening your mouth can ruin everything.\u201d Pr.13:3<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition, when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slime because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at sea. We are far too easily pleased.\u201d C.S.Lewis<\/p>\n

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NEXT WEEK: \u00a0\u00a0Theme: Uncharted \u00a0\u00a0Series: Got Wisdom?<\/p>\n

Title: The Case for Purity<\/p>\n

Scripture: Proverbs 5; 6:20-35<\/p>\n

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THEME: Uncharted SERIES: Got Wisdom? TITLE: On Guard! Text:\u00a0 Proverbs 4:20-27   \u201cA wise man learns by the experience of others. An ordinary man learns by his own experience. A fool learns by nobody\u2019s experience.\u201d I. \u00a0 \u00a0 WHAT DOES IT MEAN BY HEART? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   God\u2019s words to Samuel when choosing the next king: … <\/p>\n

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