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Who is Responsible for cleaning the heart? Me or God?
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Episode · 31:08 · Mar 4, 2023
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Show Notes:• Is it up to the Christian to clean their spiritual heart?• Guard our hearts with all due diligence.• Fill our hearts with God's Word and focus on loving God and loving our neighbor.• Be mindful of what we allow into our hearts through our eyes and ears.• Spend time in prayer and seek out meaningful conversations with spiritually mature people.• Pursue holiness and constantly be in repentance and a state of repentance in order to draw closer to God and cleanse our hearts. • Develop a spiritual discipline such as reading Scripture regularly and spending time in solitude.• Have friends, family members, and mentors who can challenge us spiritually and help us keep our hearts focused on living righteously. • Actively participate in church, encouraging one another to do what God wants us to do. • Rely on the grace of God for salvation and strive to be pure in heart through prayer and meditation on the Scriptures.Scriptures:Proverbs 4:23: “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Matthew 15:19: “For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.”Luke 6:45: “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.”Romans 12:2: “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”Philippians 4:8: “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”Psalm 24:3-4: “Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.”Matthew 5:8: “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”Psalm 51:10: “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”James 4:8: “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.”1 Peter 1:14-16: “As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.”Matthew 5:8: “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.”James 4:7-8: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.”Ezekiel 36:26-27: “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”Titus 2:11-12: “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.”Philippians 4:6-7: “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds
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