4 Enemies of the Heart Pt.1

Thursday September 1, 2011- Proverbs 4:23 “Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.”
The heart is an incredibly crucial part of the body. When it functions properly, everything else can. But when the heart isn’t functioning properly, it causes some serious issues for the health and well being of the entire body. Some of the symptoms of heart problems are back pain, loss of sleep, anxiety, indigestion, nausea, the list goes on. Doctors sometimes note the symptoms and are able to treat the symptoms without locating the true problem. Therefore leaving the major issue untreated for sometimes years. That’s BAD. Well that’s the physical heart. We’re not going to talk about that.
We’re going to talk about the other heart . The heart that got broken in the 9th grade. The heart I’m speaking of is that wonderful, confusing part of you that enables you to laugh, to love, to hurt, to experience life. It’s the place where relationships happen. It’s where relationships are broken.
But even though we aren’t talking about the physical heart, problems can be just as devastating. So we need to monitor our heart to locate the source problem and not just treat symptoms. The problem with doing this is that we were never taught to monitor our hearts were we? When we were kids, we were taught to monitor our behavior. Right? Behave well and good things happen, regardless of the condition of the heart. And this behavior modification produces – Great pretenders.
• You act a certain way around people, on the job, or even in the church because of certain ramifications.
• Some of these don’t necessarily match what we are feeling in our hearts.
• All this pretending can be problematic because it allows you to ignore the true condition of the heart
And these unresolved issues will eventually work their way to the surface in your…
• Actions
• Character
• Your Relationships
Have you ever said…. Where did that come from? Did I just say that? That doesn’t even sound like me?
You wanna guess where it comes from? Yep, the heart. We'll talk about that more next time.