Garbage in, garbage out; good in, good out. At some point, what we see and hear moves from just being in our head to being in our hearts. Anger, brawling, slander, malice, envy, hatred, cursing, betrayal, manipulation, deception; all come from the confines of our heart. What we bring into our home invades our minds and eventually our hearts, and what is in our hearts will eventually come out our mouths and dictate our actions. Jesus tells us in Luke 6:45, "The 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."
David declares in Psalm 101:2-4, "I will walk in my house with a blameless heart. I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me; men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil." He makes it clear that leading a blameless life takes careful consideration in all we do. It's up to us to be on guard and make the effort needed to turn away from evil and focus on what is good. Guilty pleasures fill the heart with garbage; but Godly pleasures sweep the heart clean.
Paul instructs us in Philippians 4:8, "Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever admirable- if anything is excellent or praise worthy, to think about such things."
So as we go about our day, let's be mindful of all our mouth speaks forth. Let's take time to fill our heart and mind with God's Word and start our day feeling refreshed and equipped to accomplish whatever God has planned for this day we have been so blessed with. Just as a warm shower refreshes and revives us, allowing time to enter into God's presence and allowing His Spirit to flow over and through us, refreshes and revives our minds. Filling our mind and heart with good things equips us to speak forth good things; for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks!
Have a wonderfully blessed day, dear friends- God loves you and so do I~~~
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