11 Hearts



More important than wisdom and more important than character is the condition of the heart, from which wisdom and character spring:


Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
—Proverbs 4:23
 


What is in the heart determines every other area:


As [a man] thinks in his heart, so is he.
—Proverbs 23:7 (NKJV)


Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
—Matthew 12:34

[They] honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
—Matthew 15:8
 


Over the next four days, we will encounter 11 hearts.

1. A clean heart
   “Create in me a clean heart, O God.”—Psalm 51:10
2. A pure heart
   Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD?
   And who shall stand in his holy place?
   He who has clean hands and a pure heart.—Psalm 24:3–4
   Purify your hearts, you double-minded.—James 4:8
   Love one another earnestly from a pure heart.—1 Peter 1:22
   The pure in heart … shall see God.—Matthew 5:8
3. A wise and understanding heart
   If you receive my words and treasure up my commands with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart understanding … then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.—Proverbs 2:1–2, 5