Can you name each sports ball from the picture of the inside?
Some of them look a lot different on the inside than the outside, but with us, there’s a lot less mystery about what’s inside, in our hearts and minds, because what’s inside keeps showing up on the outside in what we say and do. That can be a good thing…or a bad thing; it just depends what we’ve got on the inside (it sure helps to have Jesus living in you, but Christians still need to keep our hearts and minds clean). Luke 6:45 says, “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.” If we think kind things about people, that’s how we’ll talk to them and treat them. If we hold onto anger and bitterness toward people, that’s what’ll come out of our lives toward them (and that’s how we’ll often treat everyone around us, even if they’re not the ones who hurt us in the first place).
So what do your words say about you? What does your attitude indicate about your heart? If your actions are a like heart monitor, how healthy are you?
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Extra Bible Reading
Psalm 5:1 Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation. 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. 4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. 5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. 7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. 8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. 11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. 12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.