PROVERBS 27:19, 4:23 Bishop Genesis T. Udang

1. BE CAREFUL WITH
YOUR HEART
PROVERBS 27:19, 4:23
Bishop Genesis T. Udang

2. • Proverbs 27:19
19 As water reflects a face, so a man’s
heart reflects the man.
• Proverbs 4:23
23 Above all else, guard your heart, for
it is the wellspring of life.

3. • Mark 7:20-23
• 20 He went on: ‘‘What comes out of a
man is what makes him ‘unclean.’ 21
For from within, out of men’s hearts,
come evil thoughts, sexual immorality,
theft, murder, adultery, 22 greed,
malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander,
arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils
come from inside and make a man
‘unclean.’”

4. HOW SHOULD WE TAKE CARE OF
OUR HEARTS?
• BY MAINTAINING ITS HEALTHY
CONDITION

5. BY MAINTAINING ITS HEALTHY
CONDITION
• THE HARDENING AND CLOGGING OF
THE ARTERIES

6. THE HARDENING AND CLOGGING
OF THE ARTERIES
• Several arteries that channeled life into
the heart

7. Several arteries that channeled life
into the heart
• Prayer and Worship
• Bible
• Fellowship
• Service

8. • Proverbs 28:14
14 Blessed is the man who always fears
the LORD, but he who hardens his heart
falls into trouble.
• Matthew 13:15
15 For this people’s heart has become
calloused; they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears, understand with their
hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

9. •Hebrews 4:7
•7 ‘‘Today, if you hear
his voice, do not
harden your hearts.”

10. BY MAINTAINING ITS HEALTHY
CONDITION
• THE HARDENING AND CLOGGING OF
THE ARTERIES
• THE HEART MURMUR

11. THE HEART MURMUR
• When the heart beats fast for pleasure,
popularity, riches that wont satisfy,, it
is in bad condition, Our heart should
beat for;

12. Our heart should beat for;
• INTIMACY WITH HIM Jeremiah
24:7
7 I will give them a heart to
know me, that I am the LORD.
They will be my people, and I
will be their God, for they will
return to me with all their heart.

13. • TRUTH AND JUSTICE Isaiah 59:15-
16
• 15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and
whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The
LORD looked and was displeased that there
was no justice. 16 He saw that there was no
one, he was appalled that there was no one
to intervene; so his own arm worked
salvation for him, and his own righteousness
sustained him.

14. • HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 26:11
• 11 O LORD, your hand is lifted
high, but they do not see it. Let
them see your zeal for your
people and be put to shame…

15. BY MAINTAINING ITS HEALTHY
CONDITION
• THE HARDENING AND CLOGGING
OF THE ARTERIES
• THE HEART MURMUR
• HEART DISEASE

16. HEART DISEASE
• Unforgiveness
• Critical attitude
• Greediness
• Pride
• Wrong priorities
• Wrong acquaintances and
relationships

17. HOW SHOULD WE TAKE CARE OF
OUR HEARTS?
• BY MAINTAINING ITS HEALTHY
CONDITION
• BY DETECTING THE EARLY
SYMPTOMS OF ITS BAD
CONDITION

18. BY DETECTING THE EARLY
SYMPTOMS OF ITS BAD CONDITION
• NUMBNESS
• DIZZINESS
• SHORTNESS OF BREATH
• STAMMERING OF YOUR SPEECH

19. HOW SHOULD WE TAKE CARE OF
OUR HEARTS?
• BY MAINTAINING ITS HEALTHY
CONDITION
• BY DETECTING THE EARLY
SYMPTOMS OF ITS BAD
CONDITION
• BY LOOKING FOR TREATMENT

20. BY LOOKING FOR TREATMENT
• Psalm 139:23-24
• 23 Search me, O God, and
know my heart; test me and
know my anxious thoughts. 24
See if there is any offensive
way in me, and lead me in the
way everlasting.

21. • Psalm 51:10
• 10 Create in me a pure
heart, O God, and renew a
steadfast spirit within me.