Is Your Heart Prepared?  Proverbs 4:23 – “Keep your heart with all diligence”  Matthew 12:33-35 – “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks”

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Is Your Heart Prepared?

 Proverbs 4:23 – “Keep your heart with all diligence”  Matthew 12:33-35 – “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks”  Matthew 15:8 – “their heart is far from Me”  Matthew 15:17-20 – “out of the heart proceeds”

Is Your Heart Prepared?  Ezra 7:8-10 – “For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.”

Is Your Heart Prepared?  Seek the Law of the Lord

Seek the Law of the Lord  Psalms 1:1-3 – “his delight is in the law of the Lord”  Psalms 19:7-11 – “More to be desired are thy than gold”  Psalms 119:1-16 – “Who seek Him with the whole heart”

Seek the Law of the Lord  Acts 17:10-11 – “searched the Scriptures daily”  Hebrews 11:6 – “a rewarded of those who diligently seek Him”

Seek the Law of the Lord  Rich Young Ruler (Matthew 19:16-22)  Nicodemus coming to Jesus (John 3:1-4)  Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8:27-39)

Is Your Heart Prepared?  Seek the Law of the Lord  Do the Law of the Lord

Do the Law of the Lord  James 1:21-22 – “be doers of the word, and not hearers only”  Luke 6:46-49 – “not do the things which I say”  Luke 8:19-21 – “hear the word of God and do it”  Matthew 7:21-23 – “he who does the will of My Father in heaven”

Do the Law of the Lord  Numbers 22:17-18 – “give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the Lord”  Jeremiah 42:4-6 – “Whether it is pleasing or displeasing, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God”

Is Your Heart Prepared?  Seek the Law of the Lord  Do the Law of the Lord  Teach the Law of the Lord

Teach the Law of the Lord  Mark 3:13-14 – “send them out to preach”  Matthew 28:18-20 – “teaching them to observe all things”  I Peter 3:15 – “Be ready to give a defense”  Deuteronomy 6:5-9 – “You shall teach them diligently to your children”

Teach the Law of the Lord  Matthew 5:14-16 – “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”  Philippians 1: “among whom you shine as lights in the world”

Teach the Law of the Lord  Acts 8:3-4 – “went everywhere preaching the word”  Acts 18:24-28 – “explained to him the way of God more accurately”

Is Your Heart Prepared?  Is your heart prepared to seek the law of the Lord?  Is your heart prepared to do the law of the Lord?  Is your heart prepared to teach the law of the Lord?