Guard the Heart – Proverbs 4:23 teaches “above all else guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Guarding the heart prevents contamination. Psalm 24:3 asks “Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in His holy place?” The answer is found in the following verse “The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god.” What comes out of a pure heart is not only much easier to clean up than that of a dirty one but it is also is a mark of a Christian. Just like the glasses, what is in our hearts will naturally spill out when we are faced with minor trip ups during the day or major trials and temptations of life. It’s easy to see where I’m going with this. “If this glass gets tipped over, which is the easier one to clean up?” The kids all agreed…the clean water was the winner again. The second half of the lesson was more to the point. Of course, the kids all pointed to the glass of crystal clear water. Then we asked “Which would you rather drink?” ![]() The children watched as the dirt quickly contaminated the clean water. The first glass was left alone but to the second glass we added a scoop of dirt and gave it a good stir. We took two glasses of clean, drinkable water. ![]() Many years ago, when our children were younger, we used a very simple demonstration to compare a pure heart with a dirty heart. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” Matthew 5:8
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