Friday, September 9, 2011

The LORD looks on the Heart

"The LORD sees not as man sees; 
man looks on the outward appearance, 
but the LORD looks on the heart." 
1 Samuel 16:7

Say to those who are of a fearful heart, "Be strong, fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God. He will come and save you". -- Isaiah 35:4

"Do you not see that whatever goes into a man from outside cannot defile him, since it enters, not his heart but his stomach, and so passes on?" (Thus he declared all foods clean.)  And he said, "What comes out of a man is what defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man" -- Mark 7:19-23

Hearing and Doing

"Therefore, everyone who  hears these words of mine and puts them into practice  is like a wise man  who built his house  on the rock....