Key Ideas
Faith Fact
I will do what God says is right.
Faith Verse
Psalm 86:12 (NLT)
With all my heart I will praise you, O Lord my God. I will give glory to your name forever.
Question of the Day: How can we fill our heart with good things?
Read about It
Read: Mark 7:14–23
Would you wash the outside of a bowl and leave the inside dirty? If you looked from the outside, the bowl would look clean. But it wouldn’t actually be clean. Would you want to eat ice cream out of a bowl full of dried-up chili leftovers? Probably not.
Sometimes, we do all the right things to look like a good person on the outside, but our inside is different. That’s not at all what God wants. He wants our heart to be right. Why? Because what’s in our heart eventually spills out. If our heart wants to lie about things, eventually we’ll start telling lies. If our heart is full of meanness, we’ll start being mean to people. But if Jesus is in our heart, our life will look more and more like Him all the time.
Talk about It
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Question 1. According to the verses we read, does what you eat defile you (make you unclean before God)? Answer 1. “The food you put into your body cannot defile you.” (Mark 7:18) |
| Question 2. Where does the Bible say the sin that defiles us comes from?
Answer 2. “It is what comes from inside that defiles you. For from within, out of a person’s heart come evil thoughts.” (Mark 7:20–21)
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Question 3. If you’ve sinned, what does that tell you about your heart? Answer 3. Answers will vary.
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| Question 4. What are some ways to guard our heart to keep out evil?
Answer 4. Answers will vary.
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| Question 5. How can we fill our heart with good things?
Answer 5. Answers will vary. |
Pray about It
Dear God, I don’t want to live by my own rules and traditions. I don’t want to serve You by giving You only part of me. I want all my heart to be clean and pure before You. Amen.