This teaching series is designed to help us apply the teaching of Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart above all else,
      for it determines the course of your life (NLT)

As we prepare to enter the busy season of the fall we want to make sure our busyness doesn’t “win” over the conditions of our hearts.  This series will give some practical ways to guard the heart in areas of life that can hurt the heart.
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08.16.2009 | Week 10 | Guarding the Heart | Careless Words


Guarding the Heart - Week 9

We talked earlier in this series about friendship.  Well, we are reminded in Proverbs 16:28 that “gossip separates the best of friends.”  In this message we will explore the dangers of spreading gossip and listening to gossip, and seek to be people who speak to others instead of about them.

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08.09.2009 | Week 9 | Guarding the Heart | Against Busyness


Guarding the Heart - Week 10

There are a number of what one writer calls “applauded addictions.”  Some of us are addicted to busyness and work.  And yet the life of wisdom, the guarded heart---is a life that is busy for the right reasons at the right time.  That heart also learns how to rest.

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08.02.2009 | Week 8 | Guarding the Heart | Against Judgment


Guarding the Heart - Week 5

Guarding the Heart Against Judgment.

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07.26.2009 | Week 7 | Guarding the Heart | Wise Up!


Guarding the Heart - Week 7

We all make bad decisions from time-to-time, even foolish ones.  But we must guard against the kind of foolishness that drives bad decisions all the time.  The Proverbs have much to say about seeking and gaining the kind of wisdom that runs our lives and rules our decisions.

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07.19.2009 | Week 6 | Guarding the Heart | How to be Good and Mad


Guarding the Heart - Week 6

Proverbs 25:28 reminds us that “ a person without self-control is as defenseless as a city with broken-down walls.  In this message we learn what it’s like to be people who are in control of their anger.  Very practical advice on anger management will be given.

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07.12.2009 | Week 5 | Guarding the Heart | Aimlessness


Guarding the Heart - Week 5

Solomon reminds his readers that when there is no vision in life, a person perishes.  God really does have a vision for our lives and it’s important to figure out and flesh out that vision.

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07.05.2009 | Week 4 | Guarding the Heart | Loneliness and Friendship


Guarding the Heart - Week 4

We were designed to be in community with one another.  But the deep friendship that various Proverbs detail is different than what we often think of friendship.  This message will help us guard against loneliness by being a good friend and finding a good friend.

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06.28.2009 | Week 3 | Guarding the Heart | Honesty and Integrity


Guarding the Heart - Week 3

Integrity.  It’s huge and necessary for a heart that is pure and guarded.  Yet, we are challenged almost every day to compromise our integrity in the small choices, and sometimes the big choices.  This message will help us fight the good fight of integrity.

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06.21.2009 | Week 2 | Guarding the Heart | Arrogance and Humility


Guarding the Heart - Week 2

Proverbs 4:13 is the hitching post for this sermon series.  In this message we will look at what Solomon is encouraging us to do in guarding the heart and what that would look like in real life.

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06.14.2009 | Week 1 | Guarding the Heart


Guarding the Heart - Week 1

Proverbs 4:13 is the hitching post for this sermon series.  In this message we will look at what Solomon is encouraging us to do in guarding the heart and what that would look like in real life.

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