New Highland Baptist Church Podcast

BLESS THIS HOME PT.2Key Verse: Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. (Matthew 5:8, NIV)MAIN THOUGHT: Without Christ, there is no such thing as a PURE heart.The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.” (Jer. 17:9-10)“They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity...” (Eph. 4:18-19)•We are not just a CHRISTIAN family•We are a Christ-CENTERED family“How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.” (Psalm 119:9-10)CREATING A CULTURE OF PURITY1.Get your OWN heart right“Above all else, guard your he