<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>Mark 7;20-23<div><br></div><div><b>20. &nbsp;And he said, “What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.</b></div><div><b>21. &nbsp;For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery,</b></div><div><b>22. &nbsp;coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.</b></div><div><b>23. &nbsp;All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man.”</b></div><div><br></div><div>(Jesus said,)</div><div><i>“The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”</i></div><div>(Luke 6;45)</div><div><br></div><div><i>“Thy Word have I laid up in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.” &nbsp;</i>(Psalm 119;11)</div><div><br></div><div><i>“So the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. &nbsp;How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire! &nbsp;And the tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and set on fire by hell. &nbsp;For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by humankind, but no human can tame the tongue — a restless evil, full of poison. &nbsp;With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God. &nbsp;From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. &nbsp;My brethren, this ought not to be so.” &nbsp;</i>(James 3;5-10)</div><div><br></div><div>This is why we absolutely need our baptism into Christ’s own death to sin. &nbsp;So that we may daily drown the old Adam, (his evil heat and tongue), and being raised with Christ, we are to&nbsp;walk in newness of life, <i>“speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.” &nbsp;</i>(Ephesians 4;15)</div><div><br></div><div>Establishing ourselves in a habit of daily reading God’s Word,&nbsp;and meditating upon it, is to fill our hearts with good things, so that we bring forth, out of our heart,&nbsp;life not death (with our tongue and mouth).</div><div><br></div><div>Prayer: &nbsp;Gracious Heavenly Father, You have given us newness of life in our baptism into Christ. &nbsp;&nbsp;Bless us to understand, that this&nbsp;new life is&nbsp;daily&nbsp;refreshed and strengthened in us through Your Word. &nbsp;By Your gift of faith,&nbsp;our hearts beat <span>repentantly, loving You, Your will, and our neighbor.</span><span></span></div><div><span>Bless us, and by Your Holy Spirit,&nbsp;guard our hearts and minds, that our mouths speak only life. &nbsp;In Jesus we pray, Amen.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Love,</span></div><div><span>Dad/Baba/Eric</span></div><div><span>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</span></div><div><span>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


Mark 7;20-23
20.  And he said, “What comes out of a man is what defiles a man.21.  For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery,22.  coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.23.  All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man.”
(Jesus said,)“The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces good produces good, and the evil man out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”(Luke 6;45)
“Thy Word have I laid up in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.”  (Psalm 119;11)
“So the tongue is a little member and boasts great things.  How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire!  And the tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and set on fire by hell.  For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by humankind, but no human can tame the tongue — a restless evil, full of poison.  With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God.  From the same mouth come blessing and cursing.  My brethren, this ought not to be so.”  (James 3;5-10)
This is why we absolutely need our baptism into Christ’s own death to sin.  So that we may daily drown the old Adam, (his evil heat and tongue), and being raised with Christ, we are to walk in newness of life, “speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.”  (Ephesians 4;15)
Establishing ourselves in a habit of daily reading God’s Word, and meditating upon it, is to fill our hearts with good things, so that we bring forth, out of our heart, life not death (with our tongue and mouth).
Prayer:  Gracious Heavenly Father, You have given us newness of life in our baptism into Christ.   Bless us to understand, that this new life is daily refreshed and strengthened in us through Your Word.  By Your gift of faith, our hearts beat repentantly, loving You, Your will, and our neighbor.Bless us, and by Your Holy Spirit, guard our hearts and minds, that our mouths speak only life.  In Jesus we pray, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”





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