KEEP YOUR

HEART PURE
Psalm 119:9-16
 OUTLINE
• Introduction:
-Song “Pure Heart”/Scripture Reading: Psalm 119:9-
16 / The Word & The Christian Life’s Journey
• Description: What is a pure heart?
• Purpose: Why do we need to have a pure
heart?
• Process: How to keep your heart pure?
• Conclusion: Its time to make a life-
changing decision now.
INTRODUCTION:
SONG/SCRIPTURE/
THE WORD AND
THE CHRISTIAN
JOURNEY
 PSALM 119:9-16
9How can a young man cleanse his
way?
By taking heed according to Your
word.
10 
With my whole heart I
have sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your
commandments! 11 Your word I have
 PSALM 119:9-16
12 
Blessed are You, O LORD! Teach me
Your statutes. 13 With my lips I
have declared all the judgments of
Your mouth. 14 I have rejoiced in the
way of Your testimonies,
as much as in all riches. 15 I will
meditate on Your precepts, and [a
]
contemplate Your ways. 16 I
DESCRIPTION OF A
PURE HEART
 A PURE HEART, THAT’S
WHAT I LONG FOR…
• It’s a decision to long for have a
pure heart.
• A deep desire to be pure in
heart.
• It will not just happen: DECIDE
TO DESIRE or LONG for it.
 PSALM 119:9-16
9How can a young man cleanse his
way?
By taking heed according to Your
word.
10 
With my whole heart I
have sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your
commandments! 11 Your word I have
 DESCRIPTION #1: A HEART
THAT FOLLOWS HARD AFTER
THEE
- taking heed according to Your
word.
- I have sought You;
- I have hidden in my heart,
- I have declared all
- I will meditate on
 DESCRIPTION #2: A HEART THAT HIDES
YOUR WORD SO THAT SIN WILL NOT COME IN

• 9Howcan a young man cleanse his

way?By taking heed according to Your
word.

• 11 Your word I have hidden in my heart,

That I might not sin against You.
 DESCRIPTION #3: A HEART
THAT’S UNDIVIDED BUT THE
ONE YOU RULE AND REIGN
• 10 With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh,
let me not wander from Your commandments!

• “ WALANG KAHATI” / FIRST PRIORITY / NO IDOLS

 A HEART THAT BEATS
COMPASSION THAT PLEASES
YOU MY LORD
• 15 I will meditate on Your precepts, and [a
]contemplate Your ways. 16 I will delight myself

in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

• God’s priority is your priority (e.g. Great

Commission/Seeking the Lost, loving others unconditionally, being
helpful to the poor, sick, needy, unifying the body of Christ, having
strong and immovable faith in Christ, etc.
PURPOSE: WHY DO WE NEED
TO HAVE A PURE HEART?
 PURPOSE OF KEEPING YOUR
HEART PURE
• For a young man to have or be
able to make his ways clean or
pure (actions comes from what’s in
the heart, man is sinful by nature).
• That I might not sin against You.
 A SINFUL OR UNCLEAN
HEART

• Wages of sin is death (physical and

spiritual)– Rom.6:23, 5:12
• Sin separates us from God as He is
a holy God – Isaiah 59:2
• Sin leaves us helpless and hopeless
– 2 Thess 1:9 , Matt.25:41
 A SINFUL OR UNCLEAN HEART
• Sin’s sting will be felt from
generations to generations – Exodus
20:5
• Sin caused the painful death of our
Lord Jesus Christ – Isaiah 53:10-12
• Sin is lawlessness – 1 John 3:4 (It
knows no tomorrow, family, harmonious
relationship, positive growth and
 A SINFUL OR UNCLEAN HEART

• Sin is a thief that comes only to

steal, kill and destroy (John
10:10)
• Sin is attractive and alluring but
its end is destruction – Job: 20:12,
Rom 1:26-32
 PURPOSE OF KEEPING YOUR
HEART PURE
• That we will offer a sweet smelling
sacrifice of praise/worship to the
throne of God.
- Result: “A sweet aroma of worship
that rises to your throne”
 A PLEASANT AROMA OF CHRIST

• In 2 Corinthians 2:15 we find that believers

(in the truest sense of the word), are a
fragrance of Christ. Another way of saying it
would be that we are a pleasant aroma of
Christ. When we worship Him within a
lifestyle that has become a place of abiding
in Him we exude His fragrance.

Source: http://justworship.com/the-sweet-smelling-fragrance-of-worship/
 A PLEASANT AROMA OF CHRIST
• Have you ever wondered what Jesus smells
like? In Psalm 45:7-8, a prophetic description
of the Messiah is given. It says, “God has
anointed Thee with the oil of joy above Thy
fellows. All Thy garments are fragrant with
myrrh and aloes, and cassia.” 

Source: http://justworship.com/the-sweet-smelling-fragrance-of-worship/
 A PLEASANT AROMA OF CHRIST

• Myrrh is traditionally symbolic of His

identification with us in His pain and
sorrow, so that we could have the courage
to seek and know Him intimately through
the fellowship of suffering, (Hebrews 5:8).

Source: http://justworship.com/the-sweet-smelling-fragrance-of-worship/
 A PLEASANT AROMA OF CHRIST

•The aloe is traditionally symbolic of His

bringing physical, emotional, and spiritual
healing and restoration through His
Redemptive work on the cross to the whole
person, (1 Peter 2:24).

Source: http://justworship.com/the-sweet-smelling-fragrance-of-worship/
 A PLEASANT AROMA OF CHRIST

• The cassia is traditionally symbolic of

humility and the complete surrender of our
wills to Him, and because cassia has the
ability to kill bacteria it also symbolizes His
triumph over the devil and all the powers
of darkness, (Colossians 2:15).

Source: http://justworship.com/the-sweet-smelling-fragrance-of-worship/
 A PLEASANT AROMA OF CHRIST

• In Luke 4:16-21, Jesus Himself declared

that He was the fulfillment of Isaiah 61:1-3
. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me…”
People were drawn to Him because He
exuded the fragrance of the Holy Spirit. He
was anointed with the oil of joy.
Source: http://justworship.com/the-sweet-smelling-fragrance-of-worship/
 A PLEASANT AROMA OF
CHRIST
• He was our model, and as our model, He
showed us how to worship by example. He
spent quality time alone with the Father. He
worshiped Him in intimate fellowship and
prayer….that Jesus also sang and even
danced in worship as well.
Source: http://justworship.com/the-sweet-smelling-fragrance-of-worship/
 A PLEASANT AROMA OF
CHRIST
• In Luke 10:21 in the Amplified Bible it states that
He (Jesus) ‘rejoiced and gloried in the Holy
Spirit.’ The word rejoiced comes from the word
exult. It is a verb that means to feel extreme joy;
one synonym of this word is to jump or leap for
joy! It says that He did this after His disciples had
returned from ministering in His Name.
Source: http://justworship.com/the-sweet-smelling-fragrance-of-worship/
PROCESS: HOW TO KEEP YOUR

HEART PURE?
 HOW TO KEEP YOUR HEART
PURE?
1.Long or desire for it – v.9-10
- Seek the Lord, the Word daily, live according to it
2.Live according to it – v. 9, 13,16
- integrated in thought, word/declare, deed/ways
3.Learn more of it. v.12, 15
-never stop learning and seeking
4.Lock it in your heart – v.15-16
- Hide, meditate, forget not the Word of God
 CONCLUSION: ITS TIME TO
MAKE A LIFE-CHANGING
DECISION NOW.
• Do you want to have a pure heart?
• Do you want to keep your heart pure?
• Come to God’s throne of grace and
let go of the sin or the things that
makes your heart impure.
• Decide now or it will be too late.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS! 