Blog Post from Matthew

Leviticus 15:1-16:28
Mark 7:1-23
Psalm 40:11-17
Proverbs 10:13-14

14 Then Jesus called to the crowd to come and hear. "All of you listen," he said, "and try to understand. 15 It's not what goes into your body that defiles you;
you are defiled by what comes from your heart." 17 Then Jesus went into a house to get away from the crowd, and his disciples asked him what he meant by
the parable he had just used. 18 "Don't you understand either?" he asked. "Can't you see that the food you put into your body cannot defile you? 19 Food
doesn't go into your heart, but only passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer." (By saying this, he declared that every kind of food is acceptable
in God's eyes. 20 And then he added, "It is what comes from inside that defiles you. 21 For from within, out of a person's heart, come evil thoughts, sexual
immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. 23 All these vile things come from within;
they are what defile you."

It's what comes from inside that defiles you. How often do our mistakes begin from inside? They sometimes begin so small. Just a small thought about something
you know you shouldn't think about. You cut it off quickly but not as quick as you could have. You give in a little. Letting yourself think about it a little more and then
you stop yourself again. More and more you let those thoughts slip in! Soon you find yourself in a place you shouldn't be.

Nip it in the bud! Whenever those thoughts come to you, whatever they may be about, you must decide you're going to put a full and complete stop to it! Choose to 
do things God's way.