It's All About the Heart

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE HEART
The Blessed Life Week 1
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LUKE 6:45
A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Proverbs 4:23
Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
Luke 6:38
... For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”
Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Deuteronomy 15:7
“If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother,
Deuteronomy 15:8
but you shall open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs.”


1. DEAL WITH A SELFISH HEART.
Deuteronomy 15:9
9 Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: “The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near,” so that you do not show ill will toward the needy among your fellow Israelites and give them nothing. They may then appeal to the Lord against you, and you will be found guilty of sin.


APPLICATION: IN WHAT AREAS DO I FIND MY HEART MOST SELFISH?

2. DEAL WITH A GRIEVING
Deuteronomy 15:10
“You shall surely give to him, and your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand.”

3. DEVELOP A GENEROUS HEART.
Deuteronomy 15:14
“You shall supply him liberally from your flock, from your threshing floor, and from your winepress. From what the Lord has blessed you with, you shall give to him.”
LUKE 6:30-36
30 Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. 31 And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.
32 “But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. 35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, [a]hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. 36 Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.


4. DEVELOP A GRATEFUL HEART.
Deuteronomy 15:15
“You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing today.”
APPLICATION: IN WHAT AREAS OF MY LIFE CAN I BE MORE GRATEFUL THIS WEEK?
REVIEW:
DEAL WITH A SELFISH HEART.
2. DEAL WITH A GRIEVING HEART.
3. DEVELOP A GENEROUS HEART.
4. DEVELOP A GRATEFUL HEART.

APPLICATION:
HOW CAN YOU DEAL WITH YOUR SELFISH HEART THIS WEEK?

ARE YOU GRIEVING IN ANY AREA THAT YOU NEED TO BRING BEFORE GOD?

HOW CAN YOU THIS WEEK BEGIN TO DEVELOP A GENEROUS HEART?

HOW CAN YOU BE GRATEFUL DAILY THIS WEEK?