Sermons About Heart
Redirect Your Life
1) Blessed are the poor in spirit....v5:3 2) Blessed are those who mourn....5:4 3) Blessed are the meek....5:5 4) Blessed are those who hunger and thrist for righteousness...5:6 5) Blessed are the merciful....5:7 6) Blessed are the pure in heart....5:8 7) Blessed are the peacemakers....5:9 8) Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness....5:10
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The Kingdom of Righteousness (Matthew 5:1-2)
God has always called His people out to be separate from the world - you could say that God’s design for His people has always been counter cultural. Religiously: (a ) OT - (be holy) “Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, “I am the LORD our God. You shall not do what is done nit eh land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do what is done in the land of Canaaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. you are to perform My judgements and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God.’” (Lev. 18:1-4) “You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy” (19:2) (b) NT “Be Holy” “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.” (1 Pet. 1:14-16). Christians are to be different than the world, not like it. That is because the current culture and world is fallen. In Adam all sinned and all died; by nature all are born in hating true righteousness, hostile to God’s holy standard, selfish, self-willed, and earth bound in thinking. In other words, the world sits in darkness and “in the shadow of death,” God came as light and calls His people out to be light; that necessarily means that His people live, think, feel, act, love, and relate to one another in a way different than the world them. It is to be a part of another kingdom - and there are only two [!] - the kingdom of the world/”Domain of darkness”; and the “Kingdom of God” “kingdom of His beloved Son,” the kingdom wherein righteousness reigns. It is the kingdom of this righteousness that the Lord now brings before the eyes of those who would follow Him.
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People Making a Difference / Touching Hearts in Tibet
In this week's "People Making a Difference," an international organization is combining their prayer ministry with medical assistance to heal children in the Himalayas.
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Hearts Set On Christ
Teaching from 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Pastor Rick challenges the community to turn away from evil and set our hearts on Christ.
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My Money, My Heart
Money is profoundly spiritual. What we do with our money involves our hearts (the center of our lives). The Lord can tell what our spiritual condition is (or what the center of our lives are) by what we do with our money and can change our hearts through the way we use money as well.
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People Problems
Animal trainers tell us that behavior problems in animals are almost always the owners fault. Could the same be true of our people problems? Key Verses: Luke 6:41-45, Jer 17:9
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Understanding Our Depravity 2
At the very center of your being, where your decisions are made and your actions are formed you and I are evil. That my friends is an ugly picture. The Lord Jesus said, “If you being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children…” This morning we deal with two of three areas that sin has affected in us which is our entire being. 1. Our bodies are depraved because of sin. 2. Sin has affected our minds.
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