Wednesday, July 22, 2015

It's Your Heart That Matters


  • We don't have to have be perfect for God to use us.
    • For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war."
    • 2 Chronicles 16:9
  • You may make mistakes but God is looking on the inside.
    • Eg. Pharisees
      • "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean.
    • Matthew 23:27
  • Even if I don't feel like I'm measuring up,  I'm in a state of glory!
    • But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
  • 2 Corinthians 3:18
    • God doesn't expect us to be perfect but he does expect us to keep trying.,
    • Stop taking inventory of all of your faults.
  • Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place. Ephesians 6:14
    • God can approve you without approving of your behavior.
    • Your value comes from your who not your do. Your do has been set by the creator of the universe.
  • "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."Jeremiah 1:5
    • Don't let guilt and condemnation keep you from your destiny. God is not focused on my mistakes.
  • If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you James 1:5
  • Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little." Luke 7:47
  • Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. James 4:8