“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.” —Deuteronomy 6:4-7 NKJV
Jesus said to him, “’You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” —Mark 12:30-31 NKJV
STRONGER is all about how to love the LORD, how he wants you to love Him.
Strength is heart, soul, mind, and strength is built daily. Not all at once.
Most of us we show up to church once in awhile as if we’ve done God a favor and then we are mad at why we are still weak, broken, lonely, wanting…
2025 – we are going to go stronger, but you’ve got to go all in.
You can make progress or you can make excuses, but you can’t make both.
Love the LORD with all of our HEART, SOUL, MIND and STRENGTH.
Today is all about HEART. Next week Soul. 3rd week MIND, and 4th STRENGTH.
Deut 6:4-7 = Shema (Jewish prayer of devotion, faith and allegiance the LORD. Every morning, every night)
Jesus demands complete devotion to him. All your heart. All your soul. All your mind. All your strength.
Unconditionally decision and readiness for God.
Kardia = heart
The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? —Jeremiah 17:9
And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. —Ezekiel 36:26 NLT
The Holy Spirit is the new heart.
True circumcision is not merely obeying the letter of the law; rather, it is a change of heart produced by the Spirit. And a person with a changed heart seeks praise from God, not from people. —Romans 2:29 NLT
1. A new heart is receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit.
God wanted to make known among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. —Colossians 1:27
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.But it is from Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God [revealing His plan of salvation], and righteousness [making us acceptable to God], and sanctification [making us holy and setting us apart for God], and redemption [providing our ransom from the penalty for sin], so then, as it is written [in Scripture], “He who boasts and glories, let him boast and glory in the Lord.” —1 Corinthians 1:30-31 AMP
Hagiasmos – Greek word meaning sanctification, holiness, or separation.
“A continuous process that involves breaking free from the power of sin and becoming more like Christ.
Letting the Holy Spirit be Lord. How do you respond to scripture? With ready obedience or stubborn defensiveness?
Go all in. Be here every day. As many times as you possibly can.
I’ve never met a person who has regretted going all in with 21 days of prayer.
Learn how to listen to the Spirit’s voice and follow it.
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. —John 10:27
What’s with fasting?
When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.”
“Youand generation.” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.” Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed as that moment.
Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?”
He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” —Matthew 17:14-20
2. A stronger heart means you have to starve your desires for the world and feed God’s desires for your life.
Do not be drunk with wine, which will ruin your life, but be filled with the Spirit. —Ephesians 5:18
What are you intoxicated with. What will you fast from ?
Social media, wine, beer, hard liquor, binging on TV, porn, food, marijuana, money?
Prayer = getting closer to God
Fasting = Moving away from the world.
This kind only comes out through prayer and fasting.
Some of you, your freedom, your mountain moving is going to come from going all in with your heart. Prayer and Fasting.
21 Days of Prayer and fasting.
Shema – day and night.
3. The fruit of a stronger heart is life change. (My life is different, more like Christ)