Hebrews 4:12
12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Proverbs 4:20-22 NKJV
20 My son, be attentive to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Let them not escape from your sight;
keep them within your heart.
22 For they are life to those who find them,
and healing to all their flesh.
The Word of God makes an Identifying Characteristic of Itself:
Reading the Word of God can heal you
The Word is
Proverbs 4:23
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.
The first issue of life is -
The next issue of life:
What am I
The last two Issues of Life are
Giving, Spending, Wisdom Integrity Savings Investing
Husbands and Wives Children Business Employment Vacations
Pastors Missionaries Friends and Families
You had better settle those time issues
Luke 15:11-12 KJV
11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
12 and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
The Younger illustrates an Immature person who had the attitude of
Luke 15:14-15 KJV
14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
Luke 15:16 KJV
16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
Luke 15:17-19 KJV
17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19 and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
He is not longer “Give Me”
He’s now
Luke 15:19-24 KJV
19 and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
23 and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
24 for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Luke 15:25-27 KJV
25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound
Luke 15:28
28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
Luke 15:29 KJV
29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
Luke 15:29-32 KJV
29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30 but as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
The Younger Son had:
1. An Immature heart
2. A Greedy heart
3. A Wandering heart
4. A Foolish heart
5. There was no submission in his heart
But
He had a Change of Heart
When he had a Change of Heart, he had a
1. Repentant heart
2. Convicted heart
3. Which brought him to the place of having
A Restored Heart
The Older Son had an:
1. Angry heart
2. A Resistant heart
3. A Legalistic heart
4. A Religious heart
5. An Accusing heart
6. And because his heart was tainted
He could not see the mercy of the Father that was extended to the Younger Son
The Father’s Heart:
1. He had an Observant heart
2. A Compassionate heart
3. A Passionate heart
4. He had a giving heart
5. A heart of Celebration
6. A Merry heart
7. A heart of Restoration
8. And he has a Revealing heart
A Revealing Heart:
The closer you get to the Father’s Heart, the more it helps to
Proverbs 4:23 KJV
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.