
For the Heart - Prov 23:26
December 15, 2024
It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. —WT Ellis
If Christmas isn’t found in your heart, you won’t find it under a tree. —Charlotte Carpenter
10 days… 240 hours… 14,400 minutes… 864,000 seconds until Christmas… God has lavished gifts on us… already given us above and beyond our needs…
Deut 30:9… “the Lord will make you prosper abundantly in all the work of your hands… indeed, the Lord will delight in your prosperity…”
John 10:10… “I have come to give you life… life more abundantly…”
Eph 3:8-20… “grace was given… proclaim incalculable riches of the Messiah… so Christ may dwell in your hearts… able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think…”
Titus 3:6… “He poured out His Spirit on us abundantly thru Jesus Christ…”
yatar/perissos… exceeding measure or need; more than necessary; much more than all…
what gift does God want… very simply, He wants your heart, not sacrifices…
1Sam 16:7… “man looks on outward appearances… the Lord looks on the heart…”
1Tim 2:4… “God wants everyone to be saved… come to a knowledge of truth…”
why is that so important… because God knows how powerful the heart is…
Prov 4:23… “out of the heart come the issues of life…”
Prov 23:7… “as a man thinks in his heart… so is he…”
Luke 12:34… “where your treasure is… there your heart will be also…”
Rom 10:9-10… “believe in your heart… confess with mouth… you will be saved…”
before you give someone your heart… first question… can I trust them with it…
Num 14:11… “how long will they not trust Me… despite all the signs…”
Psa 9:10… “those who know Your name trust You… never abandoned them…”
Psa 13:5… “I trust in Your unfailing love…”
Psa 31:14… “I trust in You… I say, you are my God…”
Psa 40:4… “how happy is anyone who has put his trust in the Lord…”
Psa 84:12… “blessed is the one who trusts in You…”
Psa 118:8… “better to trust in the Lord than put confidence in man…”
Isa 50:10… “who walks in darkness… let him trust in the name of the Lord…”
must separate trusting people with trusting God… He is totally trustworthy…
Num 14:18… “the Lord is slow to anger… abounding in faithful love…”
Psa 44:26… “help us… redeem us because of Your faithful love…”
Psa 63:3… “my lips will praise because Your faithful love is better than life…”
Mic 6… “what have I done… blessed you… did everything to teach about My faithfulness…”
2Cor 1:18-20… “as God is faithful… all His promises are Yes… in Christ…”
2Tim 2:13… “if we are faithless… He remains faithful…”
Heb 10:23… “He who promised is faithful…”
Rev 1:5… “He is the faithful witness to these things…”
Rev 21:5… “these words are faithful and true…”
hesed/pistos… goodness, kindness, faithfulness; trustworthy, faithful; can be relied on…
second question… if I trust God… does He have power to perform miracles…
Gen 1:1… “in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…”
1Kings 8:24… “You have fulfilled Your promise by Your power…”
1Chron 29:12… “power and might are in Your hand… it is You who make great…”
Psa 111:6… “He has shown His power by giving them an inheritance…”
Jer 10:6… “there is no one like You… Your name is great in power…”
Nahum 1:3… “the Lord is slow to anger… but great in power…”
Matt 22:29… “your mistake is… you don’t know Scripture or the power of God…”
Acts 10:38… “God anointed Jesus with the HS and with power…”
Rom 15:19… “by power of signs, wonders, miracles… have fully proclaimed Gospel…”
dynamis… power for performing miracles; moral, physical, and financial power…
third question… before I trust God with my heart… is He willing to help…
Luke 5:12… “Lord, if you are willing… I am willing, be made clean…”
thelo… desire, wish; take delight in, have pleasure; be fond of doing…
Acts 10:34… “God doesn’t show favoritism…”
Heb 13:8-9… “Jesus is same yesterday, today, forever… let heart be established in grace…”
most of us believe God is able to help… but sometimes we’re not totally sure about
His willingness to help… when you personalize God’s word it becomes more real…
Deut 28:2… “all these blessings will come and overtake
Isa 53:5… “and
Jer 33:6… “I will certainly bring health and healing to
John 3:16… “God so loved
Rom 8:17-32… “
1Cor 2:16… “but
1Cor 3:16-17… “
1John 4:17… “as Jesus is… so is
God’s gift for the heart is amazing… you can trust Him… has power to perform miracles… more than willing to help… how do you give your heart to Him…
Prov 4:20-24… “my child… pay attention… listen closely to my words… don’t lose sight of them… let them penetrate deep into your heart… bring life to those who find them… health to one’s whole body… guard your heart, for it is the source of life… don’t speak dishonestly…”
Matt 13:10-17… “looking they do not see, hearing they do not understand… their hearts hardened… ears cannot hear, eyes cannot see, hearts cannot understand… if they turn to Me, I would heal them… blessed are your eyes because they see… your ears because they hear…”
heart is tied directly to ears, eyes, mouth… what you hear, see, speak affects your heart… choose carefully what you are exposed to… fix your senses on Jesus…
Psa 19:14… “may words of mouth… meditation of heart… be acceptable to you…”
Prov 18:21… “words kill, words give life… either poison or fruit… you choose…”
Luke 6:43-45… “good person produces good out of his heart… mouth speaks from heart…”
Rom 10:9-17… “believe with heart, confess with mouth, be saved… believe with heart resulting in righteousness, confess with mouth resulting in salvation… how can they believe without hearing… faith comes by hearing message about Christ…”
many of us have been hurt, and hurt badly, by people… vowed we’d never trust anyone again… not even God… the gift for your heart comes from a little Baby… safe to trust Him… open your eyes, ears, heart to Him and find healing… pray…
Prov 23:26… “give Me your heart… let your eyes delight in My ways…”
Prov 37:4… “delight in the Lord… and He will give you the desires of your heart…”
Did you know this baby is Lord of all creation? Did you know this baby will one day rule the nations? Did you know this baby is heaven’s perfect lamb? Did you know this child is the great I AM?