A Change of Heart Pt 4 Jesus, the Healer of Broken Hearts
Pastor Ray Keasler
June 25, 2023

Hebrews 4:12 ESV
12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Hebrew 4:12 AMPC
12 For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.

Luke 4:14-17 ESV
14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and a report about him went out through all the surrounding country.
15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all.
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And as was his custom, he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and he stood up to read.
17 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written,

Luke 4:18-19 KJV
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

Isaiah 61:2 KJV
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God…

There’s no

of God on the earth right now

Luke 4:18 AMPC
18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah] to preach the good news (the Gospel) to the poor .He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity],

The heart can take on the characteristics of the


The heart can take on the characteristics of the
But
You have to “A Heart for God”

A lot of Christians suffer with what Jesus has given us deliverance from
Which is:
A


A
or an heart

Condition of the Heart 1:
A broken heart which is a condition of the heart being totally controlled by


A choice or a pattern of thought that keeps you in bondage to that Emotion

Proverbs 4:23 AMPC
23 Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.

Broken Heart 1:
Any event or situation, life experience or circumstance which renders your heart

to perform that which God intends…

Broken Heart 1 cont.:
It

the Inner Spirit from feeding information, Motivation, Desire
Rendering your heart unable to function as God designed it
So

Broken Heart 1 cont.:
This person must

on Feelings, Thoughts, Choices to function
Not Realizing
Your Thoughts, your Feelings and Your Choices not connected to your heart are the devil’s playground

Your heart is always

in your words.

The first ear that communication goes into is

Those events set up

in your life
And
You can’t get past the point in which your heart was broken.

A Broken Heart 2:
A Broken Heart Unattended will produce an

heart!

A Broken Heart 3:
Broken hearts where the situation has not been taken care of will cause the bruise to

up

Proverbs 14:17 AMPC
17 He who foams up quickly and flies into a passion deals foolishly…

Anger will render you unable to make

decisions

Proverbs 22:24-25 AMPC
24 Make no friendships with a man given to anger, and with a wrathful man do not associate,
25 Lest you learn his ways and get yourself into a snare.

Proverbs 29:22 AMPC
22 A man of wrath stirs up strife, and a man given to anger commits and causes much transgression.

The source of

is found in an Angry Heart

Condition of the Heart:
Your

connected to a broken heart will continually rehearse the situation which caused the condition in the first place

Broken Heart :
A Broken Heart many times is the Source for

Proverbs 15:1 AMPC
1 …grievous words stir up anger

Proverbs 15:18 AMPC
18 A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,

Proverbs 16:32 AMPC
32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty

Ephesians 4:26 ESV
26 Be angry and do not sin…

Ephesians 4:27
27 and give no opportunity to the devil.

Ephesians 4:26
26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

Isaiah 57:1 KJV
1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.