New Heart
“ 18 Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing!” —Isaiah 43:18-19
“ 10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.” —Psalm 51:10-12
Big Idea: God renews my life when my heart aligns with His!
“ 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” —Psalm 139:23-24
(1.) Search me, O God, and know my heart…
“ 34 God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” —Proverbs 3:34
“ 9 The heart is the most deceitful thing there is, and desperately wicked.” —Jeremiah 17:9
“ 3 All have turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who is good, not even one.” —Psalm 14:3
“ 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control.” —Galatians 5:22-23
(2.) Know my anxious thoughts…
“ 7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of life and of self-discipline.” —2 Timothy 1:7
“ 4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” —1 John 4:4
(3.) See if there is any offensive way in me…
“ 1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.” —Proverbs 12:1
“ 16 All scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” —2 Timothy 3:16-17
“ 3 Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?” —Matthew 7:3
“ 16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.” —James 5:16
(4.) Lead me in the way everlasting…
“ 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” —Psalm 139:23-24