As we seek to build stronger relationships with both God and those around us, we must first understand the heart. We must understand how God designed human beings to function.
1. What does the Bible refer to when it speaks of the heart?
2. The Bible describes human as having two essential parts (Eph. 3:16)
a.
b.
3. The Fruit of the heart (Luke 6:43-45)
a. Fruit = ______________________
b. Our words are the overflowing of our _________
4. If our heart is the source of the problem then we must first deal with the heart. (Matthew 23:25-26)
5. Jesus speaks to what rules the heart in Matthew 6:19-24
a. Everyone seeks some kind of ________________.
b. Your ____________ will control your __________.
c. What controls your _____ will control your __________.
6. Three conclusions to guide our efforts to build stronger relationships with God and man.
a. There is a root and fruit connection between our heart and our behavior
b. Lasting change always takes place through the heart. Fruit change is the result of root change.
c. The heart is our target in personal growth.
7. Application
a. Our hearts are always being ruled by someone or something.
b. Whatever controls my heart will control my responses to people and situations.
c. God changes us not just by teaching us to do different things, but by recapturing our hearts to serve him alone.
d. The deepest issues of the human struggle are not issues of pain and suffering, but the issue of worship, because what rules our hearts will control the way we respond to both suffering and blessing.
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