Surround yourself with people who have undivided hearts
2 Timothy 3:1-5 There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form…
Ask God to give you an undivided heart
Psalm 86:11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, and I will walk in Your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name. Jeremiah 32:38-39 They will be My people, and I will be their God. I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear Me for their…
The signs of an undivided heart
1. STABILITY – United we stand, divided we fall! Mark 3:25 ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand!’ 2. PURPOSE – Single-minded versus double-minded. James 1:8 ‘Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.’ We should not be double minded! Our hearts must be fixed and we should…
The signs of a divided heart
A. Taking on a form of godliness – 2 Timothy 3:5 ‘having a form of godliness but denying its power!’ B. UNSTABLE – James 1:8 ‘A double minded man is unstable in all his ways!’ (Inconsistent) If you lead an inconsistent life, your heart is most likely divided. C. CHANGEABILITY – One moment we are flying a flag for the…
An undivided heart leads to blessing
Ezekiel 11:19-21 I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God….
Divided hearts lead to trouble
Hosea 10:2 ‘Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty (guilty)!’ When we develop a divided focus it is always a heart issue. Notice this scripture did not say their ‘minds’ were divided or their ‘actions’ were divided! It says their HEARTS were divided! So it is a heart issue and that makes it personal…
Give me an undivided heart
The Psalmist writes and declares his desire. He has two desires and two outcomes. 1. TEACH ME YOUR WAYS – and I will walk in Your truth! 2. GIVE ME AN UNDIVIDED HEART – that I may fear Your name! These two desires should be our desires as well! We live in a world where people want…