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Lesson 5: April 15, 2015
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Jesus
Becoming like Him
The Ten Week Challenge
Pray daily for the eyes of our hearts to be enlightened.
28 days in/ 42 days to go
Ephesians 1:17 – 18 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and His incomparably great power for us who believe.
The Ten Week Challenge
Pray daily for the eyes of our hearts to be enlightened.
Pray daily for God to search our hearts and transform them into the heart of
Christ.
28 days in/42 days to go
Romans 8:27
And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.
The Ten Week Challenge
Pray daily for the eyes of our hearts to be enlightened.
Monitor our hearts daily by monitoring what is coming out of our mouths.
Pray daily for God to search our hearts and transform them into the heart of
Christ.
28 days in/42 days to go
Matt. 15:18-19…But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these make a man unclean. For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
The Ten Week Challenge
Identify the source of impurity in our lives.
Expose them to God.
Prayerfully develop a plan to eliminate these sources.
28 days in/42 days to go
of the heart…
The Ten Week Challenge
Monitor the attitude of our hearts.
How merciful are we?
28 days in/ 42 days to go
The Ten Week Challenge
Monitor the attitude of our hearts.
How merciful are we?
28 days in/ 42 days to go
How much do we truly desire God’s righteousness?
Remember…
We are in a war!
Eph. 6:11-12 – Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh
and blood, but against the
rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world, against the spiritual
forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
What from the past can stand in the way of transforming our
hearts?
Un-forgiven Wounds
Un-forgiven
wounds chain
the heart…
How do they keep us in chains?
resentment
bitterness
anger
hatred
grudge
Psalm 139:23-24 - Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious
thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
How can we know the truth?
There is only one source of truth:
the word
of God
What does the word say?...
Matt. 6:14-15…For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Why is this subject so important?
What did Jesus say about it?
It’s part of being forgiven…
It’s more important than giving…
Matt. 5:23-24…Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.
It requires honesty…
It requires action…
Mark 11:25…And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
It doesn’t require an apology
It’s more important than worship…
This is not an option.
We must seek to
understand the power of God’s
We must seek to understand its importance to…
…our Freedom
Forgiveness
and our
What un-forgiven wounds are we letting affect our hearts today?
We must be honest with God and ourselves.
We must identify the un-forgiven wounds that are enslaving our hearts.
We must pray for the faith and strength to face them.
We must believe that through the power and love of God, we can forgive.
Do any of us have a heart that needs to forgive someone and be healed?
We must ask God to lead us to the freedom of forgiveness.
The Ten Week Challenge
Pray daily for the eyes of our hearts to be enlightened.
Monitor our hearts daily by monitoring what is coming out of our mouths.
Pray daily for God to search our hearts and transform them into the heart of
Christ.
28 days in/42 days to go
The Ten Week Challenge
Identify the source of impurity in our lives.
Prayerfully develop a plan to eliminate these sources.
Expose them to God.
28 days in/42 days to go
The Ten Week Challenge
Monitor the attitude of our hearts.
How merciful are we?
28 days in/ 42 days to go
How much do we truly desire God’s righteousness?
Pray for God to search our hearts and show us wounds that need to be forgiven.
Next Week…
Ten Steps to Forgiveness…
