The second lesson in the series "Heart of the Matter" shared with the auditorium class aton Wednesday March 25, 2015.

1. Lesson 2: March 25, 2015

2. Thanks for
being here
tonight!

3. Jesus
Becoming like Him

4. The Ten Week Challenge
Pray daily for the eyes of
our hearts to be
enlightened.
7 days in/
63 days to go

5. 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.

6. The Ten Week Challenge
Pray daily for the eyes of our hearts to be
enlightened.
7 days in/
63 days to go

7. 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.

8. 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.
7 days in/63 days to go

9. 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.
7 days in/63 days to go

10. 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
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.

11. 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.
7 days in/63 days to go

12. Comparing
the
Spiritual
heart with
the Physical
heart

13. How do
we take
care of
our
physical
hearts?

14. We
monitor
its current
condition

15. We
examine
our daily
habits.

16. We make
changes
that
promote a
healthy
heart.

17. We must
do the
same with
our
spiritual
hearts.

18. Matt. 5:8 - Blessed are
the pure in heart for
they will see God.

19. We must understand the word
• Examining something carefully.
• Purging it of anything unclean.
• Sifting it and making it smooth.
 It’s a common word.
 It’s an active word.
 It defines a process that includes…
“pure”

20. Jesus is taking the physical concept of
purifying and applying it…
…to our hearts.

21. What is inside our hearts?
How important is this question?

22. Matt. 15:8.. “‘These people honor me
with their lips, but their hearts are far
from me.”
Mark 12:29-30...The most important
one,” answered Jesus, “is this:
‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the
Lord is one. Love the Lord your God
with all your heart…

23. Matt. 18:35.. “This is how my heavenly
Father will treat each of you unless
you forgive your brother or sister
from your heart.”
Luke 16:15
He said to them, “You are the ones who
justify yourselves in the eyes of others,
but God knows your hearts. What
people value highly is detestable in
God’s sight.

24. A pure heart
is a true
blessing…
…but it must be
our
ultimate desire.

25. 1. Honest, self examination.
o Why are we doing this?
(Examining something carefully)

26. We are in a
war!

27. What’s at stake in this
war?
Our Hearts

28. We have an enemy who knows
that a pure heart will see God.
So, we’re going to
have to fight for it!

29. 1.Honest, self examination.
o Ask God to search our hearts.
o What’s really inside our hearts?
o Monitor and listen to our hearts.
o Why are we doing this?
(Examining something carefully)
o Be honest with ourselves.

30. o Meditate on this.
2. Realize impure sources and eliminate
them.
(Purging of anything unclean)
o Make a plan to eliminate them.
o Identify the source(s) of impurity.
o Pray for Godly discernment.

31. 3. Make the daily decision for purity.
o Don’t forget the goal…Blessed are
the pure in heart for they will see
God.
o Fight the source(s) of impurity.
o It’s direction, not perfection.
o Be drastic. This isn’t an option.
o Become accountable.
(Sifting it and making it smooth)

32. 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.
7 days in/63 days to go

33. The Ten Week Challenge
Identify the source of impurity in our
lives.
Expose them to God.
Prayerfully develop a plan to
eliminate these sources.
7 days in/63 days to go