Sound Doctrine Series
The Forgotten Quality David...man after God's own heart The Forgotten Quality! This is the quality of heart! John Madden said he figured out why he doesn't play golf well! He doesn't care! It bothers him so much when he plays, that he figured out how not to be bothered! Just don't care! One way that many of us deal with the pressures and challenges of life are to adopt this mentality. We decide that we just won't care! We lose heart! We become heartless! The effort to restore heart throughout the scriptures is an important one. You might say that time and time again we find that people in the scriptures forget about their heart. It becomes the forgotten quality. This study can help each of us restore it to its rightful place. Proverbs 27:19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man. *The challenge today is to get us to care about how we are doing spiritually, our family, our ministry! Jeremiah 17 Heart Deceitful And Sick 1.What does it mean to do well spiritually? 2.Where are you really at spiritually? Psalms 36 Too Much Flattery And Not Enough Reliance On God Hebrews 12 God's Discipling Must Get Through Hebrews 3:7-8 Today If You Hear Hebrews 4:1-2 Combine What You Hear With Faith David...man after God's own heart Psalms 131:1 A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. Acts 13:22 After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: 'I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.' 1 Samuel 16:7 God Looks Upon The Heart Paul..inwardly burned 2Corinthians 11:29 Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn? Do you guard your heart? Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Proverbs 23:17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD. Proverbs 24:12 If you say, "But we knew nothing about this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay each person according to what he has done? Proverbs 28:14 Blessed is the man who always fears the LORD, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble. Do you have a learners heart? Proverbs 5:12 You will say, "How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction! Proverbs 10:8 The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin. Proverbs 17:3 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart. Proverbs 18:15 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge; the ears of the wise seek it out. Do you have a pure heart? Proverbs 6:25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes, Proverbs 7:25 Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths. Proverbs 17:20 A man of perverse heart does not prosper; he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble Perverse means...Directed away from what is right or good..perverted Do you have an unbelieving heart? Proverbs 12:25 An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up. Do you have a broken heart? Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 14:10 Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy. Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in grief. Proverbs 14:30 A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones. Proverbs 15:13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit. Proverbs 15:15 All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast. Proverbs 17:22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Do you have a visionary heart? Proverbs 16:1 To man belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the reply of the tongue. Proverbs 16:9 In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps. Do you have a proud heart? Proverbs 16:5 The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished. Proverbs 18:12 Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor. Proverbs 19:3 A man's own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the LORD. Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails. Proverbs 21:4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin! Do you have an unknown heart? Proverbs 20:5 The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out. Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin"? Proverbs 26:23 Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart Proverbs 26:24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but in his heart he harbors deceit. Proverbs 26:25 Though his speech is charming, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart. Do you have a discipled heart? Proverbs 22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him. Proverbs 22:17 Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, Proverbs 23:12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. Proverbs 23:19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path. Proverbs 23:26 My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways, Proverbs 24:32 I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:
