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Charles Stanley Sermon Notes: Our Heart's Desires
These are sermon notes from a Pastor Charles F Stanley of In Touch Ministries Atlanta, GA sermon called,"Our Heart's Desires", from '07, & then shown twice this year. Feb, & Nov 22cd '09. In Touch Ministries with Pastor Stanley is online @ www.InTouch.org
Psalm 37:1-8
Our desires reveal:
1. Our character
2. Our self-esteem(There are many people who don't feel worthy to ask anything of God that's a big promise from God, or something that they really want, but think God wouldn't do it for them.)
3. Our direction(of their/our life)(What is it they/we are desiring?), & purpose in life(What is it they/we want to accomplish in life?)
4. Our thoughts(What are we/they thinking about?)
5. Our understanding of who God is(If you understand who the Lord is, there are some desires that will not come into your mind, & heart.)
Our desires reveal more about us, than we may want to reveal about ourselves. Watch your words carefully.
1 Timothy 6:9, Titus 2:11-12(worldly living leaves God out), 2 Peter 2:9-10, & v18(of the same chapter) Be careful always about what you desire, & want, because you may get it. & you can get yourself some absolutely, totally ungodly desires. This is very evident by all the sinfulness around us. Such desires lead to emptiness, pain, suffering, heartache, disappointment, sometimes destruction, & sometimes death. These desires are all the result of corrupt, harmful, ungodly, fleshly, worldly desires. The warnings are in the Bible for us to be careful about our desires, & what we desire. The verses in the Scriptures about us getting the desires of our hearts is not an open door to anything, & everything we want. If we delight ourselves in the Lord, then He will give us the desires of our hearts. With these promises, we have a human responsibility that we must delight ourselves in the Lord, then He will give us the desires of our hearts. We also have a responsibility to be persistent in what we're asking. We have a responsibility to ask, & find out(determine) what is in the will of God, before we ask Him of our desires. Every promise we have from God, we have a human responsibility to expect God to divinely answer that. If we ignore the context of God's promises, we generally fret. & fretting leads to more negative attitudes, & general negativity. We have to claim God's promises the way they are stated in the Bible. Since God operates on the basis of His principles, & guidelines, some prayers may go unanswered, if they do not fit His will. Unanswered prayer is not due to God not listening, ignoring you, or even not necessarily wanting you to not have what you're asking.
Requirements, Our Responsibilities when claiming a promise from God:
1. Delight yourself in The Lord(Basically that we're so pleased with God, that we want to follow Him, & His plan, & purpose for our life. & to be obedient to Him. It's all about God, not us. Delight yourself in The Lord, not in your desires. You can't be delighted in the Lord, while you are willfully disobeying Him, due to such disobedience creating conflict between you, & the Lord.
2. Commit your way to The Lord(Basically this means to lay down, & surrender our desires to God, for Him to either change it anyway He sees fit to, or to not fulfill it.) Where your mind goes, your feet are gonna follow, so be careful what you think about.
3. Trust in The Lord Romans 8:32
4. Rest in The Lord(Let Him have your desires. Don't be concerned over it.)
5. Wait patiently for God
If we are genuinely, & wanting to genuinely follow, & be obedient, & committed to God, & His plan, & purpose, & still make a mistake, He will turn it around for our good, if we learn the lesson. Romans 8:28
In Touch Ministries with Pastor Charles F Stanley is online @ www.InTouch.org You can also ask Stanley a question via e-mail @ [email protected] Thank you, & God Bless! :)
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