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THE SOLUTION TO A WAYWARD HEART

INTRODUCTION:

THE BIBLE SAYS THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS,AND DESPERATELY WICKED: WHO CAN KNOW IT?

SO A WAYWARD HEART IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL OR PREDICT BECAUSE OF UNUSUAL OR PERVERSE BEHAVIOR.

WHAT COMES FROM THIS BEHAVIOR IS FIGHTINGS AMONGST OURSELVES, DESIRES THAT CANNOT BE CONTROL, ENVY AND JEALOUSY OF OTHERS THAT CAN RESULT IN MURDER. PRAYERS UNANSWERED BECAUSE WE PRAY WITH THE WRONG MOTIVE.

SO THE QUESTION TODAY IS WHAT IS THE SOLUTION TO A WAYWARD HEART.

A. WE NEED TO HUMBLE OURSELVES.

JAMES 4:6 “But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HUMBLE OURSELVES SO THAT GOD WON’T RESIST US DUE TO OUR OWN SELFISH DESIRES AND THINKING THAT WE ARE ABOVE OTHER’S.

WHEN YOU LOVE WHAT;S IN THE WORLD MORE THAN YOU LOVE GOD YOUR HEART TURNS COLD TOWARDS GOD.

TO BE HUMBLE IS TO MAKE ONESELF LOW OR CLOSE TO THE GROUND.

WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO SERVE UNDER GOD BEFORE WE CAN BE ELEVATED.

A HEART WILL GO WAYWARD IF GOD IS NOT THE CAPTAIN OF IT.

THE MESSAGE BIBLE SAYS IN JAMES 4:6 THAT YOU’RE CHEATING ON GOD. IF ALL YOU WANT IS YOUR OWN WAY, FLIRTING WITH THE WORLD EVERY CHANCE YOU GET, YOU END UP ENEMIES OF GOD AND HIS WAY. AND DO YOU SUPPOSE GOD DOESN’T CARE? THE PROVERBS HAS IT THAT “HE’S A FIERCELY JEALOUS LOVER.”

AND WHAT HE GIVES IN LOVE IS FAR BETTER THAN ANYTHING ELSE YOU’LL FIND. IT’S COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT “GOD GOES AGAINST THE WILLFUL PROUD; GOD GIVES GRACE TO THE WILLING HUMBLE”

LUKE 14:11 “For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”

B. WE NEED TO SUBMIT TO GOD.

JAMES SAYS SUBMIT YOURSELVES THEREFORE TO GOD.

WHAT JAMES IS SAYING WE HAVE TO GIVE UP OUR RIGHT TO OURSELVES.

BECAUSE IF WE CHOOSE TO SAVE OUR OWN LIVES WE WILL LOSE IT OR TOTALLY DESTRUCT.

A WAYWARD HEART NEEDS TO BE GUIDED MY SOMETHING GREATER THAN IT.

WE NEED TO ALLOW GOD TO HAVE LORDSHIP OVER OUR HEARTS SO THAT HE CAN GUARD IT.

WHEN THE HEART IS WAYWARD IT BECOMES POLLUTED TO THE THINGS OF THE WORLD.

THE WORD SUBMIT MEANS TO YIELD TO ANOTHER PERSON’S WILL OR AUTHORITY.

WHAT BRINGS PEACE AND JOY TO AN WAYWARD HEART IS WHEN THE HEART TURNS TO GOD.

ROMANS 6:13 “Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.”

C. WE NEED TO RESIST THE DEVIL.

HOW WE RESIST THE DEVIL IS WE NEED TO FIRST SUBMIT TO GOD.

AND WHEN YOU SUBMIT TO GOD YOU’RE ALLOWING GOD TO HAVE A PLACE IN YOUR HEART.

IF GOD HAS A PLACE IN YOUR HEART THE DEVIL WILL FLEE BECAUSE THE SPACE HE WANTS IS OCCUPIED BY GOD.

DAVID UNDERSTOOD IN ORDER FOR HIS HEART NOT TO BECOME WAYWARD HE NEEDED GOD TO CREATE IN HIM A CLEAN HEART, AND PUT A NEW AND RIGHT SPIRIT WITHIN HIM.

THE DEVIL WILL NEVER WIN A BATTLE IF HE HAS TO GO UP AGAINST GOD.

GOD HAS A WAY OF TURNING A WAYWARD HEART INTO AN PURE HEART IF WE LEARN HOW TO BE OBEDIENT.

THE DEVIL KNOWS THOSE WHO BELONG TO GOD BECAUSE THEY HIDE THE WORD OF GOD IN THEIR HEART.

BUT THOSE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO ALLOW GOD TO HAVE THEIR HEARTS, THE DEVIL LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITY OCCUPY AND CONQUER.

1 PETER 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

D. WE NEED TO REPENT WHEN OUR HEARTS ARE WAYWARD.

REPENTANCE IS A TURNING AWAY FROM SOMETHING BUT GOING TO SOMETHING.

WHEN YOU REPENT TO GOD YOU ARE SAYING YOU’RE CHANGING YOUR COURSE OF DIRECTION.

BUT MAKING A VOW YOU WON’T GO BACK TO IT, UNLESS GOD SEND YOU.

REPENTANCE REQUIRES US TO COME BEFORE GOD, SO THAT WE CAN SEE OURSELVES IN THE EYES OF GOD.

AND WHEN WE SEE OURSELVES THE WAY HE SEE US , OUR HEARTS MELT, BECAUSE THE GOODNESS OF GOD LEADETH US TO REPENTANCE.