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Intro
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The Battle for You
2. Ephesians - God’s High Purpose and Our High Calling
3. Grace. . .
Even When
The Battle for You layout
The Heart - battles where few stood against many
The Soul - battles that won the war
The Mind - battles that tactically genius
Battles in History
The Alamo (1836) - between 180-250 Texans defended the Alamo against 1,500 Mexican soldiers under the command of Santa Anna.
The Alamo was lost, but the war was won.
In the coming skirmishes with the Mexican army, the Texan army yelled, “Remember the Alamo”
The Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) - around 7,000 Greeks stood their ground against any army numbering between 150,00-300,000
Why do I use battles like this as an example?
Sometimes our heart leads us to do things beyond conventional wisdom says
Conversely, the heart is generally grabbed before the mind is ready
Battle for the Heart
There are two forces fighting for your heart
God fighting to give you a new heart that pursues Him
Satan fighting to turn your heart away from God.
Jesus tells us a parable in about the nature of the heart
There is a verse in proverbs that sums up this parable very well:
Why do we need to join in the battle for the heart?
The Good and the Bad of the Heart
What the Heart is:
The heart is intellectual
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The heart is intellectual
Perceives, understands, debates, reflects, remembers, thinks, imagines, is wise, and mad
The heart is emotional
The heart is emotional
Experiences intoxicated merriment, gladness, joy, love, trust, affection, desire, sympathy
Is sorrowful, anguish, bitterness, anxiety, despair, lust, callousness, hatred, fear, jealousy, discouragement, anger, irresolution
The heart is volitional (decisive)
The heart is volitional (decisive)
Can purpose, incline to, prompt, be steadfast, willing, willful, contrive evil, follow it’s treasure
The heart is moral
The heart is moral
Gentle, lowly, holy, faithful, upright, pure, single-minded, clean, loving toward God, loving toward others, sensitive
Hardened, evil, self-deceiving, deceitful, avaricious (greed), lustful, arrogant, impious, perverse, unrepentant, defiling
How do I win the battle for my heart?
Read your Bible
Pray
Get involved in church
Meet with a group of people and study the Bible together
Closing
A battle is being waged for your heart.
Jesus promises us that:
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