1 SAMUEL 16:1-7 LOOK UPON MY HEART

INTRODUCTION

HE LOOKS LIKE A KING

HE IS WHAT I HAD IN MIND FOR A KING TO LOOK LIKE

WATCH OUT FOR WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND

BECAUSE WE ARE THE MOST WOUNDED AND MOST DISAPPOINTED, BECAUSE LIFE DOES NOT TURN OUT LIKE WE HAD IN MIND

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR JOB, IT IS JUST NOT WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR MARRIAGE IT IS JUST NOT WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND

ELIAB LOOKS LIKE HE WOULD BE A GREAT KING, HE IS JUST NOT WHAT I HAD IN MIND

VS. 7 ->THAT IS WHAT WE NEED GOD TO LOOK UPON THIS MORNING, OUR HEARTS

BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE BROKEN, AND WHEN YOUR HEART IS BROKEN ORDINARY PRAISE WILL NOT FIX IT

WHEN YOUR HEART IS BROKEN IT NEEDS TO BE HEALED

SOME OF US NEED OUR HEARTS FILLED

PRAY

WHENEVER GOD GOT READY TO RELLY BLESS SOMEONE OR USE SOMEONE, HE ALWAYS USED PEOPLE THAT HAD A BIG HEART

GOD CANNOT DO GREAT THINGS THROUGH A SMALL LIMITED HEART

HE DOES GREAT THINGS THROUGH A GENEROUS HEART

THE GENEROUS SOUL SHALL BE MADE FAT

HOW CAN YOU KNOW WHETHER YOUR HEART IS BIG OR SMALL

I’LL GIVE YOU FIVE THINGS TO IDENTIFY A BIG HEART

DO YOU HAVE A TENDENCY TO PUT OTHERS’ NEEDS IN FRONT OF YOUR OWN? SELF SACRIFICIAL, BECAUSE YOU WILL RUN WHEN IT COMES TO SOMEONE ELSE THAT YOU DO NOT DO FOR YOURSELF.

SOMETIMES YOU ARE TAKING CARE OF OTHER PEOPLE’S NEEDS WHILE YOURS GO UNFULFILLED

AND YOU SECRETLY HOPING THAT SOMEONE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOURS IN RETURN

2. DO YOU ALWAYS SEE GOOD WHERE OTHERS ARE CRITICAL. IT COULD BE THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD, BUT YOU CAN FIND SOMETHING GOOD IN THEM

EVERYBODY TOLD YOU NOT TO MESS WITH KULDEEP THE COBRA.

EVERYBODY IS WARNING YOU ABOUT HIM BUT SOMEHOW YOU LOOK PAST ALL OF THE EVIDENCE AND YOU CAN SEE GOOD IN SOME OF THE MOST DISTURBED PEOPLE

3. ARE YOU AN INTENSE PERSON THAT WHENEVER YOU FEEL SOMETHING YOU FEEL IT VERY STRONG

WE DON’T HAVE TO ASK ABOUT IT, YOU EXPRESS YOU FEELINGS SO STRONG THAT EVERYONE KNOWS HOW YOU FEEL-LIKE SOMEONE

4. DO YOU TAKE OTHERS’ BURDENS AS IF THEY ARE YOUR OWN? OTHER PEOPLE CAN PRAY ABOUT IT AND GO ON WITH THEIR OWN THINGS, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO YOU. YOU STAY UP AT NIGHT WORRIED ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE’S ISSUES.

AND THE WEIGHT OF WHO YOU ARE AND THE WEIGHT OF SOMEONE ELSE WILL WEAR YOU DOWN.

AND THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT SURVIVES BETTER THAN YOU DO

5. DO YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT TO GET RID OF PAIN, , WORRY, OR LOSS LONGER THAN OTHERS WITH SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES.

MEANING THAT EVERYONE GETS OVER IT BUT YOU

YOU CARRY IT LONGER THAN THEY DO

YOU CAN’T TELL PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY EXPECT YOU TO RECOVER LIKE THEM

IF YOU DON’T LOVE LIKE ME, YOU DON’T HURT LIKE ME

WHEN GOD SAYS THAT HE LOOKS ON THE HEART, WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT

HE IS NOT TALKING ABOUT THE BEATING OF THE ORGAN IN YOUR CHEST

HE IS TALKING ABOUT THE ESSENCE OF YOU, YOU, NOT YOUR BODY

THE SEAT OF YOUR AFFECTIONS, YOUR EMOTIONS

YOU CAN BE ATTACKED SO MUCH TO THE DEGREE THAT I KNOW THAT YOU ARE SAVED

BUT, YOU CAN BE SAVED AND SICK

ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR ARE YOU SAFE TO LOVE

GOD TOLD SAMUEL, DO NOT LOOK ON THE OUTSIDE

ELIAB LOOKS LIKE A KING, BUT I AM NOT CHOOSING A KING ACCORDING TO THE OUTSIDE

I AM CHOOSING THE KING ACCORDING TO HIS HEART

WHEN THE DEVIL WAS TRYING TO DESTROY ME, GOD LOOKED ON MY HEART AND BLESSED ME ANYWAY

GOD PICKS US AND TRUSTS US ACCORDING TO THE HEART

LOOK AT JOSEPH

BLESSED ABOVE ALL OF THE OTHER BRETHREN BECAUSE GOD CAN TRUST HIM

TRUST HIM TO BE THROWN INTO A PIT. LIED ON IN POTIPHER’S, SENT TO JAIL, THEN MADE 2ND IN COMMAND IN EGYPT

AND WHEN HE COULD HAVE TAKEN REVENGE, HE SAID, YOU MEANT IT FOR EVIL BUT GOD MEANT IT FOR GOOD

MANY OF JESUS’ MIRACLES THAT WERE DONE WERE DONE BECAUSE OF COMPASSION

HE GOES TO JERUSALEM AND WEAPS-HOW OFT WOULD I HAVE GATHERED YOU LIKE A HEN WITH HER CHICKS BUT YE WOULD NOT

WE DON’T HEAR MUCH ABOUT GOD’S HEART BUT WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT HIS HAND BUT NOT HIS HEART

DAVID KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT GOD’S HEART

EVEN WHEN DAVID MADE A MISTAKE, HE KNEW ABOUT GOD’S HEART

DAVID WOULD THROW HIMSELF UPON GOD’S HEART UPON THE MERCIES OF GOD

HE SAID, I WOULD RATHER FALL INTO THE HANDS OF GOD THAN THE HANDS OF MEN

GOD WAS MORE LIKELY TO FORGIVE THAN PEOPLE ARE

YOU CANNOT JUDGE ABOUT HOW GOD FEELS ABOUT YOU BY THE WAY PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT YOU,

BECAUSE, GOD FEELS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN MAN

IT IS NOT WRONG TO HAVE FEELINGS BUT IT IS DANGEROUS WHEN FEELINGS HAVE YOU

WHEN YOUR HEART IS BROKEN AND PEOPLE TRY TO FIX IT, OFTEN MAKE IT WORSE

DOES JESUS CARE ABOUT HOW I FEEL

ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK GOD WHEN WE ARE SUFFERING IS, DOES GOD EVEN CARE

WHEN PETER WAS ON THE BOAT IN THE STORM, HE WENT TO JESUS AND SAID CAREST THOU NOT THAT WE PERISH, CAREST THOU NOT THAT I’M LONELY, THAT THIS IS NOT FAIR, THAT I’VE BEEN BETRAYED

MANY PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN UP ON THEIR FAITH BECAUSE THEY DON’T BELIEVE THAT GOD CARES

THERE IS NOBODY THAT CARES HOW YOU FEEL LIKE GOD

GOD GOES TO CAIN AND ASKS WHY IS YOUR COUNTENANCE FALLEN-WHY ARE YOU SAD

DO YOU KNOW THAT GOD LOOKS AT YOUR FACE

WE DO NOT HAVE AN HIGH PRIEST THAT WE CANNOT...

ASK HANNAH, SHE WAS IN THE TEMPLE POURING OUT HER HEART AND GOD OPENED HER WOMB BECAUSE OF HOW SHE FELT

GOD CARES

PARENTS KNOW THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE CRIES OF THEIR CHILDREN

YOU KNOW WHAT A FAKE CRY IS, BUT THERE IS ANOTHER CRY THAT WILL MAKE YOU STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND GO ATTEND TO YOUR CHILD

THERE IS A CRY THAT GOD WILL STOP EVERYTHING IN HEAVEN AND COME JUST TO COMFORT YOU WITH AN ANSWER

THAT IS WHY THE DEVIL WANTS YOU TO SHUT YOUR MOUTH BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT IF YOU CRY, THEN GOD WILL OPEN UP THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN

JONAH WAS BACKSLIDDEN, HE HAD LEFT THE WILL OF GOD

HE WASN’T GOING TO NINEVAH, HE WAS GOING TO TARSHISH

HE WAS OUT OF THE WILL

HE GOT SWALLOWED UP WITH A FISH

AND IN THE BELLY OF A FISH AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

OUT OF THE BELLY OF THE FISH HE CRIED AND THE LORD HEARD ME

I WAS SO LOW THAT NOBODY HEARD ME EXCEPT THE LORD

JESUS SAYS, WHATSOEVER THINGS YE DESIRE, WHEN YE PRAY.....

CAST ALL OF YOUR CARES ON HIM, HE CARES FOR YOU

GOD SAYS THAT THE HAIRS ON YOUR HEAD ARE NUMBERED, NOT COUNTED

COUNTED MEANS, I KNOW HOW MANY HAIRS YOU HAVE

BUT NUMBERED MEANS I KNOW WHICH ONE FELL OUT

IF GOD HAS A NUMBER FOR EVERY HAIR, DON’T YOU KNOW THAT HE CARES