28/08/2022
SUNDAY DELIVERANCE SERVICE 28TH, AUGUST, 2022.
PREACHER: PASTOR EMMANUEL E.A KARGBO
MAIN TOPIC: TOTAL TRANSFORMATION
SUB-TOPIC: THE HEART OF A MAN
TEXT: JEREMIAH 5:23-24
THE MESSAGE:
Today the servant of God talks about the inner power of a man (The heart of a man). Pointing out that if anything need transformation is the heart of a man. The heart is the innermost seat of emotion, mind, conscience and appetites. The Bible says in 📖Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; Who can understand it?
The heart is a battle ground between God and the enemy of God (that is, the devil) who vie for your worship, devotion, and affection. For instance,
God sows the Word of God in the heart (đź“–Luke 8:11). The devil snatches away the Word sown in the heart (đź“–Luke 8:12).
The heart is like an open bowl and both God and the devil have access to it. In fact, three parties have access to your heart: self, God, and the devil. All of them can throw in and take out any thoughts out of your heart.
From within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, deed of coveting and wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness. All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man (đź“–Mark 7:21-23).
God can help us to remove evil, unclean, destructive, negative thoughts. He also can fill our hearts with good, godly thoughts. He can purify and strengthen our hearts as well. All of these would He do only upon our invitation and requests. Without our desire to keep our hearts pure and clean, and without our invitation, God wouldn’t do it. We must ask for His help from the heart.
Total transformation start with the heart. So we all have a job to do and that job is to take good care of our heart. Ask God for His help today. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit will help us in the name of Jesus.
FURTHER READING: đź“–JEREMIAH 5:3, đź“–PROVERBS 17:3, đź“–JEREMIAH 17:9, đź“–PSALM 26:2, đź“–JAMES 3