1. BEAUTIFUL HEART

2. Who would not want a beautiful face?
Who would not want a beautiful heart?

3. Pro. 27:19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

4. Luk. 6:45 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

5. UNDERSTANDING THE HEART
Where
is your heart?

6. Medicine: "Kardia: 'the heart' (Eng., 'cardiac,' etc.)
the chief organ of physical life,
occupies the most important place in the human system.

7. General Understanding:
man's entire mental and moral activity
rational and the emotional elements.

8. The Bible Heart:
totality of one’s intellect, emotion and volition

9. actions of the heart involving the mind
• meditate (Psalm 19:14)
• devise plans (Psalm 140:2)
• think (Mark 2:8),
doubt (Mark 11:23),
• believe (Romans 10:9)

10. actions of the heart that are emotional in character.
• love (Deuteronomy 6:5)
• fear (Joshua 5:1),
• take courage (Psalm 27:14)
• angry (Pro-verbs 19:3

11. activities of the heart that take place in the human will.
• refuses (Exodus 4:21) • yield God (Joshua 24:23) • intend (2 Chronicles 6:7) • decide (2 Chronicles 6:7)

12. THEREFORE, THE HEART IS The center and director of human activity
The hidden man
The real man in you

13. PROBLEM OF THE HEART
When Adam and Eve fell to sin, the heart of fallen man became filled with evil. Sin occupied the man’s inward life and defiles all aspects of human action.

14. Mar 7:20-23 "What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean
Mar 7: "What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean.' For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man "unclean.'"

15. The Devil’s rebellion started as a rebellion in the heart:
Isa. 14:13

16. Ugly heart in human Race:
Gen 6:5 The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.
Mat_15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.

17. God’s Evaluation of the heart:
Jer_17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
Jer 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil.

18. Paul’s Testimony:
Rom 7:15-21

19. BEAUTIFYING THE HEART
Only God can cleanse the heart, then it is our decision to be/stay beautiful in the heart.

20. The heart is the sphere of Divine influence.
If God wants to change and influence man, He deals with the heart of man.

21. First step Cleansing by the blood of Jesus.
A rebirth, which God alone can do.

22. 1Pe 1: For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.

23. Eze 11:19 I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.

24. Subsequent steps
Obedience to God’s Spirit in us, living according to God’s Spirit.
Whether or not God can influence our lives, decisions and actions depends if we hear Him and respond to Him in obedience

25. Eze 11:20 Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

26. Rom 8:8-9 - Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God
Rom 8: Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.

27. The Spirit’s Brand:
Philippians 4:4-8

28. You desire a beautiful heart?
The key is your decision, obedience, discipline!

29. Pro 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

30. Psa 119:112 My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.

31. CHALLENGE: Come to Jesus for heart cleansing
Make decision to choose to be beautiful in the heart.