October 19th, 2025 // Pastor Tim Lovell
The Heart Series Week 3
Last couple of weeks…
God Who Knows the Human Heart
God Who Contends with the Human Heart
God Who Restores the Human Heart
Ezekiel 36:22-23 (MSG)
“Therefore, tell Israel, ‘Here is the Message of God, the Master: I’m not doing this for you, Israel. I’m
doing it for me, to save my character, my holy name, which you’ve blackened in every country where
you’ve gone. I’m going to put my great and holy name on display, the name that has been ruined in
so many countries, the name that you blackened wherever you went. Then the nations will realize
who I really am, that I am God, when I show my holiness through you so that they can see it with
their own eyes.”
Romans 7:14-25 (MSG)
“What I don’t understand about myself is that I decide one way, but then I act another, doing things I
absolutely despise. So if I can’t be trusted to figure out what is best for myself and then do it, it
becomes obvious that God’s command is necessary: But I need something more! For if I know the
law but still can’t keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I
obviously need help! I realize that I don’t have what it takes. I can will it, but I can’t do it. I decide to
do good, but I don’t really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway: My decisions, such as
they are; don’t result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of
me every time. It happens so regularly that it’s predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is
there to trip me up. I truly delight in God’s commands, but it’s pretty obvious that not all of me joins
in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge. I’ve tried
everything and nothing helps. I’m at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for
me? Isn’t that the real question?” The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted
to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind,
but am pulled by the influence of sin to do something totally different.”
Ezekiel 36:24-28 (MSG)
“‘For here’s what I’m going to do: I’m going to take you out of these countries, gather you from all
over, and bring you back to your own land. I’ll pour pure water over you and scrub you clean. I’ll give
you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I’ll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it
with a heart that’s God-willed, not self-willed. I’ll put my Spirit in you and make it possible for you to
do what I tell you and live by my commands. You’ll once again live in the land I gave your ancestors.
You’ll be my people! I’ll be your God!”Mark 7:21-23 (NIV)
“For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. All these
vile things come from within; they are what defile you.”
Proverbs 4:23 (NKJV)
“Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.”
Proverbs 4:23 (NLT)
“Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
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Philippians 4:8 (NIV)
“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is
pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about
such things.”
Colossians 3:1-4 (NLT)
“Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where
Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things
of earth. For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. And when Christ, who
is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.”
Luke 6:45 (NKJV)
“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good, and an evil man out of the evil
treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”
Hebrews 3:12-15 (NIV)
“See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from
the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may
be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the
confidence we had at first. As has just been said: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your
hearts as you did in the rebellion."
Ephesians 1:17-19 (NKJV)
“That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and
revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may
know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working
of His mighty power.”
Hebrews 13:12 (NLT)
“Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and
unbelieving, turning you away from the living God. You must warn each other every day, while it is
still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God. For if we are
faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that
belongs to Christ. Remember what it says: Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts
as Israel did when they rebelled.”