I. PREPARATION OF THE HEART- “Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,” Ephesians 6:14 NKJV
Spiritual heart: 1. Place of feelings, words, and actions are conceived 2. Reflects the real person. 3. The house and where the spirit of God dwells. 4. Determines our receptivity and our responsiveness toward God. 5. The center of our worship. 6. Determines the course of our life.
Spiritual heart attack: 1. Intensifies when you neglect and ignores God's Word. 2. It no longer beat passionately for God and His purpose. 3. Mistakenly think we are alive when in reality we are only existing.
Medicine- injection of love to God. “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.” Deuteronomy 6:5-6 NKJV
III. PUT AWAY PERSONAL SINS If we confess our sins , He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. - 1 john 1:9
IV. LEAVE ALL INIQUITY- For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness and their sins and their lawless deeds , I will remember no more. - Hebrews 8:12
Result of action: 1. Glowing face 2. Strong and free of fear 3. Forgetting misery 4. Brighter life 5. Hope for the future 6. Protected and perfect rest 7. Sleep well 8. Channel of blessing