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Aug 05, 2018

Wisdom for our Broken Hearts

Passage: Proverbs 3:3

Speaker: Brian Land

Series: Proverbs

Category: Grace Brevard

When scripture uses the word “heart” is unlike anything in our English language. Biblically our “heart” is the very essence of our being, the intermingling of our emotion, will, intellect and faith. It is the core of our very identity. And it’s broken, yet being resurrected, renewed and restored to its original design by Jesus who had his heart broken so that ours could be transformed.

ORDER of Worship

Prelude: Oh Hellos - Hello My old Heart

Call To Worship: Jeremiah 17:9-10, 31:33 & Ezekiel 36:26 ESV

Reading: Matthew 6:19-21

Music: 

Gratitude: WSB 243:4 (based on Psalm 111) & The Consecrated Life (adapted from The Valley of Vision)  

LEADER: 1 Let us give thanks to the Lord with all our being.

ALL: In the council of the upright and in the assembly. Let us honor God with for the blessings and goodness we have received. 

ALL: O, Gracious God, it is your great will to make known the glory of Your Son.

LEADER: Let us stand in the good news of the Gospel.

ALL: Center our hearts. Renew our minds. Here is our duty.

LEADER: To know the love of Christ. And to consecrate our lives in gratitude and good works.

ALL: Holy Spirit work in us the beauty and grace of Christ.

Sermon Title: Wisdom to Heal Our Hearts

Central Text: Various Proverbs on the Heart

12:25 Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

14:10 The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.

14:13 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

14:30 A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.

15:4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

15:13-14 A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed. 14 The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

16:2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirit.

18:14 A man’s spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Illustrations: 

Response: Proverbs 12:25; 16:2 & Romans 10:8-10 ESV

Benediction: 2 Thessalonians 3:5 ESV

Related Media:

8.05.18 Album

Related Scriptures:

  • 1 Samuel 16:7
  • Romans 2:25-29
  • Genesis 6:5-6
  • 1 Corinthians 4:5
  • Isaiah 29:13

Discussion Questions:

  • NA

Docs & Quotes:

  • “Our hearts are restless til they find their rest in Thee” - St. Augustine

  • He loved us not because we are loveable but because He is love. - C.S. Lewis

  • “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.” - C.S. Lewis (The Four Loves)

  • Circumcision of the Heart by Ligonier Ministries

Sermons:

Making Space: The Heart by Jeff Vanderstelt

Proverbs 4:23

Removing Idols of the Heart by Timothy J. Keller.

Colossians 3:5-11

Laying Up Treasure In Heaven by John Piper

Matthew 6:19-34