What is God really interested in? What moves his heart? The following lessons tell you what is important to God.
Pastor Art has made use of source material in a series of studies by various authors on The Heart of God appearing in Decision Magazine in the decade of the 1990s - a publication of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. He has also included his own Biblical information and experiences. What emerged is an interesting set of merged lessons for which Pastor Art is alone responsible. He is sure that the lessons will help a person understand the Triune God better and draw closer to Him.
"The person who loves does what is best for another person." - David Lowery. How very true! Love for God and human beings is the heart of the will of God for our lives. This lesson speaks of loving God and neighbor. Then attention is turned to forgiving others and demonstrating love.
Our world is severely divided. People are divided. Jesus died on the cross to end the sin that divides nations and people from each other. Jesus prayed in John 17 that his followers might all be one, just as Jesus is one with the Father. Paul tells is in Ephesians that the cross of Christ breaks down the walls that divide us.
John 3:16 and Romans 10:8 - 10 support the following actions. Believe in your heart. Confess with your mouth. The benefits are salvation the Word of Faith.
The prophet, Micah, answers with these words: "To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8. Jesus said this as well: "Love the Lord your God ... and your neighbor..." Luke 10 25ff. How do we do that?
God's kind of love is defined. Loving the world? Don't! There are idols in this world that compete for our love. Of these we must be careful.
One of the last instructions Jesus gave his followers before he ascended into heaven was: GO! Who? How? What? These are important questions as we consider our Lord's mandate.
God calls us to be a holy people. But what is holiness? The holiness of God is discussed. Then the important issues of crisis and process in our quest for purity of life are explained.
Scripture calls upon us to repent. What does that mean? We must take sin seriously and turn away from it. In fact, there must be an on-going repentance from sin in the believer's life.
Salvation gives us a new heart. The heart of a Christian is to be increasingly joyful, prayerful and thankful.
God cares about the poor and needy. But, who are the poor and needy? How do we avoid scams and still assist those who have real needs?
Jesus is coming again. What a glorious prospect. A believer is called upon to be in a high state of readiness for the return of Jesus to this earth. Suffering and doctrinal error will characterize the end times. Until he returns we must be ready to witness to God's grace in our lives and to do good in the lives of others.