Preached at the Merritt Island church of Christ 3/29/2020 AM MIChurchOfChrist.org

2. 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your might. 6 These words, which I am commanding you today,
shall be on your heart.
- Deuteronomy 6:5-9 NASB
GIVING YOUR HEART TO THE LORD: Love the Lord With All Your
Heart
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3. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your
heart.
- Jeremiah 29:13 NASB
GIVING YOUR HEART TO THE LORD: We Must Seek the Lord With All
Our Heart
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4. 12 “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “Return to Me with all your heart, and
with fasting, weeping and mourning; 13 And rend your heart and not your
garments.” Now return to the LORD your God, for He is gracious and
compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness and relenting of
evil.
- Joel 2:12-13 NASB
GIVING YOUR HEART TO THE LORD: Rend Your Heart and Not Your
Garments
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5. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you
sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and
when you rise up. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall
be as frontals on your forehead. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your
house and on your gates.
- Deuteronomy 6:7-9 NASB
GIVING YOUR HEART TO THE LORD: The Word was to be a Part of
Their Everyday Life
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6. 5 “But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their
phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments. 6 They love the place
of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7 and respectful
greetings in the market places, and being called Rabbi by men.
- Matthew 23:5-7 NASB
GIVING YOUR HEART TO THE LORD: The Pharisees and Scribes
Observe the Commandments Outwardly Only
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8. 7 You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you: 8 ‘THIS PEOPLE
HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM
ME. 9 ‘BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES
THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.’
- Matthew 15:7-9 NASB
GIVING YOUR HEART TO THE LORD: Christ Called the Pharisees and
Scribes Hypocrites
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9. 12 Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech, 13 and
are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of
Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away. 14 But their
minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant
the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ. 15 But to this
day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart; 16 but whenever a
person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit,
and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled
face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into
the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
- 2 Corinthians 3:12-18 NASB
GIVING YOUR HEART TO THE LORD: A Veil Lies Over Their Hearts
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10. 3 “He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you
did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand
that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that
proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD. 4 “Your clothing did not wear out on
you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.
- Deuteronomy 8:3-4 NASB
GIVING YOUR HEART TO THE LORD: Man Does Not Live by Bread
Alone
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11. 1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by
the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He
ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry.
3 And the devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to
become bread.” 4 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘MAN SHALL NOT
LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.’”
- Luke 4:1-4 NASB
GIVING YOUR HEART TO THE LORD: The Temptation of Christ
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12. 25 For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat
or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than
food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, that they do not
sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you
not worth much more than they? 27 And who of you by being worried can add a single
hour to his life? 28 And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the
field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in
all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the
field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more
clothe you? You of little faith! 31 Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What
will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ 32 For the Gentiles eagerly seek all
these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek
first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34 So
do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough
trouble of its own. - Matthew 6:25-34 NASB
GIVING YOUR HEART TO THE LORD: Seek First His Kingdom
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13. 12 Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the
LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD
your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the LORD’S
commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your
good?
- Deuteronomy 10:12-13 NASB
GIVING YOUR HEART TO THE LORD:
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14. 38 Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman
named Martha welcomed Him into her home. 39 She had a sister called Mary,
who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word. 40 But Martha was
distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do
You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her
to help me.” 41 But the Lord answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you
are worried and bothered about so many things; 42 but only one thing is
necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away
from her.”
- Luke 10:38-42 NASB
GIVING YOUR HEART TO THE LORD: Martha & Mary
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