It’s All About the Heart
Pastor David Crammer • Sunday April 23, 2023
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CULTURE STATEMENT
We are generous, cheerful givers. We truly believe it is more blessed to give than to receive. We give up things we love for who we Love even more.
Matthew 7:1–2 NKJV
Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
Luke 6:37–38 NKJV
“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”
Matthew 6:21 NKJV
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Deuteronomy 15:7–8 NKJV
“If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother, 8 but you shall open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs.
1. DEAL WITH A SELFISH HEART
Deuteronomy 15:9 NKJV
Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,’ and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin among you.
Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,’ and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin among you.
2. DEAL WITH A GRIEVING HEART
Deuteronomy 15:10 NKJV
You shall surely give to him, and your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand.
You shall surely give to him, and your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand.
Psalm 24:1 NKJV
The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.
The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein.
3. DEVELOP A GENEROUS HEART.
Deuteronomy 15:14 NKJV
you shall supply him liberally from your flock, from your threshing floor, and from your winepress. From what the Lord has blessed you with, you shall give to him.
you shall supply him liberally from your flock, from your threshing floor, and from your winepress. From what the Lord has blessed you with, you shall give to him.
Luke 6:29 NKJV
And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either.
4. DEVELOP A GRATEFUL HEART
Deuteronomy 15:15 NKJV
You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing today.
You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing today.