Message Notes

Isaiah 54:2-3 MSG

Clear lots of ground for your tents!

    Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big!

Use plenty of rope,

    drive the tent pegs deep.

You’re going to need lots of elbow room

    for your growing family.

You’re going to take over whole nations;

    you’re going to resettle abandoned cities.

Joel 2:12-13 NLT

12 That is why the Lord says,

    “Turn to me now, while there is time.

Give me your hearts.

    Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

13 Don’t tear your clothing in your grief,

    but tear your hearts instead.”

Return to the Lord your God,

    for he is merciful and compassionate,

slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

    He is eager to relent and not punish.

When our hearts are divided - we try to follow Jesus—but we also chase after success, approval, comfort, or sin. 

Psalms 86:11 NIV

11 Teach me your way, Lord,

    that I may rely on your faithfulness;

give me an undivided heart,

    that I may fear your name.

Psalms 86:11 MSG

Train me, God, to walk straight;

    then I’ll follow your true path.

Put me together, one heart and mind;

    then, undivided, I’ll worship in joyful fear.

Are you living with a divided heart or a devoted heart?

1.     The Dangers of A Divided Heart

A divided heart is unstable and it leads to compromise.

Matthew 6:24 MSG

24 “You can’t worship two gods at once. Loving one god, you’ll end up hating the other. Adoration of one feeds contempt for the other. You can’t worship God and Money both.

Matthew 15:8 TPT

8 These people honor me only with their words, for their hearts are so very distant from me.

It’s TIME to STOP living with a divided heart.

·      Am I more passionate about entertainment, money, or politics than I am about Jesus?

·      Do I only pray when I need something?

·      Do I obey God selectively?

·      Do I justify sin because “it’s not that bad”?

2. God Can Heal (transform) Your Divided Heart

Ezekiel 36:25-27 MSG

I’ll pour pure water over you and scrub you clean. I’ll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I’ll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that’s God-willed, not self-willed. I’ll put my Spirit in you and make it possible for you to do what I tell you and live by my commands.

Prayer:

God I realize my heart is tired and torn. I don’t want to live with one foot in and one foot out. Cleanse me. Remove EVERY idol. Give me a new heart – one that beats for YOU alone. Fill me with your Spirit and move me to walk in Your ways. I surrender FULLY.

3.   God Desires Your WHOLE Heart

Deuteronomy 6:5 NIV

5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Matthew 16:24 TLB

24 Then Jesus said to the disciples, “If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

God doesn’t want part of your heart. He wants ALL of you.

Only a heart that is FULLY surrendered to Him can be TRULY transformed.

Jeremiah 29:13 NIV

13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

4.     Living With A Devoted Heart

Acts 2:42-47 AMP

42 They were continually and faithfully devoting themselves to the instruction of the apostles, and to fellowship, to [a]eating meals together and to prayers.

43 A sense of awe was felt by [b]everyone, and many wonders and signs (attesting miracles) were taking place through the apostles. 44 And all those who had believed [in Jesus as Savior] [c]were together and had all things in common [considering their possessions to belong to the group as a whole]. 45 And they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing the proceeds with all [the other believers], as anyone had need. 46 Day after day they met in the temple [area] continuing with one mind, and breaking bread in various private homes. They were eating their meals together with joy and generous hearts, 47 praising God continually, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord kept adding to their number daily those who were being saved.

Hebrews 10:25 TPT

This is not the time to pull away and neglect meeting together, as some have formed the habit of doing. In fact, we should come together even more frequently, eager to encourage and urge each other onward as we anticipate that day dawning.

The Lord wants us to be DEEPLY devoted.

What areas of your heart have you held back from God?

Where have you given Him your words but NOT your obedience?

What would it look like for you/your family to be ALL in for Jesus?

Matthew 6:33 NLT

33 Seek the Kingdom of God[a] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

Corporate Prayer:

God, I don’t want to live a divided life. I’m tired of giving you pieces while holding on to control. Today, I give you my whole heart—my dreams, my fears, my failures, and my future. I want to love You with everything I’ve got. Teach me how. Fill every corner of me with Your presence.