Give Me An Undivided Heart | RENEW | Pastor Steve Andres

How is your heart? This weekend Pastor Steve Andres continued our RENEW series with a message, “Give Me An Undivided Heart."Psalm 86:11Teach me your way, Lord,  that I may rely on your faithfulness;give me an undivided heart,  that I may fear your name.The decision to follow Jesus is the first step in unraveling the lies we have believed and lived, unlearning the patterns of behavior that are sinful and selfish, and unseating the rival gods that have seduced us with promises of security and control.1) Everyone needs healing from a divided heart.It is a reflection of the humility of God that he receives us even when our motives and minds are divided.James 1:8The double-minded person is unstable in everything they do.The symptoms of a divided heart can come in many forms. How do react when God doesn’t operate as you prefer?It is easier to act like a Christian than to react like a Christian.- Pastor Mark BattersonThere are all kinds of ways that we try to treat the symptoms of a divided heart, but we need to get to the root by praying as David did, “Give me an undivided heart!"2) Every heart needs tending to grow toward wholeness.Spiritual practices like prayer, fasting, sabbath and others are new means of self-improvement. They are the ways that we posture ourselves to receive God’s transforming grace.Galatians 5:22-23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.We do the tending, but God does the growing. 3) You can’t heal a divided heart without an experience in the grace of God.There was only one person who lived his whole life with an undivided heart. Jesus is the example that we are growing into by God’s grace!