Hidden Reefs: Shallow Hearts

Shallow Hearts

Hidden Reefs

August 27, 2023

Dr. Clayton Chisum

Romans 5:18 NLT

Psalm 51:5 NLT

Jude 1:10 NLT

Jeremiah 17:9 NLT

The heart will deceive and lead you astray.

Don’t what will you.

When you follow your heart, you’re making decisions based on your feelings.

The heart is a .

Matthew 6:21 NLT

Matthew 15:18 NLT

You a broken heart, you need a

God is the only one who can fix what’s broken.

Ezekiel 36:26 NLT

Romans 10:9 NLT

You don’t a new heart, you it.

1 Samuel 16:7 NLT

Proverbs 4:23 NLT

Matthew 5:8 NLT

Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT

Psalm 51:10 NLT

Psalm 37:4 NLT

Is your heart worth guarding to you?

1 John 3:19-24 NLT

Discussion Questions:

1. What is the heart? How is this an important aspect of the Christian faith?
2. Jude 10 describes people who follow their instincts (heart). What does our culture teach about following your heart? What are often the results?
3. Jeremiah 17:9 describes our heart as deceitful and sinful. How do we know this to be true?
4. Feeding the heart can either be a good or bad endeavor. Discuss.
5. Why is the new heart God gives us at salvation the only true way to fix a sinful heart?
6. Why is there a need to continually protect our new, God-given hearts?