Aligning Our Hearts: Treasures, Fasting, and True Worship
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"You tell us that your word will not return void, but it will accomplish the purpose that it was set out for. Lord, your word brings truth. Your word tells us about you. Your word tells us what you have called us to be as followers of Christ. Your word tells us what we need to know. And so, Lord, we pray today that we would be changed by it." [00:00:14] (26 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"Now, we call them religious activities, and rightly so. Because the word religious has gotten a bad rap. Now, have you heard people say, you know, it's about, it's not about religion. It's about a relationship. They don't understand the word religion, if that's what they're, they're, they're supporting and saying. The word religion means worship. That's what it is. It's simple." [00:04:21] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"Sometimes we downplay the rewards that God says we will receive in eternity. Well, we don't want to do it for the rewards, we don't want to do it for that kind of stuff, but it's one of the motivations that God does give in these religious activities. He says, listen, you do this the way I tell you to, you do this with the right heart motivation, and you will receive rewards." [00:06:20] (25 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"So our big idea this morning, our actions demonstrate our heart's desire. Our actions demonstrate our heart's desire. When you were a kid, did you ever hear the phrase, maybe even as an adult, actions speak louder than words. Why? Because actions are what comes from our desires. What we want, what's really in our heart." [00:08:15] (20 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"Fasting in the Old Testament often times is attributed to what's connected with mourning and with prayer and when you would be in mourning you wouldn't clean yourself as you normally would you wouldn't anoint yourself with oil a sign of your mourning was sackcloth and ashes in certain circumstances and so Jesus says get up, clean yourself, anoint yourself with oil go about your day as you normally would don't stink brush your hair, wash your face put on your normal clothes act like a normal person." [00:19:17] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"Because remember, fasting, fasting is associated with prayer, as we find it all through the Old Testament. Fasting is associated with prayer. Many of the references through the New Testament of fasting, it is associated with prayer. Implying that whatever is being fasted from, we are praying in that time instead." [00:31:23] (23 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. J .C. Ryle said, it seems so innocent to pay close attention to our business. It seems so harmless to seek our happiness in this world so long as we keep clear of open sins. Yet here is a rock on which many make shipwreck to all eternity." [00:33:15] (22 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"The issue that Jesus is addressing today as he talks about our treasures and our rewards is not so much man's attention to the stuff that he desires, but whether we are truly disciples of Christ. Where our heart lies is what is most important. Do I desire man's attention? Do I desire God's attention? Do I desire man's rewards? Do I desire God's rewards?" [00:43:20] (26 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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"Now, we call them religious activities, and rightly so. Because the word religious has gotten a bad rap. Now, have you heard people say, you know, it's about, it's not about religion. It's about a relationship. They don't understand the word religion, if that's what they're, they're, they're supporting and saying. The word religion means worship. That's what it is. It's simple." [00:04:21] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"Sometimes we downplay the rewards that God says we will receive in eternity. Well, we don't want to do it for the rewards, we don't want to do it for that kind of stuff, but it's one of the motivations that God does give in these religious activities. He says, listen, you do this the way I tell you to, you do this with the right heart motivation, and you will receive rewards." [00:06:20] (25 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"So our big idea this morning, our actions demonstrate our heart's desire. Our actions demonstrate our heart's desire. When you were a kid, did you ever hear the phrase, maybe even as an adult, actions speak louder than words. Why? Because actions are what comes from our desires. What we want, what's really in our heart." [00:08:15] (20 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"Fasting in the Old Testament often times is attributed to what's connected with mourning and with prayer and when you would be in mourning you wouldn't clean yourself as you normally would you wouldn't anoint yourself with oil a sign of your mourning was sackcloth and ashes in certain circumstances and so Jesus says get up, clean yourself, anoint yourself with oil go about your day as you normally would don't stink brush your hair, wash your face put on your normal clothes act like a normal person." [00:19:17] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"Because remember, fasting, fasting is associated with prayer, as we find it all through the Old Testament. Fasting is associated with prayer. Many of the references through the New Testament of fasting, it is associated with prayer. Implying that whatever is being fasted from, we are praying in that time instead." [00:31:23] (23 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. J .C. Ryle said, it seems so innocent to pay close attention to our business. It seems so harmless to seek our happiness in this world so long as we keep clear of open sins. Yet here is a rock on which many make shipwreck to all eternity." [00:33:15] (22 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"The issue that Jesus is addressing today as he talks about our treasures and our rewards is not so much man's attention to the stuff that he desires, but whether we are truly disciples of Christ. Where our heart lies is what is most important. Do I desire man's attention? Do I desire God's attention? Do I desire man's rewards? Do I desire God's rewards?" [00:43:20] (26 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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