Developing a heart like Gods heart

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Developing a heart like Gods heart

• Josh Hunt,
• Presenter

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What do you think about when you dont have
anything to think about?
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For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
Proverbs 237 (KJV)
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What do you think God thinks about?
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Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses
one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in
the open country and go after the lost sheep
until he finds it? Luke 154
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Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses
one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house
and search carefully until she finds it? Luke
158
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But while he was still a long way off, his father
saw him and was filled with compassion for him
he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and
kissed him.Luke 1520
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It is impossible to love the Father without
sharing His heart for those who are far from Him.
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Who is the most spiritually mature person who
ever lived?
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For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what
was lost. Luke 1910
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The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you
say, Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend
of tax collectors and sinners.Luke 734
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Jesus answered them, It is not the healthy who
need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to
call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Luke 531-32
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Sinthe desire to exclude.
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Godthe desire to embrace
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A church has to choose between being a place
that can attract seekers orbeing a place that
can help people become spiritually mature.
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The more spiritually mature you are, the more you
will want to reach out to people who are far from
God.
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We cannot have one posture toward God, and a
different one toward other people.
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If anyone says, I love God, yet hates his
brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not
love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love
God, whom he has not seen.1 John 420
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For if you forgive men when they sin against you,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Matthew 614
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It is psychologically impossible for you to
desire to live in grace and forgiveness and not
want it for others.- John Ortberg
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Some have created models of Christian growth
that suggest that we can have one attitude toward
God and another toward those who are far from
him.
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When we do that we make Christianity repulsive
to people on the outside and sometimes to people
who go to church.-John Ortberg
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Some actually prefer not to be around sinners.
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People here in Oklahoma, they are kind of hard to
love.
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Some think this tendency to not be around sinners
is a sign of their maturity.
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Lifesaving Museum, Nantucket, Massachusetts
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Jesus is still looking for people who will go
into the life-saving business.
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How is your heart for people who are far from Him?
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