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Impact City Church
OVERFLOW OF THE HEART
Sunday Experience
Locations & Times
Impact City Church
914 N Texas Ave, Odessa, TX 79761, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
FOUR BLOCKAGES OF THE HEART
1. Selfishness
“But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
JAMES 3:14–16 NIV
2. Bitterness
“Then He said to the disciples, ‘It is impossible that no offenses should come...’”
LUKE 17:1 NKJV
“A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city; disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.”
PROVERBS 18:19 NIV
3. Rejection
“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”
PROVERBS 18:21 NIV
4. Evil Thoughts
“For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
MARK 7:21–23 NIV
1. Selfishness
“But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
JAMES 3:14–16 NIV
2. Bitterness
“Then He said to the disciples, ‘It is impossible that no offenses should come...’”
LUKE 17:1 NKJV
“A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city; disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.”
PROVERBS 18:19 NIV
3. Rejection
“The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”
PROVERBS 18:21 NIV
4. Evil Thoughts
“For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”
MARK 7:21–23 NIV
THREE STEPS TO TRANSFORMING THE HEART
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
EZEKIEL 36:26–27 NIV
1. Invite the Holy Spirit to show me.
“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
PSALM 139:23–24 NIV
2. Invite the Holy Spirit to change me.
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.”
PSALM 51:10–11 NIV
3. Invite the Holy Spirit to fill me.
“Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.”
EPHESIANS 5:18 NIV
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
EZEKIEL 36:26–27 NIV
1. Invite the Holy Spirit to show me.
“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
PSALM 139:23–24 NIV
2. Invite the Holy Spirit to change me.
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.”
PSALM 51:10–11 NIV
3. Invite the Holy Spirit to fill me.
“Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.”
EPHESIANS 5:18 NIV
This week, think about this:
• Which one of the four blockages of the heart (selfishness, bitterness, rejection, evil thoughts) did you relate to the most? How might it be holding you back? What practical steps can you take to remove the blockage?
• Are there areas of your life that you have not surrendered to the Lord? Why do you think you are holding on to them?
• Have you ever thought about your words having power? Do you think you primarily speak words of life or words of death?
• Which one of the four blockages of the heart (selfishness, bitterness, rejection, evil thoughts) did you relate to the most? How might it be holding you back? What practical steps can you take to remove the blockage?
• Are there areas of your life that you have not surrendered to the Lord? Why do you think you are holding on to them?
• Have you ever thought about your words having power? Do you think you primarily speak words of life or words of death?