My Heart Christ’s Home

My Heart Christ’s Home

The Heart a Home

14 When I think of all t= his, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father,^[a] 15 the Creat= or of everything in heaven and on earth.^[b] 16 I pray th= at from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. 17 Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Y= our roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his l= ove is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, thou= gh it is too great to understand fully. Then you will = be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Ephesians 3:14-19 (New L= iving Translation)

Describe the process this fam= ily will go through in order to make that house their home.
II Cor. 7:10, John 1:12, John= 14:23
= II Cor. 5:15-21 &n= bsp; Ephesians 2

The Study

What is your plan for adding = new volumes to the shelves of your heart’s library? II Tim. 2:15, 3:16,17
He gives us a full-sized port= rait of Himself which we are to hang centrally on the wall of our minds. How can we do this? Answer the question first, then meditate on the following verses and record your observations.

Rom. 12:1,2 &= nbsp; &nbs= p; Gal. 2:20 &n= bsp; = ; Heb 12:1-4

The Dining Room

What is on the menu in the dining room of your desires?
Meditate on the following passages and then answer the following questions.

Psalm 37:4 &nb= sp; = J= er. 15:16 &= nbsp; John 4:31-38 = I John 2:15-17

What does it mean to delight ourselves in God?
How can I cultivate an appetite for God’s Word?
When is it hardest for you to choose God and His will over the world?

The Living Room

What is your definition of fellowship?
10[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing = and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly= ], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from= His resurrection [^[a]which it exerts over believers], = and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death Phil 3:10

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&nbs= p; What will help you grow in intimacy with Jesus Christ?

In the booklet, Jesus says, “The trouble is that you have been thin= king of the quiet time, of Bible study and prayer, as a means for your own spiritual growth. This is true, but you have forgotten that this time means something to Me also.”&= nbsp; What does our spending time with Jesus mean to Him?

The Work Room

Read II Tim. 1:6, 13,14. What were Paul’s exhort= ations to Timothy? What talents, skills, truth have been entrusted to you?
Read Matt. 9:35-38. How are y= ou currently laboring in God’s harvest field?

The Rec Room

What changes, if any, d= o you think Jesus would want you to make in the rec room of your life.

The Bedroom

How do you feel about letting God into the bedroom of your life?
As society experiences moral decline, it becomes less popular for Christians to take a stand = on the moral absolutes of God’s Word. Situation ethics and freedom = from all responsibility are popular among many, so why follow God’s mandate for sex only within marriage?

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&nbs= p; Gen. 2:23-25 = Isaiah 48:17-19 = ; Prov. 5:18-23 = Eph. 5:3-7 &n= bsp; = ;

At what times do you f= ind it most difficult to resist sexual temptation? What is your escape plan?
In what ways have you experienced Jesus’ help in your relationship with the opposite s= ex?

The Hall Closet

What do you have locked away in the hall closet of your heart that no one knows about?
Read Psalm 139:1-6, 23= ,24 and Matt 10:26. How do you respond to the tru= th that God sees and knows everything about you? Why are you trying to “conceal” things from Jesus?
What tends to hinder y= ou from opening your hall closet to Jesus?
Read I John 1:9 &n= bsp; I Tim. 1:12-1= 7 &n= bsp; I Thess. 5:23= &n= bsp; Heb. 13:5

&= nbsp; What is true about God’s character that gives you hope and courage to be honest with Him?

What will it take to c= lean up and repaint your hall closet?

Transferring the Title

Read II Cor. 5:15 and explain what= it means.
It is a great relief to = the author, Robert Munger when Jesus declares that He will keep the house clean, once given the title. What is it that holds us back from handing over the title? In what = area of your life do you need relief? In what ways have you b= een trying really hard in one area or another to do things on your own, forgetting that Jesus is there to do it for you?

“= ;It is not by power, or by might but by my Spirit,” says the Lord. (Zechariah 4:6)

How easy is it to take b= ack the title after we give ourselves over to God? How might you have=

&= nbsp; noticed this happening in your own life?

Munger talks about peace; about “settling down” with Jesus as owner. Are we good at settling down? Is it possible to operate in this life, in these days, = with a deep centered peace?