Sermon: "The Best Thing You Can Do for Your Heart" by Randy Roberts 
Part 8 – The Best Thing You Can Do

Prayer: Timothy Gillespie

Pastoral Welcome: Genevieve Koh Isidro

Child Dedication: Olivia Kate Lewis - Randy Roberts
Lucas Asher Edwards - Randy Roberts

Meditation:

Do your utmost to guard your heart, for out of it comes life. – Walter Hilton
Oh, study your hearts, watch your hearts, keep your hearts! – John Flavel
See that your chief study be about your heart:
     that there God’s image may be planted;
     that there His interests be advanced;
     that there the world and flesh are subdued;
     that there the love of every sin is cast out;
     that there the love of holiness grows. – Jonathan Edwards

Scripture Reading: From Matthew 22, 13, 15, 12, 6, 5 Harold Gonzalez, Danielle Gilbert - 1st service
Ian Hartwell, Duncan Hartwell - 2nd service

INTRODUCTION TO THE SERMON

We put a lot of energy and effort into the care and keeping of our physical heart – and rightfully so. We jog, swim, cycle, walk, go to the gym, to boot camp, do sit-ups, push-ups, squats, lunges, and the list could go on and on. And on! All in the interest, not only of having a fit body, but in the interest of having a long life and a healthy heart. So much depends on our heart! If our heart goes down… well – you get the point as to why we pay attention to our hearts.

And did I mention food? That’s even more challenging! To watch what we eat so as to care for our hearts is a daily discipline – and some of us are losing the battle!

But as much energy and attention that we give to our physical hearts, it is shocking how easily we tend to ignore our spiritual hearts. Yet, the Bible has a great deal to say about the care and keeping of our hearts.

In the Bible, the heart is usually symbolical of the core essence of a person – their self, their soul, their identity. No wonder the wise man wrote: “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it” (Proverbs 4:23, TNIV). It is a theme which echoes all through the Scripture, including in the life and teaching of none other than Jesus himself. So, in the midst of focusing on the best thing we can do for a variety of people in our lives – others, our spouses, our boyfriends and girlfriends – it is entirely understandable that we would pause this week and ask, “What is the best thing I can do for my heart?”

I urge you to join us for this worship service. And may God bless you in rich ways.

Randy Roberts
Senior Pastor

Note: Child dedications and Baptisms are in the extras section of the DVD

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