What is our heart? Feelings/emotions/desires? → Will (heart/bowels/gut) Decision-maker/capacity to choose Good at simple and large commitments Wears out quickly with minutia and defaults to habits Designed for honoring God (Ecclesiastes 3:11) (Isaiah 29:13-14) Powerful and valuable (Proverbs 4:23) Evaluated most truly by God Himself (Proverbs 16:1) (Proverbs 16:9 ) (Proverbs 19:21) How is our heart? Naturally broken, Untrustworthy (Jeremiah 17:9-10) Bent towards idolization – choosing selfishly (Mark 7:21-23) Evaluated most truly by God Himself (Proverbs 21:2) Fixable (Psalm 34:18) (Psalm 51:10) (Ezekiel 36:26) How is our heart reformed? Usually: slowly, over time in ways that are difficult to notice “We are designed to grow towards what we focus on.” (Colossians 3:1-17) What usually has captivated our attention? Surrender for inspection/Worship Expression - God is not afraid of how we are feeling, share the broad range Formation → Calendar → worship/remember/celebration Isaac Wardell in LITURGY, MUSIC & SPACE – pg 22 “Christian worship is made healthy and strong by faithful cultivation of biblical practices. (1 Corinthians 12:1, 4-7, 13-20)” “God wants to build us together into something stronger and more beautiful than what we could be alone.” Understanding/agreement/belief is the beginning (Mark 12:32-34) **Regularly celebrating Jesus motivates our heart want to follow Him. ** Do we agree with God about the condition of our heart? Will we agree with Him about the solution to our heart-sickness? What usually has captivated our attention?