LRM"Bringing Hope to All Nations"
LRM "Bringing Hope to All Nations", formerly Latter Rain Ministries, is a non-denominational missionary organization dedicated to bringing the hope of the gospel of Jesus Christ to the all peoples of the world.
Audio: ICMI Heart Lesson
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Sermon Notes:
The Wounded Heart Lesson
I. Intro
1. (2 Co 2:3-4) It is important that we are whole if we are going to minister to children
2. We comfort others with the same comfort that we have received from God
3. Children are hurting and it is a great privilege to bring the love of God to them
II. The Happy Heart
1. (Jer 17:9) The heart is deceitfully wicked who can know it. Sometimes we don't even know our own
hearts. We deceive ourselves and are not honest with ourselves. Smiling on the outside but hurting
on the inside
2. God wants to love Him with "all of our heart" Sometimes we are afraid to open up and be honest
with each other and even with God
3. Its ok to tell God anything, because He already knows anyway
III. The Condemned Heart
1. A condemned heart is when we feel dirty, guilty, distant from God and we are ashamed
2. Sometimes unconfessed sin is the cause of a condemned heart
3. Sometimes a condemned heart is caused from believing a lie (like the woman who had had an
abortion and believed that God could never forgive her)
4. (1 John 1:9) We don't have to believe the "accuser of the brethren" but we can trust in the
promises of God
IV. The Bruised Heart
1. A bruise on our skin hurts at the place where the bruise is and hurts if we continue to touch it. It
usually not too serious but good be if we continued to hit it in the same spot
2. (Isa 42:3; Matthew 12:20) The Bible says that a bruised reed he will not break and that He came to
set at liberty them that are bruised. Bruised means discouraged or cracked
3. Causes: Being disappointed or let down by someone, not feeling loved for a brief period,
4. Can Bring: Hurt, Bitteness, distrust, anger, violence, resentment
V. The Wounded Heart
1. The wounded heart is more serious. In the greek it means to hit, to be given a wound
2. A wound in the natural does not heal unless it is cleansed and treated. If left untreated it can
become infected and cause loss of limb or life
3. (Prov 18:14) The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
4. (Zech 13:6) A lot of wounding occurs in the house of our friends. Those closest to us whom we
love the most can often hurt us the deepest
5. Causes: Angry words, hurtful words, hitting, fighting, arguing, betrayal, being cheated by
someone you trust, being fired or rejected
VI. The Broken Heart
1. Broken- In the Bible when the word broken is used in reference to the heart, it means torn, broken in pieces, crushed, shattered
2. (Psa 34:18) Jesus is close to the broken hearted
3. (Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18, Psa 147:3) He has been sent to heal the broken hearted
4. If a broken heart is not healed it can affect ones entire life.
5. Causes: Great sense of loss through death or divorce. Often their is a deep sense of rejection in abandoned, illegitimate, or adopted children which causes deep broken - heartedness. Being defiled, betrayed, violated, abused.
VII. The Whole Heart
1. (Romans 5:5) Loving heart that has had the "love of God shed abroad by the Holy Ghost"
2. (Romans 8:1) It is a clean heart free from condemnation
3. (Proverbs 17:22) It is a merry heart that does good like a medicine
4. My Testimony: (Psalm 27:10) When my father and mother forsake me the Lord will take care of me
VIII. Closing Prayer
1. Repentance
2. Forgiveness
3. Healing of memories
4. Deliverance from fear , rejection, hatred, bitterness, etc.
Sermon Notes:
The Wounded Heart Lesson
I. Intro
1. (2 Co 2:3-4) It is important that we are whole if we are going to minister to children
2. We comfort others with the same comfort that we have received from God
3. Children are hurting and it is a great privilege to bring the love of God to them
II. The Happy Heart
1. (Jer 17:9) The heart is deceitfully wicked who can know it. Sometimes we don't even know our own
hearts. We deceive ourselves and are not honest with ourselves. Smiling on the outside but hurting
on the inside
2. God wants to love Him with "all of our heart" Sometimes we are afraid to open up and be honest
with each other and even with God
3. Its ok to tell God anything, because He already knows anyway
III. The Condemned Heart
1. A condemned heart is when we feel dirty, guilty, distant from God and we are ashamed
2. Sometimes unconfessed sin is the cause of a condemned heart
3. Sometimes a condemned heart is caused from believing a lie (like the woman who had had an
abortion and believed that God could never forgive her)
4. (1 John 1:9) We don't have to believe the "accuser of the brethren" but we can trust in the
promises of God
IV. The Bruised Heart
1. A bruise on our skin hurts at the place where the bruise is and hurts if we continue to touch it. It
usually not too serious but good be if we continued to hit it in the same spot
2. (Isa 42:3; Matthew 12:20) The Bible says that a bruised reed he will not break and that He came to
set at liberty them that are bruised. Bruised means discouraged or cracked
3. Causes: Being disappointed or let down by someone, not feeling loved for a brief period,
4. Can Bring: Hurt, Bitteness, distrust, anger, violence, resentment
V. The Wounded Heart
1. The wounded heart is more serious. In the greek it means to hit, to be given a wound
2. A wound in the natural does not heal unless it is cleansed and treated. If left untreated it can
become infected and cause loss of limb or life
3. (Prov 18:14) The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
4. (Zech 13:6) A lot of wounding occurs in the house of our friends. Those closest to us whom we
love the most can often hurt us the deepest
5. Causes: Angry words, hurtful words, hitting, fighting, arguing, betrayal, being cheated by
someone you trust, being fired or rejected
VI. The Broken Heart
1. Broken- In the Bible when the word broken is used in reference to the heart, it means torn, broken in pieces, crushed, shattered
2. (Psa 34:18) Jesus is close to the broken hearted
3. (Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18, Psa 147:3) He has been sent to heal the broken hearted
4. If a broken heart is not healed it can affect ones entire life.
5. Causes: Great sense of loss through death or divorce. Often their is a deep sense of rejection in abandoned, illegitimate, or adopted children which causes deep broken - heartedness. Being defiled, betrayed, violated, abused.
VII. The Whole Heart
1. (Romans 5:5) Loving heart that has had the "love of God shed abroad by the Holy Ghost"
2. (Romans 8:1) It is a clean heart free from condemnation
3. (Proverbs 17:22) It is a merry heart that does good like a medicine
4. My Testimony: (Psalm 27:10) When my father and mother forsake me the Lord will take care of me
VIII. Closing Prayer
1. Repentance
2. Forgiveness
3. Healing of memories
4. Deliverance from fear , rejection, hatred, bitterness, etc.