1. Having A Heart
For God

2. But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, “I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.” Acts 13:22

3. “After my own heart” Having a kindred spirit; having God’s desires
Having your heart, mind, & will in sync with God

4. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.”
Matthew 15:7-9

5. (1) To Have A Heart After God’s Heart, We Must Prioritize Our
Own Personal Relationship
with Him!

6. God’s Word
Psalm 119:47-48 – for I delight in your commands because I love them. I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees.

7. God’s Word
Psalm 119:47-48
Psalm 119:97 – Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.

8. God’s Word
Psalm 119:47-48
Psalm 119:97
Psalm 119:11 – I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

9. Prayer
1 Thess. 5:17 – Pray without ceasing.

10. Prayer
Psalm 116:1-2 – I love the Lord, for He heard my voice; He heard my cry for mercy. Because He turned His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.

11. Worship
Psalm 147:1 – Praise the LORD. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise Him!

12. Worship
Psalm 147:1
Psalm 104:33 – I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

13. (2) To Have A Heart After God’s Heart, We Must Pursue Purity of Heart and a Godly Lifestyle!

14. Whoever hides his transgressions will not succeed, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.
Proverbs 28:13

15. PSALM 51

16. Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2 Tim. 2:22

17. (3) To Have A Heart After God’s Heart, We Must Have A Passion
to Obey God!

18. Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. Blessed are those who keep His statutes & seek Him with all their heart.
Psalm 119:1-2

19. Why do you call me “Lord,” but do not do the
things I
say? -- Jesus

20. The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.
2 Chronicles 16:9

21. Do You Have A Heart After God’s Own Heart?
I love Jesus