<strong>TITLE: REVIVAL BEGINS WITH ME</strong>

<strong>TEXT: PSALM 139:23-24</strong>

<strong>INTRODUCTION</strong>
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	<li>We are living in difficult and distressing times (2 Timothy 3:1-5) <u> </u></li>
	<li>Righteousness exalts a nation (Proverbs 14:34) <u> </u></li>
	<li>Judgment begins at the house of God, first (I Peter4:17) <u> </u></li>
	<li>“I am the House of God” [The Church]</li>
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<strong>EXAMINE AND KNOW MY HEART</strong>
<ol>
	<li>Examine = Examine thoroughly or intimately; to scout <u> </u></li>
	<li>Heart = The will, the soul, understanding; the seat of emotions and passions</li>
	<li>My <strong>Heart</strong> influences my <strong>Thoughts</strong><strong> </strong></li>
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<strong>TEST AND KNOW MY THOUGHTS</strong>
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	<li>Test = Test (as with gold); examine; scrutinize <u> </u></li>
	<li>Thoughts = Anxious thoughts</li>
	<li>My <strong>Thoughts</strong> control my <strong>Actions</strong> <u> </u></li>
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<strong> </strong><strong>OUTCOME?</strong>
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	<li>See if I have any wicked manners, habits, ways, and/or a wicked lifestyle and character</li>
	<li>Lead [transport] me to manners, habits, ways, and/or a lifestyle and character of everlasting life <u> </u></li>
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<strong> </strong><strong>CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK: </strong>

<strong>THAT I WILL ASK GOD TO </strong><strong>EXAMINE AND KNOW MY HEART,</strong>

<strong>AND TEST AND KNOW MY THOUGHTS</strong>