Sermon
Why Am I Not Happy?
Cross Church
Speaker: Nick Floyd
September 13, 2022 · 30 min
Spiritual DisciplinesIdentity in ChristAnxiety & WorryTemptationProverbs 4:23–24Proverbs 4:21–271 Thessalonians 4
Summary
Proverbs 4:23 teaches that guarding your heart—your internal thoughts, emotions, and attitudes—is essential because everything you do flows from it. The pastor examines three ways hearts are corrupted: overconsumption of news, entertainment, and social media. Believers must wage battles for contentment, anxiety, unity, and purity to maintain spiritual health.
Highlights
You're judging your own life based on someone else's highlight reels.
What goes in will come out. You cannot overcome that principle no matter how long you've been a Christian.
The battle for a beautiful life is fought in the deepest fountains of being—this is a private battle that no one else will see in your life.