7 Things the Lord Hates - Plotting Evil and Righteous Thinking

What does it mean to guard our hearts, and why does God care so deeply about the plans we make? This message takes us deep into two of the things God detests: a heart that plots evil and feet that race toward wrongdoing. Drawing from Proverbs 6, we explore how the heart — our mind, will, and character — is the wellspring from which every action flows. The human heart, left to its own devices, is capable of extraordinary self-deception and harm. But here is the breathtaking good news: God does not simply ask us to try harder. Through Ezekiel, we are reminded that He offers us something far more radical than self-improvement — an entirely new heart. The transformation of Moses from a man who killed in anger to a liberator of nations, of Zacchaeus from a corrupt schemer to a generous follower of Jesus, of Paul from a persecutor of the church to one of its greatest voices — these are not stories of people who got their act together. They are stories of people who surrendered a stony heart and received a tender, responsive one. The antidote to evil plotting is not willpower. It is a new heart, followed by a commitment to hide God's word so deeply within us that it reshapes how we think, desire, and plan.