How to Make Your Heart a “Throne Room” for God

Breaking the Code
How to Make Your Heart a “Throne Room” for God

I. Introduction

A. Revelation 4:1-8 (NLT)

1. The primary characteristic of the Throne Room in heaven is !

2. It may not always seem like it, but there is a Throne! And the One seated on the Throne !

B. Exodus 28:29a (NLT) “In this way, Aaron will carry the names of the tribes of Israel on the sacred chestpiece over his heart when he goes into the Holy Place.”

1. “ carries the names of His children in His Heart!”

2. John is saying that God—the One seated on the Throne—carries His forever in His Heart!

II. How to Make Your Heart a “Throne Room” for God

A. Learn to carry with you through each part of the day.

1. Tomorrow morning when you wake up, let your first thought be, “God, I want to carry in my heart today.”

2. Colossians 3:23 (NAS) Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men.

B. By trusting God’s

1. Revelation 4:4 (NLT) Twenty-four thrones surrounded him, and twenty-four elders sat on them. They were all clothed in white and had gold crowns on their heads.

2. “Numbers” often have a symbolic meaning in the Book of Revelation—not necessarily a meaning.

3. Revelation 4:5a (NLT) From the throne came flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder.

4. Revelation 4:5b (NLT) This is the sevenfold Spirit of God.

C. By acknowledging God’s

1. Revelation 4:6b-8 (NLT)

2. God is able to —or send His messengers to act for Him—with no delay, with great speed.

3. These “eyes”—that are everywhere on these creatures—are most likely an image about the of God.

4. These “faces” also suggest they are an expression of worshiping God.

5. Revelation 4:8b (NLT) Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty—the One who always was, who is, and who is still to come.”

6. That means there’s no and no of God!

7. In the “Throne Room,” things are never in a hurry! Because the One who sits upon the Throne is never !

D. By offering God

1. Revelation 4:8b (NLT) Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty.”

2. True worship of God is not dependent on !

3. Is having enough for you?

4. Revelation 4:9-11 (NLT)

5. “Crowns” are symbols of .

E. By giving up the “right” to have things

1. This means worship in the “Throne Room” is a worship.

2. It means purposing in my heart to the words we sing!

3. is the One who first left His Throne in heaven—and who gave up His crown for a crown of thorns!

III. Conclusion