“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” (Proverbs 16:18)

“I am the Lord, who heals you.” (Exodus 15:26)

Prop: stethoscope

[Hold up the stethoscope.]

How is your heart?

[Have a volunteer come up. Listen to the heartbeat. Put the stethoscope to the mic.]

What do you hear?

[Allow people to listen to the beating heart.]

Listen to that.

That’s the sound of a living heart. It’s the sound of a heart alive in Jesus.

When your heart is synchronized with Jesus, it will be alive in ways that you never could have imagined. Doctors now tell us that your heart can literally synchronize with someone you are close to. Your breathing can too. The closer you are emotionally and mentally, the more chance that your hearts will literally beat as one.

Is YOUR heart synchroniz…