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THE HEART POWER REVEALS
After God’s Own Heart | Part 3
Senior Pastor Keith Stewart
October 11, 2026

What if the greatest danger in your life isn’t the brokenness you already know about—but the brokenness you still can’t see? The Bible tells us the whole truth about David—his faith and failures, his courage and wounds, his devotion to God and the destructive patterns he sometimes refused to face. Why? Because Scripture exposes David so David can expose us.

This Sunday, in Part 3 of After God’s Own Heart, we’re asking an uncomfortable question: What’s in me that I still don’t see?

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

This isn’t a message about shame. It’s about transformation. God isn’t frightened by the truth about us. And what we’re willing to bring into the light, God can begin to heal.

1. The message says, “Scripture exposes David so David can expose us.” Why do you think the Bible is so honest about the failures of people God loved and used?

2. We often compare ourselves with people whose failures seem worse than ours. Why is it easier to recognize someone else’s obvious sin than pride, self-righteousness, jealousy, control, or other “sins of the spirit” in ourselves?

3. David’s story suggests that unresolved wounds can become patterns we pass on to others. Without sharing anything you consider too personal, what attitudes, behaviors, or family patterns have you had to recognize and intentionally change?

4. The message says, “Power didn’t create what was wrong with David. Power exposed it.” How can success, influence, money, authority, or even religious leadership reveal things in us that adversity may not?

5. Why do you think we tend to do more soul-searching after failure than after success? What spiritual practices can keep us grounded when life is going particularly well?

6. Consider the central question of the message: “What’s in me that I still don’t see?” Why can that be such a difficult question to ask ourselves? What makes genuine self-awareness possible?

7. The message says, “God apparently isn’t frightened by the truth about us. We are.” How does believing that God already knows us completely—and still loves us—change the way we face our brokenness?

8. Read Psalm 139:23–24 together. Of the four prayers from the message—Search me, Test me, Tell me, Help me—which one do you find easiest to pray? Which is the most difficult? Why?

Closing challenge: Spend a few quiet moments individually praying Psalm 139:23—Rather than asking God to change someone else, simply pray: “Lord, show me the truth about myself—and give me the courage to respond to what You show me.”