August 22, 2026

The One Not Diagnosed

Dr. Eric Thomas · Know My Heart

The Message

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The One Thing

God isn't just after your behavior — He's after your heart, because everything you do flows from what's underneath it, and only He can search it, reveal it, and clean it.

This Week's Message

What He Said

Let God Search Your Heart

David's prayer wasn't "God, search them." It was "Search ME, O God, and know MY heart." You cannot surrender what you refuse to see, and most of us have only ever asked God to fix what's already visible.

Psalm 139:23-24

Let God Reveal What's In Your Heart

We call it personality when God calls it pride. We call it protecting our peace when He's confronting unforgiveness. He doesn't expose your heart to embarrass you — He exposes it so He can transform you.

Jeremiah 17:9-10

Let God Clean Your Heart

Don't just ask God to change your behavior, your habits, or your results. Ask Him to change the place those things are coming from. When God changes the heart, He changes what flows out of the life.

Psalm 51:10

You Can Be Wrong And Not Know It

Some of the most dangerous conditions are the ones we never recognize. We can spot what's broken around us, point to what's wrong in other people, and name every circumstance that let us down — but what happens when the real issue is somewhere we've never looked?

"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" — Jeremiah 17:9. That's why you can't always trust your own read on yourself. We judge ourselves by our intentions. God examines the heart. We say, "That's just how I am." God says, "No — that's something in your heart."

The Dangerous Prayer

David didn't pray, "God, search everybody around me." He prayed, "Search ME, O God, and know MY heart."

Stop asking God only to change your circumstances, and start asking Him to expose your heart. The dangerous prayer isn't "God, fix them." It's "God, show me me."

The Litany

Show me what I can't see. Show me what I've normalized. Show me what I've justified. Show me what I've blamed on everybody else.

You cannot surrender what you refuse to see.

We Judge Intentions. God Examines Hearts.

We say, "They made me angry." God says, "But why did what they did have that much power over you?"

We say, "I'm protecting my peace." God may reveal, "No — you're avoiding forgiveness."

He doesn't expose your heart to embarrass you. He exposes it so He can transform you.

The Pivot: Create In Me A Clean Heart

The goal of God searching your heart isn't just revelation. It's transformation.

Don't just ask God to change your behavior. Don't just ask Him to change your habits. Don't just ask Him to change your results. Ask God to change the place those things are coming from.

Root and Fruit

Behavior is the fruit. The heart is the root.

A bitter heart will affect your relationships. A prideful heart will reject correction. An insecure heart will sabotage opportunity. A pure heart produces different fruit.

"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." — Proverbs 4:23. Sometimes you're trying to fix the fruit while God is trying to heal the root.

Search Me. Show Me. Clean Me.

And when God changes the heart, He changes what flows out of the life.

Don't leave this week asking Him to fix what people see. Ask Him to clean what only He sees.

The Word

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 139:23-24 (KJV)

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Jeremiah 17:9-10 (KJV)

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Proverbs 4:23 (KJV)

For the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

1 Samuel 16:7 (KJV)

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Psalm 51:10 (KJV)

Do Not Just Read It

This Week's Assignment

Don't ask God to fix what people see this week. Ask Him to clean what only He sees.

0 of 5 done this week

Monday
Pray The Dangerous Prayer
Pray it exactly like David did: God, search ME. Not them. Ask Him to know your heart and try your thoughts — and mean it.
Psalm 139:23-24 — Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts.
Tuesday
Let Him Show You What You Can't See
Ask God to reveal one thing you've normalized, one thing you've justified, and one thing you've blamed on somebody else. Write down what He shows you, even if it stings.
1 Chronicles 28:9 — the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts.
Wednesday
Stop Renaming What God Is Confronting
If you've been calling something personality and God calls it pride, or calling it protecting your peace and He calls it unforgiveness, let His name for it stand today — out loud, to yourself.
Proverbs 21:2 — Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Thursday
Trace The Fruit To The Root
When the anger, jealousy, or insecurity shows up today, don't just manage the behavior. Stop and ask what's actually in your heart that it's growing from.
Proverbs 4:23 — Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Friday
Ask Him To Clean It, Not Just Calm It
Pray Psalm 51:10 out loud: Create in me a clean heart, O God. Give Him permission to transform the source, not just manage the symptoms.
Psalm 51:10 — Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.