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l 03Common Question: Why do I _______________ this way?”
l Biblical Answer: Because of a _______________ you made!”
l Biblical Solution: Make a different _______________ to feel
a different way!”
l God wants to live in our ____________________ – not our feelings, but our choices!
l 2 Corinthians 1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
l God wants us to obey His ____________________ – not just agree with it, but do it!
l Luke 8:15 But [the seed] on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
l God wants to ____________________ with us daily – not just when we feel like it!
l Ephesians 5:19-20 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
l God wants us to live above ____________________ – that takes a daily choice on our part!
l Galatians 5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
l God wants our ____________________ – as an act of our will, not just our emotions!
l Hebrews 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
l There are days you won’t “____________________” – but choose to do it anyway!
THE HEART OF THE MATTER
Proverbs 4:23 (KJV) Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 4:23 (NLT) Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do.
l Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
l Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
l Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
l Matthew 18:35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
l Mark 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
l Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
l Never does the Bible teach that “____________________” are the central issue in living for God!
l The Bible word for “feelings” is not “____________________” but “____________________”!
2 Corinthians 6:12, Philippians 1:8, Colossians 3:12, Philemon 7, Philemon 12, Philemon 20, 1 John 3:17
l THE WORD “HEART” IN THE BIBLE COMES MAINLY FROM THE HEBREW WORD “LEB” AND THE GREEK WORD “KARDIA.”
l In both Hebrew and Greek, the word for “heart” INCLUDES feelings, but is not __________________ feelings!
l The heart, biblically speaking, is the center of man’s life and his RATIONAL NATURE. So when the Bible uses the word “heart,” the proper synonym is not “_____________,” but “________.”
l That’s why the Bible says the heart can …
l presume (Esther 7:5)
l stand steadfast (1 Corinthians 7:37)
l obey (Romans 6:17)
l perceive (Deuteronomy 29:4)
l know (Proverbs 14:10)
l understand (Isaiah 44:18)
l ponder (Luke 2:19)
l The Bible says the heart can also experience …
l love (1 Timothy 1:5)
l hate (Leviticus 19:17)
l joy (Isaiah 65:14)
l heaviness (Proverbs 12:25)
l despair (Ecclesiastes 2:20)
l being darkened (Romans 1:21)
l being hardened (Isaiah 63:17)
l Modern psychology continually finds evidence to prove that harmful feelings are caused by hurtful thinking, not vice versa!
l LOVE is first a choice, not a feeling!
l HATE is first a choice, not a feeling!
l JOY is first a choice, not a feeling!
l HEAVINESS is first a choice, not a feeling!
l Proverbs 23:7a For as [a man] thinketh in his heart, so is he:
l The condition of your heart will be determined in large part by your _____________________ and _____________________ to the Lord, to people, and to circumstances around you!
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POSITIVE HEART CHOICES |
NEGATIVE HEART CHOICES |
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| Grieved Heart | Gen. 6:6 | Evil Heart | Heb. 3:12 |
| Willing Heart | Exo. 25:2 | Hardened Heart | Exo. 4:21 |
| Stirred Heart | Exo. 35:21 | Deceived Heart | Deu. 11:16 |
| Wise Heart | Exo. 35:35 | Non-Perceiving Heart | Deu. 29:4 |
| Another Heart | 1 Sam. 10:9 | Proud Heart | Psa. 101:5 |
| Perfect Heart | 1 Chr. 12:28 | Presumptuous Heart | Est. 7:5 |
| Tender Heart | 2 Chr. 34:27 | Hypocritical Heart | Job 36:13 |
| Sorrowful Heart | Neh. 2:2 | Lifted-up Heart | Deu. 8:14 |
| Faithful Heart | Neh. 9:8 | Firm, hard heart | Job 41:24 |
| Soft Heart | Job 23:16 | Iniquitous Heart | Psa. 41:6 |
| Upright Heart | Job 33:3 | Wicked Heart | Psa. 58:2 |
| Communing Heart | Psa. 4:4 | Erring Heart | Psa. 95:10 |
| Heart of Wax | Psa. 22:14 | Fat and Greasy Heart | Psa. 119:70 |
| Pure Heart | Psa. 24:4 | Evilly-exercised Heart | 2 Pet. 2:14 |
| Broken Heart | Psa. 34:18 | Desolate Heart | Psa. 143:4 |
| Panting Heart | Psa. 38:10 | Despising Heart | Pro. 5:12 |
| Failing Heart | Psa. 40:12 | Deceitful Heart | Pro. 12:20 |
| Proclaiming Heart | Psa. 45:1 | Bitter Heart | Pro. 14:10 |
| Fixed Heart | Psa. 57:7 | Backslidden Heart | Pro. 14:14 |
| Living Heart | Psa. 69:32 | Foolish Heart | Pro. 15:7 |
| Established Heart | Psa. 112:8 | Human Heart | Pro. 15:11 |
| Understanding Heart | Pro. 2:2 | Abominable Heart | Pro. 26:25 |
| Retaining Heart | Pro. 4:4 | Double Heart | James 1:8 |
| Sound Heart | Pro. 14:30 | Wounded Heart | Psa. 109:22 |
| Merry Heart | Pro. 17:22 | Defiled Heart | Mat. 15:18 |
| New Heart | Eze. 18:31 | Rebellious Heart | Jer. 5:23 |
| Fleshly Heart | Eze. 11:19 | Arrogant Heart | Isa. 9:9 |
| Purposeful Heart | Dan. 1:8 | Evil-imagining Heart | Jer. 17:9 |
| Pondering Heart | Luk. 2:19 | Whorish Heart | Eze. 6:9 |
| Forgiving Heart | Mat. 18:35 | Stony Heart | Eze. 11:19 |
| Unblameable Heart | 1 The. 3:13 | Weak Heart | Eze. 16:30 |
| Blood-sprinkled Heart | Heb. 10:22 | Despiteful Heart | Eze. 25:15 |
| Nourished Heart | Jam. 5:5 | Beastly Heart | Dan. 4:16 |
| Sanctified Heart | 1 Pet. 1:22 | Divided Heart | Hos. 10:2 |
| Assured Heart | 1 Joh. 3:19 | Gross Heart | Mat. 13:15 |
| Honest, Good Heart | Luk. 8:15 | Heavy Heart | Pro. 31:6 |
| Burning Heart | Luk. 24:32 | Reasoning Heart | Mar. 2:6 |
| Single Heart | Act. 2:46 | Envious, Striving Heart | Jam. 3:14 |
| One Heart | Act. 4:32 | Lustful Heart | Psa. 81:12 |
| Opened Heart | Act. 16:14 | Troubled Heart | Joh. 14:1 |
| Obedient Heart | Rom. 6:17 | Hard, Impenitent Heart | Rom. 2:5 |
| Circumcised Heart | Rom 2:29 | Uncircumcised Heart | Act. 7:51 |
| Believing Heart | Rom. 10:9 | Darkened Heart | Rom. 1:21 |
| Steadfast Heart | 1 Cor. 7:37 | Anguished Heart | 1 Cor. 2:4 |
| Enlarged Heart | 1 Cor. 6:11 | Blind Heart | Eph. 4:18 |
| Caring Heart | 1 Cor. 8:16 | Unknowing Heart | Heb 3:10 |
| Singing Heart | Eph. 5:19 | Condemning Heart | 1 Joh. 3:20 |
| Established Heart | Heb. 13:9 | Overwhelmed Heart | Psa. 61:2 |
