Lesson 22 - June 20, 2001
The Prescription for a Healthy Heart
Introduction:
Must
recognize that:
Volition
controls what goes the mind;
what in the mind
and what the mind is with and what comes of the mind.
Some observations
on the Word heart as used in Scripture.
Proverbs 4:20-21
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What does heart mean? Says here its
the place to keep !
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What do imperatives imply? Its an
appeal to our volition, to make .
Why is this crucial
for us? {side trip}
The
way that man thinks, apart from the Bible is totally and contradictory to what the Scriptures communicate.
We either are looking at life from the
Word of God or we are looking at life the Word of
God!
1. What is the healthy heart? - the healthy
mind?
It
is a mind with volition to the and of God.
a.
Prov. 2:2 "Make your ear attentive to wisdom" (NASB)
It
says you control what goes into the mind!
You what goes into your mind, and therefore
becomes your .
b.
Prov. 3:3
Verse
notes a reality we need to remember, that is,
truth is illusive.
That is, in that once you possess it, there is a constant danger of losing
it!
Of
having it slip .
Both
kindness and truth are something that must be and
then to be against
loosing!
If
you fail to guard what you bring into the mind along side of it, you will it!
"Bind them around your neck,"
Says that your and
virtue that is being lived out, that is
in your life comes from the Word of God.
"Write them on the tablet of your heart."
God's
thinking is not innate with us; we
must to make it a part of our and
that's why the emphasis in these passages on writing them, inscribing them.
c.
Prov 7:2-4
All
of this to say that we need #1 positive
volition, a for the word of God;
#2
to make wise ;
I
will what the Word
says! I will the Word of God! I will the word!