What Men have to say about the Heart
Where emotions shape perception and where moral and spiritual decisions originate.
“The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick; who can understand it?”
Jeremiah 17:9
“The LORD saw that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
Genesis 6:5
Our hearts, apart from God, are spiritually terminal.
“I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. … And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.”
Ezekiel 36:26
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
Psalm 147:3
When we come to Him, believing in His sacrifice, He purifies our hearts and fills them with new desires—to love God and others.
“The mind [when] governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.”
Romans 8:7-8
“They are treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.”
2 Timothy 3:4
“So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.”
Romans 8:6
Sometimes it’s not the enemy, it’s the INNER ME!
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
Romans 12:2
“We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.”
2 Corinthians 10:5
“For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.”
Romans 8:24-25
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
1 Peter 1:3
“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.”
Hebrews 6:19
“For I know the plans I have for YOU, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper YOU and not harm YOU, plans to give YOU hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
As you leave today, ask the Great Physician these three questions:
