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Habits of a Healthy Heart—1

The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is? Jeremiah 17:9

If you want to change your life, change your habits.

If you want to change your habits, let God change your heart.

Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24 NIV

In the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to fight the Ammonites … However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem. 2 Samuel 11:1 NLT

In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin. Psalm 36:2 NIV

Our Self-Deception Manifests in 5 major ways

·     Addiction to Distraction

·     Manic Cheeriness

·    Judgmentalism

·     Defensiveness

·     Cynicism

Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!” 2 Samuel 12:7 NIV

3 Warning Signs

1.  Watch for what others have tried to tell you.

2.  Watch for what you rationalize.

3.  Watch for where you’re most defensive.

“The more convinced you are that you don’t have a problem, the more likely it is that you do.”

“You cannot change what you won’t confront.”

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me ... Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Psalm 51:10, 12 NIV

Search me, God, and know my heart.

Test me and know my anxious thoughts.

See if there is any offensive way in me.

And lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 139:23-24 NIV