Quiet Time Notes

Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God

Centrality of the Heart (part II)

November 2nd, 2012
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The Christian life is a love affair of the heart
It can not be lived primarily as a set of principles

What must we do? Love the Lord your God with all of your heart - Luke 10:26
The truth of the gospel is intended to free us to love God
If we ignore our heart and only try to live out our religion solely as correct doctrine or ethics, our passion is crippled

What God cares about is the inner life, the life of the heart - Matthew 23:25-28
Our heart is the key to the Christian life - Isaiah 29:13

Paul - the hardness of the heart is behind all the addictions and evils of the human race - Romans 1:21-25
Above all we are to guard our heart

It was from the longing of our hearts that most of us first responded to Jesus
What changed?

It is possible to recover from the lost life of the heart - we must leave what is familiar and comfortable
Change our heart and go back to when we lived with our heart, a heart of a child - Mark 10:15

Key Phrase: If we ignore our heart and only try to live out our religion solely as correct doctrine or ethics, our passion is crippled