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The Source of Real Behavioral Change June 24th, 2012 The Source of Real Change Jesus’ Main Point: Our hearts are the true source of our behavior – which means… if our behavior is going to change – our hearts must change first. The Source of Real Change Three Truth’s of the Heart 1st Truth: Our hearts are inherently evil -positioned against God. The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? (Jeremiah 17:9) “Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin”? (Proverbs 20:9) The Source of Real Change Three Truth’s of the Heart 2nd Truth: Our hearts must be made ‘new’ in order for real, transformational change to take place. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. (Ezekiel 36:26) The Source of Real Change The Foundation of True Change True behavioral transformation is spiritual NOT physiological and not social. The Source of Real Change Three Truth’s of the Heart 3rd Truth: Our good and evil deeds flow from what is in our hearts. For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man ‘unclean.’” (Mark 7:21-23) ‘the good man brings good from what is stored in his heart, and the evil man from the evil that is stored in his heart’. (Luke 6:45) The Source of Real Change Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21 The Source of Real Change Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Colossians 3:1-2 The Source of Real Change Scriptural Formula For Real Change 1) 2) 3) 4) Treasure God first and foremost Your heart will follow Your heart will then be changed which leads to… Your mind, behavior and life changing. The Source of Real Change