I love my family
I love our church
I love the Philadelphia Eagles



 

I was once on The Price is Right
I have been to Antarctica
I can speak 7 languages

 

My feelings are the best guide for decision-making.
If it feels right, it is right.
The heart needs to be led by God, not followed.
Follow Your Heart

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


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

Psalm 139:23-24  //  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.
2 Samuel 11:1 (NLT)  //  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.
Psalm 36:2  //  In their own eyes they flatter themselves too much to detect or hate their sin.


Cognitive Bias

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


5 Indicators of Self-Deception

Judgmentalism
Defensiveness
Cynicism
Manic Cheeriness
Addiction to Distraction



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


What problem am I denying?
What sin am I rationalizing?
What issue am I hiding?
Watch for what others have tried to tell you.
Watch for what you rationalize.
Watch for where you’re most defensive.
You cannot change what you won’t confront.

Psalm 51:10 , 12  //  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 139:23-24  //  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.