On the board:

What will it take for YOU to walk away from Christ?

Your dreams?

Your ideal self?

Your idea of marriage?

Your wants?

Your fun?

To keep your peace?

Luke 8:6 + 13

John 15:2 + 6

John 8:37

Rom 7:13

G2588 the heart n.fem.

Thayer Definition:

1b) denotes the centre of all physical and spiritual life

2b) the centre and seat of spiritual life

2b1) the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts,

passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavours

2b2) of the understanding, the faculty and seat of the intelligence

2b3) of the will and character

2b4) …of the soul as the seat of the sensibilities, affections, emotions,

desires, appetites, passions

The inmost part of you

Mat 22:37, Php 1:7, Mat 13:15; Rom 1:21; Luk 16:15; 1Pe 3:4 (for wives, which reveals the husband)

– the heart, as the inner and mental frame

In Greek, the word καρδια (kardia) primarily describes one’s mental constitution and disposition,

and since upset emotions make the heart beat faster, was only secondarily connected to the physical

heart. This secondary connection wasn’t complete either, since one’s emotions were generally

thought to reside in one’s general inside