Key Passages: Jeremiah 17:97-10, Matthew 15:19, Mark 7:21-23, Proverbs 14:12, Genesis 25:29-34, John 10:10–11, Psalm 37:4, Proverbs 23:19, 3:5-6


Following your heart is a ________ ______ to make a _____ ____________.


Our hearts were never designed to _______, they were designed to ________.


Your heart can only tell you what it ________, not __________ to go.


Don’t follow your _________, tell your heart to follow the ________.


Don’t believe in your _________, tell your heart to believe in ______.


We have already been gifted:
• ______________ - which is why we say “Follow your heart.”
• ______________ - which is why we say “Trust your gut.”
• ______________ - which is why we say “Use your head.”


But we have also been given:
• _________ - to help us LEARN the truth
• _________ - to be our EXAMPLE in LIVING out the truth
• _________ _________ - to LEAD us into truth
• Godly ______________ - to help help us APPLY the truth

STUDY QUESTIONS:

1. Can you think of moments in your own life (relationally, financially, etc) when you regretted following your heart?

2. We like to believe the best about ourselves, but what is our
heart capable of (Mark 7:21-23, Matthew 15:19?)

3. Esau forfeited his birthright for a bowl of red stew (Genesis 25). Jacob later stole Esau’s blessing (Genesis 27). How did Esau respond to Jacob when they met years later (Genesis 33)? What lesson(s) do you think Esau might have learned that caused him to be so forgiving of Jacob?

4. How can we tell God what our heart wants? How do you
think God will respond? (John 10:10, Psalm 37:4)

5. What has God given you in order to lead you into all truth?

6. Take the time to memorize Proverbs 3:5-6 this week.