About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of paying attention to one's heart and the challenges of maintaining a spiritual focus in a fast-paced world.

Scripture: Proverbs 4:23 “Life is getting faster. And while some might be inclined to dismiss this accelerating pace as neutral or even beneficial, there are good reasons to suspect that our habitual exposure to this hyper-paced world has serious consequences for our capacity to slow down and pay attention to things that really matter.” – A Heart Aflame for God, Matthew Bingham. “The Greatest difficulty in conversion is to win the heart to God; and the greatest difficulty after conversion is to keep the heart with God.” – John Flavel. Luke 6:45 NIV Mark 7:20–23 NIV + Keep it Free From Sin Haggai 1:5 Lamentations 3:40–42 NIV Psalm 119:59–60 From Idolatry 1 John 5:21 NIV + Keep it on Fire Matthew 15:7–8 NIV + Keep it Focused Psalm 27:4 Deuteronomy 6:6 Psalm 119:11 Meditation Psalm 1:1–3 Psalm 119:15 Prayer Psalm 139:23-24 NIV

Topics covered

• heart
• spiritual growth
• attention
• conversion
• idolatry

Keywords

• Proverbs 4:23
• hyper-paced world
• conversion
• keeping the heart with God
• sin
• idolatry

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