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The person characterized by a foolish heart has a propensity to make an idol of escape, pleasure, self-sufficiency, or self-gratification. They may find themselves constantly in the pursuit of certain feelings, objects or the accumulation of things. This person may find themselves making conscious and/or unconscious statements like “I want it now!” or “I just can’t help myself!” The person who chooses to not deal with a foolish heart may be characterized by consuming addictions, blame-shifting, irresponsibility, and self-destruction. Others might comment that their actions and attitude are cavalier, irresponsible, lazy, selfish or immature.
Garrett Higbee

Our prayers have stains in them, our faith is mixed with unbelief, our repentance is not so tender as it should be, our communion is distant and interrupted. We cannot pray without sinning, and there is filth even in our tears.
C.H. Spurgeon

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    SELF-WILL and Stubbornness

    1. Forbidden # 2Ch 30:8 Ps 75:5 95:8
    2. PROCEED FROM 2a) Unbelief

      # 2Ki 17:14

    2b) Pride # Ne 9:16,29 2c) An evil heart # Jer 7:24 3) God knows # Isa 48:4 4) EXHIBITED IN 4a) Refusing to hearken to God # Pr 1:24 4b) Refusing to hearken to the messengers of God # 1Sa 8:19 Jer 44:16 Zec 7:11 4c) Refusing to walk in the ways of God # Ne 9:17 Ps 78:10 Isa 42:24 Jer 6:16 4d) Refusing to hearken to parents # De 21:18,19 4e) Refusing to receive correction # De 21:18 Jer 5:3 7:28 4f) Rebelling against God # De 31:27 Ps 78:8 4g) Resisting the Holy Spirit # Ac 7:51 4h) Walking in the counsels of an evil heart # Jer 7:24 23:17 4i) Hardening the neck # Ne 9:16 4j) Hardening the heart # 2Ch 36:13 4k) Going backward and not forward # Jer 7:24 5) Heinousness of # 1Sa 15:23 6) MINISTERS SHOULD 6a) Be without # Tit 1:7 6b) Warn their people against # Heb 3:7-12 6c) Pray that their people may be forgiven for # Ex 34:9 De 9:27 7) Characteristic of the wicked # Pr 7:11 2Pe 2:10 8) The wicked cease not from # Jud 2:19 9) Punishment for # De 21:21 Pr 29:1 10) Illustrated # Ps 32:9 Jer 31:18 11) Exemplified 11a) Simeon and Levi # Ge 49:6 11b) Israelites # Ex 32:9 De 9:6,13 11c) Saul # 1Sa 15:19-23 11d) David # 2Sa 24:4 11e) Josiah # 2Ch 35:22 11f) Zedekiah # 2Ch 36:13

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