1. SPRING 2014

2. WHAT IS BIBLICAL COUNSELING? A.Understanding people and understanding God’s Word and bringing the two together B.An intensive form of discipleship C.“Biblical counseling involves walking patiently with someone, while wisely connecting them to Christ through the grace-centered message of the Bible. This one-on-one ministry is done in the community of the church where both the normal and complex problems of daily life can be addressed.”- Tim Lane, CCEF

3. INNER MAN OR OUTER MAN? Alzheimer’s, Dementia & Brain Injury? Homosexuality & Alcoholism? Depression & Attention Deficit Disorder?

4. INNER MAN OR OUTER MAN? A.The Brain is not the Mind B.The Brain and the Mind are interrelated

5. MIND-BODY PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS A.The brain cannot make a person sin B.Each person’s abilities—brain strengths and weaknesses— are unique and worthy of careful study C.Brain problems can expose heart problems D.Sinful hearts can lead to physical illness and upright hearts can lead to health

6. THE THREE TREES DIAGRAM

7. UNDERSTANDING THE HEART B.A Biblical View of the Heart 1.Mark 7:21-23 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.

8. UNDERSTANDING THE HEART B.A Biblical View of the Heart 1.Mark 7:21-23 2.Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.

9. UNDERSTANDING THE HEART B.A Biblical View of the Heart 1.Mark 7:21-23 2.Proverbs 4:23 3.Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

10. UNDERSTANDING THE HEART B.A Biblical View of the Heart 1.Mark 7:21-23 2.Proverbs 4:23 3.Jeremiah 17:9 4.Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

11. UNDERSTANDING THE HEART B.A Biblical View of the Heart 1.Mark 7:21-23 2.Proverbs 4:23 3.Jeremiah 17:9 4.Hebrews 4:12 5.1 Samuel 16:7b For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.

12. UNDERSTANDING THE HEART B.A Biblical View of the Heart 1.Mark 7:21-23 2.Proverbs 4:23 3.Jeremiah 17:9 4.Hebrews 4:12 5.1 Samuel 16:7b 6.Matthew 22:34-40 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (v. 37).

13. UNDERSTANDING THE HEART B.A Biblical View of the Heart 1.Mark 7:21-23 2.Proverbs 4:23 3.Jeremiah 17:9 4.Hebrews 4:12 5.1 Samuel 16:7b 6.Matthew 22:34-40 7.James 4:1-3 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you (v. 1)?

14. UNDERSTANDING THE HEART B.A Biblical View of the Heart 5.Heart definitions a.Other terms - “soul, mind, conscience, motives, desires” b.Inner man, seat of personality c.Man’s control center of emotions, thoughts, will

15. UNDERSTANDING THE HEART B.A Biblical View of the Heart

16. UNDERSTANDING THE HEART B.A Biblical View of the Heart 6.Conclusions a.Your “heart” is not basically good b.Your “heart” is alive, not empty or passive c.Your “heart” takes work to understand (Proverbs 20:5)