1. ARC Annual Conference April 2o11

2. The Magic Formula of Psychologists: Paradigms

3. Freud Past experiences influence future behavior We are rarely aware of why we do what we do

4. Pavlov – Classical Conditioning UCS pair with CS yields a CR Learning by association and value Change association or value, change behavior

5. Skinner – Operant Conditioning  The learner interacts with the environment Behaviors that are reinforced increase Behaviors that are punished decrease Paradigm = Sd – R - Sr  As environments/relationships change, we change

6. Functional Analysis Why we do what we do? Internal Avoidance/Escape Affecting Others Accessing Tangibles

7. Method of Behavioral Change Observe behavior Define behavior Measure change Change behavior

8. ADVANTAGE Matthew 7:1 Do not judge, or you too will be judged “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” Helps us not to “judge” others Discern the merit of their behaviors Not to assign value to the person

9. God calls us to change our motivation  He wants a changed heart Heart = inner person = wants, desires, passion Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

10. Case # 1 – Man in the nursing home Protecting his daughter Choking man

11. The Heart is the source of our behavior Luke 6:45 (Matthew 12:34b) A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

12. Not just do what is right God want s us to want what is right Deuteronomy 6:5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Psalms 37:4 Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

13. The Heart is corrupt We cannot understand it We cannot change it Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

14.  Only God can change the heart  Changing the heart is relational  Enhanced by prayer, listening and responding

15. Recognizing our dependency on Him Psalm 51:10,17 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 17 My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.

16. Finding our joy in Him Psalm 119:32 I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.

17. Trusting in Him Proverbs 3:5-6 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

18. Shaping our relationships with others 1 Peter 1:22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart.

19. Case Study #1 Resolution Case Study #2 Depressed patient assessing needs of spouse Case Study #3 Personal prayer to love my wife

20. CONCLUSION  The past influences the present Through association Through cues and consequences  But God wants our hearts – our motivation This is changed through association with Him Only the power of the cross can change a heart One sleepless night of anguished prayer