1.3 Head-Heart System

4. What is the driving force behind our heart system? Our deepest loves and ____________
5. Our “head system” refers to our use use of logic and our O_____________ the world around us
8. By “Head-Heart System,” we mean the human mind and human affections working together in a C_________ way.
9. Having a messed-up worldview can _____________ our ability to interpret facts.
11. In Jeremiah 17, God says that the human heart is desperately _____________
16. You say what you say and do what you do because you love what you love. In other words, your ___________ is central to who you are as a person, and whatever fills it has a tendency to flow out of your mouth.
18. For those who trust in Jesus’s sacrifice, God will begin changing their ____________ loves and desires, as he shapes us to look more and more like Christ.
19. In Jeremiah 17:9 and many other parts of the Bible, God communicates that as a result of our sin/rebellion against God, we naturally love and want what is ___________.
20. In Jeremiah 17, God says that more than anything else, the human heart is _____________.
21. In Matthew 22:36-37, God communicates that we need to use both our heart AND our mind in order to relate to God ______________.

1. Proverbs 1:7 communicates that if we want to know anything worth knowing, the starting point is the belief in and right _______________ to God.
2. Proverbs 1:7 says that the _________ of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.
3. If our beliefs about God and our attitude towards God are messed up, we can be sure that this will ___________ the rest of our beliefs, thoughts, and ideas.
6. Jeremiah 17:9 alludes to a well-known fact: human beings are masters at ______________
7. Way back when the first humans sinned, God promised a remedy for our messed-up hearts: a ____________, who would give new hearts to those who repent and believe.
10. The “head system” represents our ______.
12. If our worldview is shaped most significantly by our heart system (affections), it is really, really important for us to ask ourselves, “Deep down, what do I really love and _______ the most” and compare it to the truth--what God says in his Word.
13. In Romans 1-2, Paul explains that _____ has affected both our mind and our heart in horrible ways.
14. Our “heart system” is built on our ultimate values (on what we think is ultimately valuable and worthwhile to ____________.
15. The “heart system” represents our __________.
17. Our “head system” includes the way we _____________ evidence and the claims that other people make.