With the heart man believes

<p>WITH THE HEART MAN BELIEVES</p> <p>There is a lot of speculation these days about what faith really is, especially among Evangelical Bible believing Christians - What to pray and how to pray, what to hope for and what to expect. Many things are being claimed by faith and do not come to pass and many get disappointed, and some think that God has forgotten them or didn’t hear their prayers. Is there something that maybe needs to change in our thinking about our faith?  What in fact IS OUR faith? What do we believe and how do we believe?</p> <p>The Bible says that with the heart man believes’ (Romans 10:10) so I would like to discuss today the matter of believing with the heart. I will start by saying that I personally have a very simple and straightforward approach to believing with my heart. There is an ongoing dialogue with God on a schedule of prayer concerns that sit in my heart and are being placed before him. I also believe that the Father knows what the cry of my heart is in any personal situations of my own and that Jesus will intercede on my behalf to the Father and that his will shall be done in my life for them. That way I am confident that God is doing the supernatural work and I try to stay at rest in my soul, ready to do what work The Holy Spirit prompts me to.</p> <p>Our deepest beliefs and values and desires reside in our heart and flow out of our heart as the real issues of our life. The heart conveys who we are and what we do. Proverbs 4:23 Guard your heart with all diligence; for It is the outflowing of your life. </p> <p>So how do those beliefs and values and desires get into the heart? Our heart is informed by our mind as to what it acknowledges as being true and of highest value to us and therefore worth living for.</p> <p>However we will be discussing today the difference between what our natural rational mind informs our heart of in contrast to what our renewed ‘spiritual mind’ informs our heart of.</p> <p>Our Natural mind As far as our natural rational mind is concerned,