This principle has several applications for personal growth and ministry. 1. Our hearts are always being ruled by someone or something. 2. The most important question to ask when examining the heart is, “What is functionally ruling this person’s heart in this situation?” 3. Whatever controls my heart will control my responses to people and situations. 4. God changes us not just by teaching us to do different things, but by recapturing our hearts to serve him alone. 5. The deepest issues of the human struggle are not issues of pain and suffering, but the issue of worship, because what rules our
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