Psychological Matters

Thought: For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. 1 John 2:16-17 How do you determine how you will spend your day? What is the deciding factors or driving forces? Is it how you feel? Or have you set an agenda or daily goals? Every day you are faced with a myriad of decisions. How do you make your priorities and proceed? How successful is your method or does your day get regularly sidetracked? Let's look closer at this issue and identify what forces or factors decide or affect the way your life is lived. Dallas Willard, an author and theologian, in his book Renovation of the Heart identifies four driving forces that determine how you prioritize your life. These forces are (1) feelings, (2) rational thought or the "mind,"(3) your will or "heart," an