It’s All About the Heart

By Bisi Oladipupo

Our hearts are so important and it is quite amazing that not much is said about them. The Bible tells us to keep our hearts with all diligence for a reason.
"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." (Proverbs 4:23).
The heart is the seat of our belief system (Romans 10:10), so we must be very careful about what we expose our hearts to.
This book will look at different types of hearts, lessons from some people in the Bible, the importance of having and maintaining a tender heart, warnings about the heart, and much more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Springs of life publishing
• Release date: Feb 15, 2023
• ISBN: 9781915269249

Bisi Oladipupo

Bisi Oladipupo has been a Christian for many years and lives in the United Kingdom with her family. Bisi attended a few Bible colleges, and she has obtained a diploma in Biblical Studies from a UK Bible college. She is a teacher of God’s Word, coordinates Bible studies, and has a YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/BisiOladipupo123. She writes regularly, and her website is www.inspiredwords.org   Her author page is www.bisiwriter.com You can contact Bisi by email at [e-mail].

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It’s All About the Heart

Bisi Oladipupo

Springs of life publishing

Copyright © 2022 by Bisi Oladipupo

Springs of life publishing

ISBN: 978-1-915269-24-9 (ePub e-book)

ISBN: 978-1-915269-23-2 (paperback)

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Contents

Dedication

Why The Heart?

1. What Really Makes a Person?

2. Functions of the Heart

3. Different Types of Hearts

4. Examples of Different Types of Hearts Seen in Individuals in the Bible

5. Warnings About the Heart

6. Our Hearts and our Walk with God

7. The Importance of a Pure Heart

8. The Importance of a Tender Heart

9. Health Care for the Heart

10. Prayers for the Heart

11. Conclusion

Salvation Prayer

About Author

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Afterword

To Jesus Christ my Lord and saviour; to Him alone that laid down His life that l might have life eternal. To Him that lead captivity captive and gave gifts unto men (Ephesians 4; 8). One of those gifts is writing!.

Why The Heart?

Our hearts are so important and it is quite amazing that not much is said about them. The Bible tells us to keep our hearts with all diligence for a reason.

"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." (Proverbs 4:23).

It would have been good enough if the scriptures tell us to keep our hearts with diligence but it says keep your heart with ALL diligence. In other words, we must not be negligent when it comes to issues of our hearts.

To keep this in context, it simply means we must guard what affects our hearts. We also need to protect our hearts from things that can hurt them.

Could this be a reason why the Bible says, Abstain from all appearance of evil (1 Thess 5:22). Notice that you do not need to go and taste to see if it is evil. Once it has the appearance of evil, we are told to flee from it.

The heart is the seat of our