Thus says the LORD:"Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength,whose heart turns away from the LORD. He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.

"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit."

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?"I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways,according to the fruit of his deeds."

Jeremiah 17:5-10 (ESV)

From Jeremiah 17:

• Verse 8 – Heat

• Verse 6 – Thorn bush

• Verses 5 & 7 – Cross

• Verses 7 & 8 – Fruit tree

• Verses 9 & 10 – Our hearts

How Do People Change?

HEATWhat is your situation?

REAPWhat are the

consequences?

REAPWhat are the

consequences?

THORNSFRUIT

Bad RootWhat do you want

and believe?

Good RootSeek God in

repentance and faith

REDEEMERWho is God and what does He

say and do in Christ?

Bad FruitHow do you react?

Good FruitRespond with love

• Heat: Our situation in daily life, with difficulties, blessings & temptations.

• Thorns: A person’s ungodly response to the situation. It includes behavior, the heart driving the behavior, and the consequences of that result.

• Cross: The presence of God in His redemptive glory and love. Through Christ, He brings comfort, cleansing, and the power to change.

• Fruit: This is the person’s new godly response to the situation from God’s power at work in our heart. It includes behavior, the heart renewed by God’s grace, and the harvest of consequences that follow.

“How People Change”

Wednesday nights, 7 p.m.

for the next six weeks…

Through June 29