Wholehearted
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Defined
Defined
The seat of conscience
heart (internal feature) n. — the locus of a person’s thoughts (mind), volition, emotions, and knowledge of right from wrong (conscience) understood as the heart.
15 mention in Psalm 119 with more mentions of the heart than in any other chapter (granted it’s long)
Whole hearted - a complete earnestness
In LOVE
Deuteronomy 6:5
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might
English Standard Version Chapter 22
Now set your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God
“set” to act (mental decision), Identify
English Standard Version Chapter 19
And he charged them: “Thus you shall do in the fear of the LORD, in faithfulness, and with your whole heart
In “faithfulness” - allegiance to
In Obedience
English Standard Version Psalm 119
2 Blessed are those who keep his testimonies,
who seek him with their whole heart,
English Standard Version Psalm 119
34 Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
and observe it with my whole heart.
Observe - to conform to it
In Trust
English Standard Version Chapter 3
Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding
to believe/ accept - we’ve tainted this word somewhat “I’m trusting you are going to do.... “ There is often a question in our voice. But, this is to believe and fully accept
In Prayer
English Standard Version Chapter 29
13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
seek
to seek (experience) v. — to earnestly try to encounter the presence of a deity
In Repentance
English Standard Version Chapter 2
Yet even now,” declares the LORD,
“return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;
English Standard Version Chapter 22
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.