2.  http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyourdefense mechanismquiz/ http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyourdefense mechanismquiz

3. Modern psychology and even some Biblical counselling tries to help people understand their pasts, to bring out past events and experiences. Can you see any problems with this? a. Make excuses for present behaviour, not sin in our hearts b. That an understanding of the past can change the present c. That if you could change the past it would fix the future d. This means that our inner passions are essentially passive, empty and needy and if we just give our heart the right circumstance it will change from bad to good.

4.  Look up these verses to find out what the heart is about:  Jeremiah 17:9  Proverbs 4:4  Proverbs 5:12  Proverbs 6:14  Mark 7:21-23  Jeremiah 31:33

5.  John 14:1  Romans 5:5  Mark 11:23  Deut 8:14  Gen. 42:28  Matt 11:29  Prov. 23:17  Matt. 9:4  Prov. 2:10  Psalm 51:10  Mark 3:5

6.  What is this saying about our behaviors, attitudes and thoughts?