A presentation on the nature of desires, the corruption of our desires and the redeeming of them.

2. The Desires of
Your Heart
Dr. Brian Rice
Leadership ConneXtions International

13. Anne Sullivan
Helen Keller

14. My food is to do the will of
him who sent me and to
finish his work. John 4:33

15. I have come down from
heaven not to do my will but
to do the will of him who sent
me. John 6:38

16. I have come down from heaven not to do my will
but to do the will of him who sent me.
John 6:38

21. The heart has
reasons that reason
does not know.
Pascal

22. “Our hearts are restless until they find
their rest in Thee.” Augustine

23. My soul yearns, even faints for the courts of the
Lord. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living
God. Psalm 84:2

26. Original Sin
Misery
Lost
Broken
Ruined soul
Marred image

27. Everything’s broken . . .
Bob Dylan

28. Confused
About
Desires

29. Just one thing . . .

31. What do you
want me to do
for you?
Jesus to a
blind beggar
Luke 18:40

32. Desires:
Mixed and
Torn

34. I have the desire to do
what is good but I
cannot carry it out. For
what I do is not the good
I want to do; no the evil
I do not want to do - this
I keep on doing.
Romans 7:18-19

35. For the sinful nature
desires what is contrary
to the Spirit, and the
Spirit what is contrary to
the sinful nature. They
are in conflict with each
other, so that you not do
what you want..
Galatians 5:16-17

36. It is not that our
desires are too
strong, they are
too weak.
C.S. Lewis
Weak Desires

44. Corrupt
Desires

46. Ken Lay
ENRON, CEO

47. Jack Abramoff

54. “For who is he
who will devote
himself to be
close to me?”
declares the
Lord.
Jeremiah 30:21

55. Create in me a
clean heart . . .
And renew a
right spirit
within me.
Psalm 51:10

57. Whom have I in heaven
but you? And earth has
nothing I desire
besides you.
Psalm 73:5