17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

1. Ps 119:73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. Ps 100:3 Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Ps 139:14-17 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made ; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. 17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

2. Isa 1:18-20 18 "Come now, let us reason together ," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land; 20 but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

3. Heart -its usage in the NT it denotes (b) the seat of moral nature and spiritual life, the seat of reasoning powers, understanding, perceptions, thoughts, intentions, purpose, conscience, the will, faith, the desires, the affections, the imagination, grief, joy,

4. 1 Thess 2:4-5 But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel , even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts . Rom 1:16-17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

5. Source of the pictures and quotes other than the Bible.

6. If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above,where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Col 3:1,4

7. Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them. Col 3:5-7

8. But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another, Col 3:8-9

9. …since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, Col. 3:9-10

10. Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; Col 3:12

11. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. Col 3:14

12. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. Col 3:15

13. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. Col 3:16

14. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Col 3:17