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From The Head to the Heart · Men's Morning Devotional

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  SPEAKER_00: Gentlemen, every day is a battle.
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  SPEAKER_00: A battle for your faith, your family, and your purpose.
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  SPEAKER_00: The men who stand strong don't prepare when the battle arrives.
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  SPEAKER_00: They prepare before it begins.
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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the men's morning devotional.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's get into God's word.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's time to man up.
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  Chris Alessi: All right, guys, it's Tuesday.
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  Chris Alessi: Welcome back to the Men's Morning Devotional.
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  Chris Alessi: My name is Chris Alesi.
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  Chris Alessi: And again, I want to encourage you to keep sharing this podcast with some other men.
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  Chris Alessi: We know it's going to be a blessing.
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  Chris Alessi: Yesterday on Monday, we established the foundation of the week as we dive into Proverbs 7.
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  Chris Alessi: We talked about a principled man being a man who really guards his wisdom.
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  Chris Alessi: He guards the things that he has been learning.
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  Chris Alessi: Today we're going to dive into the next verse, verse 3 of Proverbs 7.
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  Chris Alessi: After the first two verses say the word keep three times, verse 3 says, bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.
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  Chris Alessi: After the first two verses tell us three different times, it uses the word keep.
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  Chris Alessi: In verse 3, it says this bind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heart.
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  Chris Alessi: So here's our man up moment for today.
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  Chris Alessi: Wisdom written on your heart leads differently than wisdom sitting on your shelf.
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  Chris Alessi: This term, bind them on your fingers or write them on the tablet of your heart.
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  Chris Alessi: Solomon gives us two images here, and they actually work together.
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  Chris Alessi: See, fingers are external, visible, practical, always in use.
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  Chris Alessi: As I'm talking right now, I'm using my hands to talk.
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  Chris Alessi: It's it's just it happens.
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  Chris Alessi: Whatever's bound on your fingers is with you in everything you do and everyone you touch.
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  Chris Alessi: Your work, your parenting, your conversations with people, the wisdom on your fingers shapes how you handle all of it.
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  Chris Alessi: But then he goes even deeper.
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  Chris Alessi: He says, write them on the tablet of your heart.
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  Chris Alessi: The heart in Hebrew thinking isn't primarily just the seat of emotion, it's the seat of will and decision.
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  Chris Alessi: What's written on your heart is what drives your choices when no one is watching.
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  Chris Alessi: When you're tired, when the pressure's on and there's no time to think.
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  Chris Alessi: It's the thing that's already there before your brain is really caught up.
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  Chris Alessi: And so here's the honest challenge for most men.
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  Chris Alessi: Most of us have wisdom in our heads that hasn't made it to our heart yet.
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  Chris Alessi: We know what we should do.
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  Chris Alessi: We've heard the sermons, we've read the books, we've listened to the podcasts.
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  Chris Alessi: But knowing and being are two different things.
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  Chris Alessi: Sometimes we say, if I know better, I'll do better, but we know that's not always the case.
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  Chris Alessi: The man who has wisdom only in his head will abandon it under pressure.
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  Chris Alessi: But the man who has it written on his heart, that man holds the line when it costs him something.
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  Chris Alessi: I think of when David says in the book of Psalms, I have written your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
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  Chris Alessi: How do we get this wisdom and knowledge from our head to our heart?
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  Chris Alessi: It's the same way anything gets written.
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  Chris Alessi: Slowly, repeatedly, over time, through the daily disciplines of prayer, scripture, and honest self-examination.
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  Chris Alessi: It's through relationship and community and doing life over the long haul.
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  Chris Alessi: It's not something that happens one time.
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  Chris Alessi: We have to write it every day until it's finally carved in.
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  Chris Alessi: So here's your man up challenge for this week.
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  Chris Alessi: Pick one piece of wisdom, one verse, one principle, one truth that you know in your head, but you haven't fully lived it yet.
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  Chris Alessi: Guys, I know mine.
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  Chris Alessi: I'm thinking about it right now, and I'm gonna write it down somewhere where I'll see it all week.
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  Chris Alessi: I encourage you to do the same.
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  Chris Alessi: Read it morning and night.
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  Chris Alessi: Start the process of moving it from your shelf to your heart.
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  Chris Alessi: Let's pray.
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  Chris Alessi: Lord, we don't just want wisdom in our head.
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  Chris Alessi: We want it written on our heart.
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  Chris Alessi: We want it so deep that it shapes our decisions before we've even thought them through.
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  Chris Alessi: Lord, write your truth in us.
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  Chris Alessi: Bind it to everything we touch today.
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  Chris Alessi: In Jesus' name.
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  Chris Alessi: Amen.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right, gentlemen, you've heard God's word.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now go live it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lead well, stand strong, honor God in everything you do.
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  SPEAKER_00: Share this devotional with another brother.
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  SPEAKER_00: Remember, every day is another opportunity to man up.