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The Heart

What is the Circumcision of the Heart?

by Patrick Oben
The circumcision of the heart showing a heart in leaves

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer stubborn (Deut. 10:16 ESV). As Israel prepared to enter the promised land, Moses urged them to circumcise the foreskin …

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God’s Medication to Change People’s Hearts

by Patrick Oben
God's medication showing pills and a heart

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? (Jeremiah 17:9 ESV) Jeremiah prophesied thousands of years ago that the human heart is desperately sick. …

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Keep thy Heart with all Diligence

by Patrick Oben
Keep thy Heart with all Diligence showing security guards with shields

Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life (Proverbs 4:23 KJV) The Lord commands us to guard our hearts in Proverbs 4:23 because …

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Behold, I stand at the door and knock

by Patrick Oben
Behold, I stand at the door and knock showing a man knocking at the door

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and …

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Break up your fallow ground and sow not among thorns

by Patrick Oben

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns (Jeremiah 4:3 KJV) Plowing in ancient Israel was …

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I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh

by Patrick Oben
I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh showing the image of a heart made with stones

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and …

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A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance

by Patrick Oben
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance showing a young man jumping up in joy

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken (Proverbs 15:13 KJV) Deshen App is now in the App stores with a …

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As he thinketh in his heart, so is he

by Patrick Oben
as he thinketh in his heart so is he

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.  (Proverbs 23:7 KJV) The Hebrew construction …

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Patrick Oben Ministries Inc is the teaching ministry of Dr. Patrick Oben based in Ankeny, Iowa. Our singular purpose is to build the Body of Christ by the wisdom and power of the Word of God through the Holy Spirit.

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