Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

In today's episode, we'll listen to Paul's first session from a Bible study on the book of Jonah called Jonah,

You Can't Outrun Grace. In this introductory session, Paul will explore the

question, what controls your heart as he begins to walk through Jonah's story? You can purchase

the full Bible study at paultrip.com slash Jonah. Now, here's Paul with what controls your heart?

Well, it's my privilege to be able to walk with you through the little book of Jonah in Scripture.

But before we jump in, there's something I want to get you to think about.

There's something that you do every day that's profoundly important.

We all do it.

Most of the time we don't know that we're doing it.

And this thing that I'm talking about will shape the direction of your life.

It's the basis of every decision that you make.

It forms your desires, it forms your way of thinking, it sculpts the way you act and react to one another

and to the situations of everyday life.

It's an intensely, profoundly, distinctively human thing to do.

Are you ready for this?

You interpret your world.

Here's a principle for you. As human beings made in the image You interpret your world.

Here's a principle for you. As human beings made in the image of God,

we don't live life based on the facts of our experience.

We live life based on our interpretation of the facts.

Every human being is a philosopher.

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