What Is "Hearts Up"?
"Hearts Up" (ISSN 2155-5826) is the official, monthly, free e-publication from Keys To Understanding Life. You do not have to subscribe as we make each edition available to you from the website. "Hearts Up" places a spotlight on concepts and spiritual dynamics germane to discipleship beyond the elementary teachings of Christ (Hebrews 5:11-6:2) in that it deals with issues associated with real-life application and transformation during trials. The overall goal of "Hearts Up" is to encourage each of us to grow in our relationships with God by increasing our awareness of:
1. When and how Satan attacks and the old self seeks to assert itself during trials.
2. When the Spirit is speaking to our hearts and seeking to counsel us concerning
actions we must take in our new selves during trials (i.e., based on who we are in Christ).
3. Our potential, in Christ, to use God's various "keys to understanding life"
during real-life trials.
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"Hearts Up" also serves as a conduit for communication between the Keys Series authors and believers seeking to benefit from the practical discipleship materials. In addition to articles on practical application and various spiritual dynamics in real-life, each edition keeps you from having to fish around the website looking for new material. "Hearts Up" will let you know when the latest tools and materials are available from the authors of the Keys Series books and when new postings and changes are made to the Keys website!
The following features appear in "Hearts Up" editions. Some features may be included more frequently, but on the whole, we alternate the features to bring variety to each edition.
Spiritual Warfare Combat Tips
Key Words
Key In-Sights
The Bible's Bigger Pictures
Hearing The Hymns
Keys Website Alerts
Status Of The Series
Heart To Heart
Spiritual Warfare Combat Tips
This feature includes:
- Discussing practical application tips for recognizing spiritual dynamics
in the physical world.
- Discovering how discipleship and being discipled is to make a difference
in your real-life trials and challenging situations.
- Highlighting the Spirit's guidance/counsel and how specific it often is.
- Examining Satan's tactics against us, and how we experience his
attacks in normal or everyday real-life trial situations.
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Key Words
A quick but poignant examination of key words or phrases, from the Scripture.
This feature illuminates much of the richer meaning and imagery
captured by the original languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek), but which
we sometimes miss or overlook with our English translations.
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Key In-Sights
These relatively brief quotes/thoughts are packed!
They will help you gain insights, meaning "seeing inside yourself."
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The Bible's Bigger Pictures
These enlightening snapshots provide greater understanding and appreciation for how
various pieces of the Scriptures are put together,
and how that relates to us in terms of everyday application.
Examples include:
- What are the relationships between the Old and New Testaments, and how do
these relationships apply to our relationships with Jesus Christ, if at all?
- What are the historical aspects of the Old Testament supposed to mean to us
as believers living so many years later?
- What are the various ways God has related with humanity? And why?
- In what ways have God's interactions with us remained the same? And why?
- How can we recognize Satan's activities more clearly? Are there patterns in
Satan's attacks which might somehow be useful for us to observe?
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Hearing The Hymns
Are you listening to what you are singing?
This feature provides some really thought provoking
and heartfelt observations of songs we often sing,
as well as songs sung by our predecessors.
Hearing the Hymns challenges us to apply the spiritual concepts
we sing about to our everyday situations and trials.
Keys Website Alerts
- Alerts you to new pages or material added to
KeysToUnderstanding Life.com
- Find out when we've added new, "special", secret, and fun interactions on the website
- Find out when Supplemental Information to
Keys Series material is posted to the site
- Alerts you to any changes in the website's Terms of Use and Privacy Policies
Status Of The Series
Get a quick snapshot of where the next
Keys To Understanding Life Series books and materials are in the
publication queue. This feature also lets you know as soon as new material
is released.
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Heart To Heart
This feature includes an open-ended, standing invitation. You can share with others
how your relationship with the Lord has been strengthened, encouraged or built up
by the
Keys To Understanding Life website,
spiritual warfare materials, or "Hearts Up".
If you write poems, psalms, lyrics or prose of faith and would like to share it with others,
you may contribute it for this feature in "Hearts Up" editions.
Check out our
guidelines for submitting a contribution/testimony.
