Guard Your Heart

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Guard Your Heart

“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.” ~Proverbs 4:23-27

HeartLand Summary

Guard your heart. Protect and keep a close watch on your feelings and mind. Maintain your thoughts. Guard them like a prison warden, because from out of your heart comes your nourishment and your strength. Your heart is the source of what keeps you and makes you alive. This is the place where God saves, where He lives and gives new life. Through your heart comes restoration, refreshing and recovery. This is the place where you are made whole.

Turn away from perverse speech. Depart from a distorted, false and crooked mind. Move yourself far away from vain words. Make sure your eyes are looking straight ahead and your eyelids are kept in front of you. Prepare for yourself a stable road to walk upon. Mentally weigh out the path you are going to take your life's journey on. Make every way certain and firm. Make every road faithful and ready. Never turn aside to the south or to the north. Turn your foot away from doing evil and wickedness. Walk away from doing wrong and from hurtful things.

HeartEncounter Questions

Have you examined your heart against God's Word?

Is guarding your heart important to you?

Do you make an effort to keep unholy and impure thoughts and motives from entering your heart?

Do you watch what you say? What you think? How you act?

Do you make a conscious effort to think, speak and act in a godly way?

Have you genuinely made up your mind to live a holy lifestyle?

HeartCry Prayer

Lord, help me to pay close attention to my heart. I must make sure I keep healthy, godly thoughts and feelings, because the source of all that I am and will be comes from my heart. I must keep it pure and clean- so that You can refresh, restore and revive me. I will stop all perverted and useless talk. I will make a conscious decision to straighten out my crooked mind. I will no longer have eyes that stray from You- but I will stay focused on Your Word- which is able to make me whole. With the help of your Holy Spirit I will work hard to prepare a godly road to walk upon. I have made up my mind to leave all paths of evil and wickedness to follow You.

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