Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.Proverbs 4:23 NIV Bible Gateway
for everything you do flows from it.Proverbs 4:23 NIV Bible Gateway
When you hear about closing doors in the spiritual sense you may think of God closing one door yet opening another but for the purpose of this short devotion the doors will be your eyes, ears, mouth and mind. Got this idea from a message from Pastor Steven Furtick of Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.
It is essential to guard your heart for from it flows everything else meaning you have to discipline your ‘portals’ that are entry ways for things that can affect you. Refuse to listen to gossip, ugly negative talk for instance. Let your mouth only say happy uplifting things and not doomsday chatter. And the eyes should not look upon things that will cause you to stumble in your spiritual walk.
Basically ‘shut the doors’ on these entry ways when it comes to bad stuff and don’t entertain or meddle with things in the world. Your life will have more growth in the Lord if you can daily work on doing this.
PRAYER:I choose to focus on being joyful and not allow bad stuff to slip through the ‘doors’. Help me break any strongholds keeping me from doing this. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Becky: We must close our hearts to things that are ungodly. We don't realize the things that we hear are offensive to God. Thank you for the reminder. Peace and blesings to you and yours.
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