Guard Your Heart

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Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. —Proverbs 4:23 (NLT)

Keep your heart from being polluted with evil intentions or selfish desires. Second Chronicles 12:14 (NKJV) says, King Rehoboam did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the LORD. May we prepare our hearts to seek Yahweh and His will. Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience... (See Hebrews 10:22) Proverbs 3:3 (NASB1995) says: Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Colossians 3:15 instructs us to let the peace of God rule in our hearts. Above all else, set the affections of your heart on King Yeshua, and follow Him all the days of your life. 

You too, be patient; strengthen your hearts [keep them energized and firmly committed to God], because the coming of the Lord is near. —James 5:8 (AMP)

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