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Guarding Your Heart - U, Inc.
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Guarding Your Heart U, Inc.
Essential Church
December 1, 2024
SUMMARY
- Guarding your heart is crucial - it's the wellspring of your emotions, thoughts, and life.
- Guarding your heart involves guarding your words - being careful not to speak perverse or corrupt things that distort the truth.
- Guarding your heart also involves guarding your eyes and where you allow your gaze to linger, as what you focus on can shape your desires and contentment.
- Guarding your heart requires being intentional about the places you go and the situations you put yourself in, avoiding temptation and areas of weakness.
- Insecurities can arise from both false standards and legitimate gaps between what God calls us to and our own abilities, which we must trust God to fill.
- The words we say to ourselves, whether affirming or self-deprecating, have a powerful impact on how we see ourselves and live our lives.
- Guarding your heart is an ongoing process of vigilance, not just a one-time decision, to protect the wellspring of your life.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- How seriously do you take the security and protection of your heart and mind? Do you have the same level of vigilance as a security guard at a secure facility?
- What are some of the "perverse" or distorted thoughts and self-talk that you find yourself engaging in? How do these impact your self-perception and actions?
- The speaker discusses the importance of "guarding your eyes" and being careful about what media and influences you expose yourself to. What are some areas in your life where you may need to set stronger boundaries or limits?
- The passage talks about the gap between what God calls us to do and what we feel capable of. How have you experienced this tension, and how have you learned to trust God in the midst of your own insecurities?
- What are some practical steps you can take to better "guard your heart" - your thoughts, words, and steps - in order to align them with God's truth about who you are?
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