We secure our homes, lock our phones, and guard our passwords, but often leave the most important part of us wide open: our hearts.

Not the muscle in your chest, but the core of who you are—your thoughts, desires, convictions, and secrets.

In this episode of Sunday Renewal, we explore Proverbs 4:23 and unpack why guarding your heart is not just wise; it is essential because everything in your life flows from it.

If you have been feeling overwhelmed, reactive, or spiritually distracted, this message will help you get back to the root.

You will learn how to build a spiritual firewall around your soul and how to protect what matters most in a world full of distractions, temptations, and noise.

Because if your heart is the spring, then whatever flows from it becomes your life.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ What Proverbs 4:23 really means and why it might be the most important command for your spiritual health

✅ How your heart shapes everything from your peace to your relationships

✅ Why neglecting your heart can quietly unravel your walk with God

✅ 7 Biblical practices to help you guard your heart in a distracted world

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What if trusting God didn’t require the pain to stop first?

What if the most powerful kind of faith wasn’t found on the mountaintop but in the valley when everything still hurts?

In this episode of Sunday Renewal, we return to Psalm 13 and witness something remarkable.

David is still waiting. God still hasn’t spoken. The sorrow hasn’t lifted.

But in the silence, something begins to shift, not in David’s situation but in his soul.

This isn’t a story about the pain going away.

It’s about a man choosing to trust before the rescue.

David shows us that faith isn’t the absence of struggle. It’s a defiant trust in the middle of it.

If you’ve ever felt like your prayers are bouncing off the ceiling or like your faith is barely hanging on, this episode will remind you that God’s silence is not His absence and your tears are not the end of your story.

Together, we’ll explore what it means to grieve honestly, pray persistently, and worship boldly even when God feels far away.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• How David shifts from grief to trust without a change in his circumstances
• Why worship can be a weapon in the battle and not just a response after victory
• What it means to pray in the dark and keep believing when you can’t see the way forward
• How to find hope not in what you feel but in who God has always been

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What do you do when God feels far away and life feels too heavy to carry?

In this first part of a two-part series, we open Psalm 13—a gut-wrenching prayer from David that gives voice to the silence, sorrow, and confusion that often accompany seasons of grief.

David doesn’t start with strength; he begins with struggle.

Four times he cries out, “How long, O Lord?”

Not because he stopped believing, but because he was barely holding on.

This isn’t a sermon about having all the answers.

It’s about having permission to question, wrestle, and bring your raw, unfiltered emotions to God without shame.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

✅ Why God’s silence isn’t the same as His absence

✅ How grief becomes a mental and spiritual battlefield

✅ What Psalm 13 teaches us about permission, lament, and trust

Whether you're in a season of loss or simply feeling spiritually dry, this episode is for you.

Come be reminded that even in the silence, God is still near, and you are not forgotten.

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