I’ve been thinking a lot recently about guarding my heart and asking Holy Spirit what it means to do that and HOW to do it well.

1. Guarding my heart is protecting it from collecting offenses, grudges, and resentment.
2. Guarding my heart keeps it soft toward God and truth, but it becomes hard when I don’t guard it.
3. Guarding my heart is living from God’s strength rather than striving on my own.
4. Guarding my heart keeps my view of God in the right place.

Ways to Guard Our Hearts

1. Reading and meditating on God’s word
2. Being in authentic relationship with people who love and speak truth to us
3. Spending time with God in worship and prayer
4. Being humble before God and others and repenting from sin

Proverbs 4:20-27

Guarding our heart keeps God at the center of our life and truth at the center of our mind. But a hardened heart will cause us to compromise our life one small choice at a time until we’re living in a way that we never wanted to.

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It's been a summer of puppies over here, and God has been reminding me of how important boundaries are for all of us.

Boundaries aren't mean; they create safe and healthy places for us to grow.

"Patience is better than power and controlling one's emotions than capturing a city." Proverbs 16:32

I give a practical and important example of a boundary God gives us.

Deuteronomy 30:15,16

Psalm 16:5,6

Boundaries are important for puppies, but they are equally important for people.

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What if courage isn't about feeling less afraid? Courage happens when faith becomes action.

Faith is believing in something you can't see; courage is the action behind the faith.

Jump! You will learn to fly only when you jump!

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9

God is always putting his finger on something in us that he wants us to grow in. What is that for you in this season?

"Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong." Mandy Hale

Sometimes the next level of our life is waiting just on the other side of one courageous step.

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