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Proverbs 4:23,
“Above all else,
guard your heart
for everything you do flows from it.”
Now, many of you
are familiar with this scripture.
I see so many,
I hear so many saying,
we have to guard our heart,
we have to guard our heart.
And you use this to validate
walking around with walls up
and trying to protect yourself from
being hurt.
Let me tell you,
you’re getting this scripture wrong.
Now, before
you feel some kind of way about that
let me throw in there real quick.
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guarding your heart.
Here’s the thing,
guarding your heart and this is
my personal interpretation,
and I encourage any of you to
pray about what I’m speaking on right now.
And to ask God if what I’m saying
is true
and is the way that you should
be looking at this scripture.
I believe that the guarding your heart scripture
is not about protecting yourself
and stopping yourself from being hurt.
Because the reality is that in life
we’re all going to get hurt.
We’re all going to experience disappointment.
We’re all going to go through some things
we don’t want to have to go through,
and you cannot stop that from happening.
When you live your life
“guarding your heart”,
you live your life in fear.
You live your life with your walls up,
and being skeptical,
and being negative,
and being pessimistic.
Because you’re looking
and being on guard
of everything that can come
too close to your heart,
too close to making you feel
vulnerable in a way that you’re going
to end up disappointed and hurt.
That’s not a way to live life.
Let me explain something to you.
If you are walking in fear
you’re letting the devil use you.
Plain and simple.
There’s no way around that.
The only way to make sure
you’re on the right side of things
is to walk in faith.
Guarding your heart
isn’t about not getting hurt.
Guarding your heart is about making sure
anger,
anxiety,
jealousy,
resentment,
all these negative things,
negative emotions,
negative energy,
does not get into your heart.
Because as the scripture says,
“Everything you do flows from it.”
If you are anxious
you are going to behave
in anxiety.
If you are resenting things,
if you are angry,
you’re going to behave in that way,
and nothing good
is going to come from that.
That’s the real issue.
That’s what you have to be mindful of,
but this idea that you have to
be very cautious when you’re dating.
Be overly cautious
or be very protective
and closed off with family,
friends, and those who are trying to love you.
Because you don’t even trust
them that way.
That’s a problem.
You cannot continue to live
life this way.
What I want you to do is,
I want you to one;
heal from these things,
and yes, I have resources.
Be sure to check out my book,
Finding Love After Heart break.
It tells you how to heal
and I want you to walk through those steps,
and really get to a place where
you are no longer guarding your heart.
You’re trusting God with it.
You’re trusting God to lead you through life.
You’re allowing yourself
to be open, to be vulnerable,
to pour all the love and positive energy
out of it
so that you can receive it in return.
Because the same walls
you have up to protect you
are the same walls blocking your blessings.
I don’t want your blessings being blocked anymore,
so please, change your perspective,
but again,
just pray about this.
Pray about what I just told you.
Ask God if this message for you
and if it is,
embrace it,
let’s get to work with the healing,
and let’s start moving
on a much better path.
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