Guard Your Heart

Dear young man/ young lady, 

Did you know that the core of your identity is your heart ❤️.  Your heart is special, so God wants you to guard your heart and keep it pure and holy.





Why? Because, When we are careless and give our heart to people who may hurt it, we will end up with a broken heart. 


When we allow impure thoughts into our heart, we may end up doing impure actions with bad motives that cause heart break to others. Some times we can hurt someone so bad that their identity itself is broken or ruined.


Think about it, today many people your age have girlfriend or boyfriend, they are committed in a relationship. Many think that it is cool. What do you think about that? How does it affect your heart?


Often we think that the other person is the love of our life. But what is their purpose of the relationship? Many a time at this age it’s just fantasy or infatuation. Just having a good time talking with them or even depending on them to fulfil your emotional needs. 


But sadly, such relationships are affecting our heart and who we are even without us realising it. It distracts us from studying, makes us hide things from our parents or elders, makes us move away from God and His word. Have you experienced this? 


And eventually when the relationship breaks, it breaks our heart. Each time a relationship breaks it makes a cut or scar on our heart. And if a person continues like this, by the time they are ready for marriage all that remains is a scarred, broken and torn heart. These scars will not allow them to be truly happy in their marriage. Would you want a marriage like that in future? 


That’s why God tells us, guard your heart, keep it holy, remain pure in thought and deeds. A pure heart is like a river flowing with life giving water and out of this heart will flow pure and holy thoughts, actions and loving words that will bless, touch and heal everyone that it come in contact with. If you feel God is speaking to you now regarding the condition of your heart, say a prayer. Repent of any unholy relationships you are in, just ask God to help you leave it now. Ask God to heal any wounds or scars already present. Commit to the Lord and make a decision to keep your heart pure and focus on your studies/work and future. God will honour your decision and bless your future.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Joyful Giving

Image
  The Bible teaches us many principles for living as the children of God. I like to call these the Kingdom Principles. One such principle is regarding giving. It may be giving to God, or to others; either as tithes and offerings or as gifts of money, things or time. Why give? God is the source of all our blessings: James 1:17 says, “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” Deuteronomy 8:18 reminds us, “And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth”. So, our giving to the LORD acknowledges Him as the source of all our blessings; it shows our gratefulness; and it honors & glorifies Him. Our giving is God’s provision to the Church and to his children in need: Malachi 3:8-10 challenges us, “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say...
Read more

Mother’s role in a married child’s life

Image
  On Mother’s Day, we often get wishes and messages relating to young moms. Mothers who have little children or even teens. Seldom do we see messages addressing mothers of grown up married children. So here is a short one for all the older moms, and of course the younger moms can glean a lot of wisdom from this too. When your child is 30 or 40 or even 50 years old, still you are a mother and your influence in their life has a huge impact on them and their family.   When your child gets married, they are entering a new phase and so are you. The Bible says “A man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife”. This applies to both son and daughter. Your son or daughter needs to leave you and cleave to their spouse. This does not mean you are not part of their life. The more you give them the freedom and independence, the more they will honour and cherish you.  And much of the way they relate to you also depends on factors like, how did you treat your parents and ...
Read more