Safeguard Your Heart ?❤️?

[Bible Speaks]

"The heart is more treacherous

than anything else and is desperate.

Who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9).

?❤️Safeguard Your Heart ❤️?

“More than all else that is to be guarded, safeguard your heart, for out of it are the sources of life.”—PROVERBS 4:23.

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Tests of faith often come our way. These provide us with opportunities to note the condition of our heart. To the Israelites who were on the verge of entering the Promised Land, Moses said: “Jehovah your God made you walk these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, to put you to the test so as to know what was in your heart, as to whether you would keep his commandments or not.” (Deuteronomy 8:2) 

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Are we not often surprised at feelings, desires, or reactions that surface when we face unexpected situations or temptations? The trials that Jehovah permits to take place can certainly make us aware of our flaws, giving us an opportunity to make improvement. (James 1:2-4) 

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May we never fail to reflect prayerfully on our response to trials!

This treachery of the heart may manifest itself when we make excuses for our errors, minimize shortcomings, rationalize away serious personality flaws, or exaggerate accomplishments. A desperate heart is also capable of taking on a two-sided posture—smooth lips saying one thing, actions saying another. (Psalm 12:2; Proverbs 23:7) How vital that we be honest as we examine what comes out of the heart!

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