Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. (Proverbs 4:23) What does it mean to guard/keep your heart? Does it mean an external or internal exercise or is a combination of both? Are we to build a physical or virtual fence around our hearts or are we to inject...
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to thy word. With my whole heart I seek thee; let me not wander from thy commandments! I have laid up thy word in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. (Psalm 119:9-11) The Psalmist asks this pertinent question in...
Source: www.dayspring.com Fill every heart with thanksgiving Rejoice always, pray constantly, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit, do not despise prophesying, but test everything; hold fast what is good, abstain from every form of evil. (1 Thessalonians 5: 16-22)...
Service be our earnest endeavor You call me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to...
With hearts both strong and true When our enemies heard that it was known to us and that God had frustrated their plan, we all returned to the wall, each to his work. From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, and half held the spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail;...