The Guarding of the Heart

The smart soldier is conscious that it is unwise to lower defenses.
The smart soldier is conscious that it is unwise to lower defenses.
All who would be strong in the Lord, all who would do much for the Lord, will of priority, first seek to be much with their Lord.
A thirsting soul longs for more. Those who audit their heart in times of difficulty and not just check their head will see a soul gazing upwards to heaven.
We seek the face of those we wish to know. This is the desiring and delight of another's presence.
John the Baptist died humbly as a martyr, that Jesus might increase and he might decrease.
'Take heed lest you fall', the apostle Paul counselled. My eyes well. Far too often I have witnessed countless friends fall from their Christian faith. This need not occur.
When my mind is soaked in a weakness (or my soul is crushed) I am unsure whether the sage rules the silly, or the silly rules the sage.
Languished long in empty service? Sown for an eternity among thorns? Lamented visible loss, and the failure to birth spiritual sons and daughters? Relationship with Jesus is God's divine fertilizer in all Christian...
New years are captured by the will to re-build, that heart to improve.
1) Righteousness is a man's only shield against judgement.