Guarding Our Hearts

We have many things in our lives that keep us safe and protected from harm. 

From the clothes we wear to protect us from the elements to the various things in our homes, cars, and jobs, like locks, safety glass, and fire-retardant materials, we are surrounded by protection and security. 

It’s so common and a part of our culture that we seldom think about it. 

What about our hearts? 

I don’t just mean the healthy food we are supposed to eat and the daily exercise we are supposed to participate in that keeps us physically healthy. 

What are we doing to protect our hearts from the worldly influences that can cause us to make bad decisions based on illusions of material things that spark the pride and greed of our self -will? 

How are you guarding your heart from these influences?.. 

Check your experience… 

“Here was something at work in a human heart which had done the impossible.” Big Book pg 11 

Lord, let us guard our hearts from the illusions of this world by focusing on Your Will, Word, and Truth, AMEN. 

“Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” Proverbs 4:23 

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Why worry?.. 

Schedule’s conflict, appointments run long, and our responsibilities never seems to end! 

Now maybe it’s different for you but when I find myself, as I often do, mentally leaving the present situation because my mind wants me to start focusing on where it thinks I should be according to the “plan”, I have to remind myself that this is where I need to be and now is where my focus needs to be.

Wringing my hands, pacing, checking my watch, calendar, or phone, won’t move the time any faster. 

I have learned that the root cause of all of this for me is my fear-based mind’s desire to worry. 

The solution for me is that I have to force myself at times to grab and hold onto the fact that God has me right here right now for His own reasons and I need to be awake and present in this moment and not lost in thoughts and worry over my day not matching up with my calendar. 

Worry won’t change a thing, except to make your present situation more uncomfortable… 

Check your experience… 

 “Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake.” Big Book pg 417 

Lord, let us trade in out worries for your grace and guidance, AMEN. 

 “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4: 6-7 

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Whatcha wearin' on the inside?.. 

I used to share this thought as part of a class lesson when I was on staff at the Salvation Army ARC in Sacramento...

You can wax, wash, shine, polish, and accessorize your car to its finest, but if you don't change the oil, keep the engine serviced, and keep quality fuel in the tank, you won't go anywhere and wind up with a fine-looking piece of junk...

The point is that if you don't maintain your engine (Spiritual condition) and inside mechanical parts (mental and emotional) that others cannot see, you will have junk, no matter how pretty or cool you look on the outside. 

How are you maintaining the Spiritual, emotional, and mental parts of your life?.. 

Check your experience... 

"What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition." Big Book pg 85 

Lord, let us enter your Spiritual gym daily to keep our heart, mind, and soul in fit condition, AMEN. 

"Your adornment must not be merely external . . . but let it be the hidden person of the heart." 1 Peter 3:3-4 

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Drop the rocks...

Did you ever notice that in times of stress, fear, or extended worry your back usually aches and your shoulders and neck are stiff and tight? 

Sheesh! What's up with that? 

 You are probably familiar with the term 'carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders'; and that is exactly what we are trying to do during these painful times! 

We can't change people, places, things, or situations. 

So why do we load our hearts and minds with the weight of things, we cannot change? 

When we block our hearts off from the Holy Spirit, our minds become prisoners of our self-induced thoughts our body takes on the weight of this unnatural stress causing pain in our back, shoulders, and neck... 

Drop those rocks! 

Give the weight of the world to God and watch your pains go away!.. 

As always..... Check your experience…. 

"But soon the sense of His presence had been blotted out by worldly clamors, mostly those within myself." Big Book pg 12-13 

Lord let us give the weight of the world to you freeing us to focus on Your will for us and enjoy Your grace and peace, AMEN. 

"...let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1-2

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Looking for the good in all situations...

Perhaps it's different for you, but I have this magic magnifying glass in my mind that automatically tries to find the negative in everything and make it bigger than it is. 

Over the years I have learned to recognize this and turn it off before it gets a chance to twist my thinking. 

I now look for the good in everything and everyone, even when I am facing challenges and bad news. 

I am FREE to do this because I am God's kid and His Spirit resides in me. I know that no matter what, I will survive the situation and either learn or benefit in some way from it... 

Check your experience... 

"When I focus on what's good today, I have a good day, and when I focus on what's bad, I have a bad day. If I focus on a problem, the problem increases; if I focus on the answer, the answer increases." Big Book pg 417

Lord remind our hearts to quiet our minds in difficult times so that we may feel Your Spirit and know this too shall pass, AMEN. 

"We can rejoice too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love." Romans 5:3-5 

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Clean on the inside... 

Most folks take fairly good care to make sure the things in their lives are clean for the most part. 

We have car washes for our cars, dog washes for our dogs, all kinds of ways to clean our homes and not to mention the infinite amount of personal hygiene products available to help us stay clean. 

While this is all well and good, it only addresses the outsides. 

Car washes don’t keep the inside of our cars, the engine, transmission, and other parts in good working order. All the personal hygiene products make us pretty on the outside and good healthy foods keep us healthy on the inside. 

We do these things daily and pretty much have habits and routines for our grooming and nutritional needs. 

What about our spiritual nature? 

Just how do we keep that clean and pretty? 

Maybe it’s different for you but, I have discovered that a daily dose of God’s Word along with time spent in prayer with Him keeps me in tune with Him and running smoothly… 

Check your experience… 

“The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house.” Big Book pg 98 

Lord, let us clean ourselves daily on the inside with Your Word and Your Holy Spirit, AMEN. 

“After Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee asked Jesus to eat with him. So Jesus went in and sat at the table. But the Pharisee was surprised when he saw that Jesus did not wash his hands before the meal. The Lord said to him, “You Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are full of greed and evil.” Luke 11: 37-39 

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Don't drink the Kool-Aid, just drink the water... 

We buy products based on our experience. 

I have learned the hard way that a pretty package can be misleading. 

It's what's inside that counts. 

We look for the quick fix and instant gratification because that is our cultural norm these days, but do we get the long term and permanent results? 

Perhaps it’s different for you, but I have used these poor quick fix experiences to learn the need to change my thinking. 

When I can be willing to seek spiritual growth daily and work on me and my attitudes, behaviors, and habits the needed wisdom comes and changes happen inside of me… 

 Check your experience… 

"Our ideas did not work. But the God idea did." Big Book pg 52 

Lord, thank You for quenching the thirst in our souls through Your Word and Spirit, AMEN. 

"Anyone who drinks the water I give will never thirst — not ever. The water I give will be an artesian spring within, gushing fountains of endless life.” John 4: 14 

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Hearing check… 

Our hearing comes in all forms. 

Did you know that along with the ears attached to our head we also have other ears? 

We have mental ears that allow our human instincts to silently hear the world around us. We also have spiritual ears that allow our hearts to hear the Holy Spirit. 

While we use the ears attached to our heads to hear the normal everyday stuff life brings along with our “selective hearing” of only what we want to hear, our instinctual ears hear that faucet dripping before we realize it. 

More importantly, our spiritual ears allow our heart to hear the Holy Spirit and guide us towards God’s will and away from our own selfish will… 

Check your experience…

“We never gave the spiritual side of life a fair hearing.” Big Book pg 50 

Lord, let us hear Your Word with our Spiritual ears, AMEN. 

 “Your own ears will hear him. Right behind you a voice will say, this is the way you should go,” Isaiah 30:21 

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Faith or fear?

It's the age-old problem that we face every day. It comes seemingly from out of nowhere, but if not confronted immediately, our day can get hijacked with our thoughts taken hostage and our minds blinded by it. 

What is it?...  FEAR

OK, so maybe you are one of those invincible folks already so full of faith that fear has no way to get a grip inside of you. 

I wish I could say that, but I am human and without putting myself in check with faith each time a fear tries to crop up, I am a victim. 

Try this the next time you find yourself stepping on the gas out of fear of missing the light, or when your mind fills with words you feel you must immediately say, instead of listening to the conversation completely before it's your turn to speak...I bet y'all didn't consider those as a fear did you? 

RELAX and let your faith guide your mind!..

Check your experience… 

"We think fear ought to be classed with stealing. It seems to cause more trouble." Big Book pg 68 

Lord, quiet the fears in our minds with the Faith in our hearts, AMEN. 

"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." 2 Timothy 1:7 

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Membership has its privileges...

How many "memberships" do you have? 

I have a few. There’s my Amazon Prime, PayPal, AARP, (hold the wise cracks, I have a point to make) Triple A, SCAA, AA, the gym, and... oh yeah ... the SPIRITUAL GYM! 

I hope you have a membership to the last one too. It's free, but the dues are paid daily through being in the Word, prayer, and service. 

Are you an active member?..

 Check your experience… 

"What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition." Big Book pg 83 

Lord let us exercise and grow our Spiritual life through Your Word, prayer, and service daily, AMEN. 

"Train yourself to be godly. Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come" 1 Timothy 4:7-8

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Regaining our sight... 

Have you ever noticed how our attitudes, behaviors, and even our sight can be influenced by pride, anger, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, and or sloth? (PAGLEGS) 

These are influenced by our self-driven fears and change how we see things from how things actually are in reality. 

Vision influenced by emotions is not clear vision. 

This poor vision leads us to all sorts of bad choices, actions, and decisions. 

Check your "vision" next time you are being led by emotions into hasty actions. Turn your will over to God and watch your vision (and emotions) be restored...

 Check your experience...

 "His presence had been blotted out by worldly clamors, mostly those within myself. And so it had been ever since. How blind I had been." Big Book pg 12-13

 Lord open the eyes of our hearts so that we can see past the emotions of the moment, AMEN.

 "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." Acts 9:17

Have a blessed day y’all 

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Earn yours today. 

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Have you ever noticed that you are drawn to certain types of people naturally? 

Maybe it's different for you but I tend to gravitate towards folks who are naturally positive and open. I have learned over the years that this is a subconscious act we have within us. 

In my case it's because I want the positivity that they have. I am seeking the Holy Spirit that is shining through them. 

What type of person do you find yourself drawn to?.. 

Check your experience… 

 "... for deep down in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental idea of God." Big Book pg 55 

Lord let Your Spirit shine through us so that others can seek, see, and experience Your Light and grace, AMEN. 

"Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." 1 Peter 3:15 

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It ain't about the stuff we gain..... 

Whoever dies with the most toys DOES NOT win. 

It's common practice for us to try to measure our success in ourselves and others by the size and amount of stuff we have. 

The problem with this standard is that it is an illusion of the truth. 

Whenever I find myself slipping back into this type of thinking I also tend to become less satisfied with what I already have as well as falsely base my happiness on the need to gain more stuff. 

Perhaps it's different for you, but my hope is that you are not measuring your worth to others and God based on the material stuff you have. God and others who really matter in our lives love us for who we are and not for what stuff we have… Check your experience… 

 "In the realm of the material, men's minds were fettered by superstition, tradition, and all sort of fixed ideas." Big Book pg 51

Lord, please let us see that our worth is based on what's in our hearts and not by the stuff we acquire, AMEN. 

"For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out." 1 Timothy 6:7 

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 It ain't about the stuff we gain..... 

Whoever dies with the most toys DOES NOT win. 

It's common practice for us to try to measure our success in ourselves and others by the size and amount of stuff we have. 

The problem with this standard is that it is an illusion of the truth. 

Whenever I find myself slipping back into this type of thinking I also tend to become less satisfied with what I already have as well as falsely base my happiness on the need to gain more stuff. 

Perhaps it's different for you, but my hope is that you are not measuring your worth to others and God based on the material stuff you have. God and others who really matter in our lives love us for who we are and not for what stuff we have… Check your experience… 

 "In the realm of the material, men's minds were fettered by superstition, tradition, and all sort of fixed ideas." Big Book pg 51

Lord, please let us see that our worth is based on what's in our hearts and not by the stuff we acquire, AMEN. 

"For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out." 1 Timothy 6:7 

Have a blessed day Y’all! 

Looking to volunteer or plug into an existing helping opportunity in the Greater Phoenix AZ area? 

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