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Guard Your Heart
Above All Else,
For It Determines The Course Of Your Life.
Can you imagine driving on a mountain road or going across a bridge that has no guardrails? Living your life without guardrails is just as scary and just as dangerous! One click of the mouse on your computer, taking a drink again, one conversation alone with someone of the opposite sex that is not your spouse, all of us are just a few steps away from crossing the line and getting off of the safe path. Lets set some boundaries for our lives. Lets put up some guardrails before we crash and burn. Lets do it now! It is never too late!
Scripture
Proverbs 4
23 Guard your heart above all else,
for it determines the course of your life.
24 Avoid all perverse talk;
stay away from corrupt speech.
25 Look straight ahead,
and fix your eyes on what lies before you.
26 Mark out a straight path for your feet;
stay on the safe path.
27 Don’t get sidetracked;
keep your feet from following evil.
Observation
People have referred to these boundaries as the “Billy Graham Standard”!
I don’t know or care what you call them but men and women it just makes good sense to set up “guardrails” in our lives to keep us from getting side tracked, from going over the edge to crash and burn!
Can you imagine driving on a mountain road or going across a bridge that has no guardrails?
Living your life without guardrails is just as scary and just as dangerous!
One click of the mouse on your computer, taking a drink again, one conversation alone with someone of the opposite sex that is not your spouse, all of us are just a few steps away from crossing the line and getting off of the safe path.
Lets set some boundaries for our lives. Lets put up some guardrails before we crash and burn.
Lets do it now! It is never too late!
Rick Warren’s Standards for his staff at Saddleback Church
1.
Thou shalt not go to lunch alone with the opposite sex.
*
2.
Thou shalt not have the opposite sex pick you up or
drive you places when it is just the two of you. *
3.
Thou shalt not kiss any attendee of the opposite sex or
show affection that could be questioned. *
4.
Thou shalt not visit the opposite sex alone at home.
5.
Thou shalt not counsel the opposite sex alone at the
office, and thou shalt not counsel the opposite sex more than once without that
person’s mate. Refer them.
6.
Thou shalt not discuss detailed sexual problems with
the opposite sex in counseling. Refer them.
7.
Thou shalt not discuss your marriage problems with an
attendee of the opposite sex.
8.
Thou shalt be careful in answering emails, instant
messages, chatrooms, cards, or letters from the opposite sex.
9.
Thou shalt make your secretary your protective ally.
10.
Thou shalt pray for the integrity of other staff
members.
Application
I
will guard my heart and I will use guardrails and boundaries to keep me on the
right path. How about you?
Prayer
I pray for anyone reading this blog that is struggling with temptation and maybe has already crossed over into sinful behavior. Help them to repent. Help them to renew their relationship with You. Help them to set up the necessary guardrails in his or her life that will help keep them on the right path and heading in the right direction.
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