A Protected Heart - Study Guide #2

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Protect means to keep from being damaged, attacked, stolen, or injured; to guard.

What types of things do we go to great lengths to protect?

How do we protect these things?


What should we guard above all else? (Proverbs 4:23)

Why?

What helps guard our hearts?
Proverbs 30:5 (see also II Sam. 22:31; Ps. 18:30) -

II Tim. 1:12-14 -

Philippians 4:-6-7


Why is there no other effective way to guard our hearts? - Psalm 127:1


Read Psalm 91. This is a beautiful description of God's protection.

What are some of the descriptions of God's protection from this passage?




Who is promised this protection?


What are we protected from?

Psalm 119:11 -

Eph. 6:10-18 –  

Hebrews 2:14-15 –

II Pet. 3:17-18 –


What makes the Word of God a powerful protector?

Psalm 19:7-11 -

II Tim. 3:16-17 -

Hebrews 4:12-13 -

Rev. 19:11-21 -


The best choice is to entrust our hearts to God through prayer and His Word. Then by the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives we will have a guard around our hearts that is steadfast and true. It will be triumphant on that day when we will at last see our Savior, and we will present to him a heart made righteous by the blood of the Lamb.

Solomon implores his son to not let his heart be led astray by the faithless woman. Solomon's plea to his son could very well be the same words God would say to us as his children.  He loves us, and as our Heavenly Father he begs us to not let our hearts be turned away from him by the world.

Proverbs 7:1-5; 24-27

 
What practical steps can I take to guard my heart today? (see also Prov. 2:1-11)

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