{"id":12270,"date":"2025-04-07T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12270"},"modified":"2025-03-27T09:47:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T14:47:50","slug":"guard-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/guard-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Guard It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Black-and-Red-Simple-and-Typographic-Custom-Valentines-Day-Themed-T-Shirt-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Black-and-Red-Simple-and-Typographic-Custom-Valentines-Day-Themed-T-Shirt-Instagram-Post-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Black-and-Red-Simple-and-Typographic-Custom-Valentines-Day-Themed-T-Shirt-Instagram-Post-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Black-and-Red-Simple-and-Typographic-Custom-Valentines-Day-Themed-T-Shirt-Instagram-Post-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Black-and-Red-Simple-and-Typographic-Custom-Valentines-Day-Themed-T-Shirt-Instagram-Post-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Black-and-Red-Simple-and-Typographic-Custom-Valentines-Day-Themed-T-Shirt-Instagram-Post-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Black-and-Red-Simple-and-Typographic-Custom-Valentines-Day-Themed-T-Shirt-Instagram-Post.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To keep your heart pure, practice God\u2019s law. Living a righteous life means learning what the Bible says, then actually doing it. Jesus told us which commands we should put into practice first and foremost:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cLove the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.\u2019 The second is this: \u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019 There is no commandment greater than these.\u201d<br>Mark 12:30-31<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To fulfill the Greatest Commandment, you\u2019ll need to learn the rest of God\u2019s law, as each one centers on healthy relationships. Putting scripture into practice will lead you on the path of abundant, fruitful relationships that bring joy to your life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guarding against the negative emotions of guilt, shame, condemnation, bitterness, and jealousy enables us to maintain soft hearts, ready to receive God\u2019s love and then extend it to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, when we ruminate on the negative, we miss the positive. We must guard our hearts from drowning itself in negativity, allowing the Lord\u2019s flow of light to access all areas of our soul. Thankfully, God has given us His Word to help keep our hearts pure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t beat yourself up for past mistakes; keep trying and don\u2019t give up. Jesus doesn\u2019t expect perfection; He wants your heart. Following Him will teach you how to keep it pure, guarding your inner being with His word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Prayer:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lord,<br>Thank You once again for Your Word that does so much for our lives. Although we don\u2019t understand everything, we do trust You. Help us learn Your teachings, applying them to our lives and living entirely for You.<br>IJNIP. Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. To keep your heart pure, practice God\u2019s law. Living a righteous life means learning what the Bible says, then actually doing it. Jesus told us which commands we should put into practice first and foremost: \u201cLove the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/guard-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Guard It<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12270"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12278,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12270\/revisions\/12278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}