Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.  Avoid all perverse talk, stay away from corrupt speech.
Proverbs4:23-24 (NLT)

Guarding your heart is something that only you can do.  No one else, no matter how much they love you, can do this for you.  God has told you to do this.  Does this make you stop and ask, "How can I do this?"  Probably most people who are young ask this question and may find it hard to get the right answer.  We know that the only place to get the answer is in the Bible. So what does the bible say about this?

For one thing this verse tells you to "avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech". Also the bible says out of the abundance of your heart your mouth speaks. So, what you say has a big impact on how you are to guard your heart.  Don't hang out with those that have evil to say about others, who are always putting people down, talking behind the backs of people who may trust them,  and being disrespectful of those older then themselves.  Actually being disrespectful of anyone is not acceptable.


To make this really easy, watch who you hang with, don't let peer pressure put you in a crowd that is not living the way you want your life to go. Watch what you listen to, because that is what ends up in your heart and then when you speak that is what comes out.


It's a big job to make right choices, but the rewards are much bigger when you make right choices.  Believe it or not, you can actually walk away from a bad conversation, try to change the subject or just make the choice, this is not the crowd that's best for you.  

This is how you guard your heart!

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