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Conscience: Guards Hearts/Protects Minds

Conscience: Guards Heart/Protects MindsThe heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve.” (Jeremiah 17: 9,10 NIV)

Hearts

Hearts unguarded deceive by stirrings produced by outside stimuli. It can be anything and cause actions on a whim. We refer conscience to an inner filter. We hope our children process through inner filters as much as God hopes same for His children. As believers, this filter is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit works with our conscience.

Conscience

Conscience is defined as moral goodness or blameworthiness of one’s own conduct, intentions, or character together with a feeling of obligation to do right or be good. Yes, this is how God designed our inner being. We were formed in God’s image. This is all good, except man’s fall allowed the enemy a limited power to influence. Without the Holy Spirit and our conscience, our hearts are open to deception. Consider space from hearts to minds. It’s amazing between these two areas God placed filters to protect from deception.

Minds

During a Bible study I attend, one of the sweetest ladies nailed it. If we are not moving forward, we are sliding backwards. There is no such thing as park in our spiritual journey. Not only do we guard our hearts, we protect our minds. We move forward gaining wisdom, Word knowledge, and understanding. We slide backwards failing to glorify God. Romans 1:21 states, For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. When our minds become futile, we’re incapable of producing anything useful. Here is where the enemy has many slumbering. A futile mind is the devil’s playground.

Finish line

During initial conviction in our conscience, we’re free to repent and turn away from sin. Satan’s grip has no hold. More filters are ignored, deeper into sin we go. This mutates behavior more like the world than God’s image. We want momentum moving forward. Every day we move closer to the finish line. Forward Friday! Let’s move forward with renewed consciences avoiding slips backward. One for all- all for one- Let’s keep moving forward.

Be encouraged!

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