One might ask what is my heart. The bible says with the heart a person believes. And belief is something that comes through continual hearing. Much of our belief system was built while we were still young. So according to Dr Miles Munroe that part of you which believe because you have heard is the heart. Its different from the mind in the sense that what is in the mind does not affect how we live. Decisions are made in the mind but decisions which have become your belief are stored in the heart. We can reason over facts in the mind but you don’t reason over what is in the heart.It seems as if faith is inherited not because it is in the genes but because it is passed on by the words that we hear. Remember most of the words we know were taught by parents. A good example is a trying to convince someone to change religion. It takes the power of God to do that. For those that know, religion has caused deaths in history.
Prov.4.23 – Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Now Solomon is teaching us to guard our hearts with diligence because from the same heart comes issues to do with life. So how do one guard his/her heart and what is he guarding against. We guard our heart from information. Not everything and everyone should you listen to. A person must know that thus person speaks words which empower me or not. We guard our hearts against those who speak fear in us. Those words which damage must be banned from our hearts. Those words of failure should not have a room in us. Every word which is not of God must be banned from us.
Mark 7:18-19[18]And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; [19]Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Remember that what comes in and goes to the heart might defile. Food does not because it goes to the stomach. So guard your heart diligently. Consider the friends that you have, what influence do they have on the words you speak. Movies that you watch. Those vedio on tik tok and many more. Choose wisely what to do and what to hear and you will keep your heart safe.