Participants: Jill Morikone
Series Code: HLFT
Program Code: HLFT000014B
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00:01 Welcome back. We've been talking today about ways to guard our
00:04 brother's heart, and at the same time guard our own hearts. 00:08 We talked about the danger of the unguarded heart, 00:11 and the danger of the discontented heart. 00:14 Now your application for this week, your assignment: 00:18 1. we're going to discuss, deals with the guarded heart, 00:21 or the unguarded heart. 00:23 Go to God and ask Him, What area of my life is unguarded? 00:29 What area of my life has idle moments and times that are easy 00:35 for me to slip back in to some of those old habits of lust? 00:40 What are some of those areas? 00:42 God knows what they are. He can show you. 00:45 Just open up your heart and be willing to hear 00:48 what He has to say. 00:50 As you examine, as you look at your schedule, 00:54 you might be like one friend of mine who said, Jill, every day 00:56 I come home from work,- and I spend the entire evening sitting 01:02 on the sofa watching TV. 01:04 She said, I could be a little more productive with my time. 01:08 That's not evening saying it's necessarily unguarded, 01:11 she just feels like she's not using her time, 01:13 and she wants to be more disciplined. 01:15 So maybe that's you. 01:17 Maybe you have a super hectic schedule, and you need those 01:20 times of rest that you get. 01:22 God knows your heart. 01:23 And wherever you are right now, whatever it is, 01:26 I would encourage you to, if you have those unguarded idle 01:31 moments, maybe, if you want to learn how to paint, 01:34 go take a painting class. 01:36 Maybe join a friend and go jogging in the 01:39 evening in the park. 01:40 Maybe sit down and write out a card of 01:43 encouragement to someone. 01:44 This week figure out, What are those idle moments, or times, 01:48 and how can I fill that time? 01:52 Next we talked about the discontented heart, 01:56 the discontented heart. 01:57 Our words influence our actions and our emotions. 02:02 Have you noticed that? 02:03 Ask yourself, now this is if you're married, 02:07 ask yourself, What would be ways, what would be things I can 02:11 do to express, or show appreciation to my husband? 02:16 What would be something I can do to express, 02:18 or show appreciation to him? 02:20 I started a list in my journal here, 02:23 and I actually asked my husband Greg. 02:25 I said, What could I do to you to express appreciation to you, 02:30 or to show you that I do appreciate you? 02:34 Some of the things I came up with: thanks. 02:37 Thank him when he does a good job. 02:39 Thank him when he takes out the trash. 02:41 Thank him when he washes the car. 02:44 Give him thanks. Sometimes we can take our 02:47 spouses for granted. 02:48 Another one would be to say, I'm proud of you, honey. 02:52 You did a good job at this. 02:54 I'm really proud of you. 02:56 Support the decisions that he's made. 03:00 Support those decisions. 03:02 Now, obviously, if it's something that goes against 03:05 God, we're not talking about that. 03:07 But if it's a decision that does not involve principle, 03:11 by all means support those decisions. 03:14 What could be something that I could refrain from saying? 03:19 I don't know about you, but I think as women, 03:22 we can be pretty good at nagging. 03:24 Have you ever noticed that? 03:26 Oh, you didn't do that yet. 03:30 And we keep reminding, we keep nagging. 03:34 I think another thing I'm going to put down here is 03:36 second guessing a decision that your husband's made. 03:40 Now again, this is not a principle issue. 03:42 Second guessing a decision that he has made. 03:47 Now what about actions? 03:49 Not just words but actions? 03:51 What about actions? 03:52 What would be some things you can do to express that 03:56 appreciation and respect for your husband? 04:00 I have here you could smile at him. 04:02 That's a good thing. 04:04 Many times we smile at everybody else in the outside world, 04:07 and we don't express that to our own family. Smile! 04:11 You can be open; express openness. 04:15 I think vulnerability is a good thing as well. 04:18 And also I have here, I'm going to add affection. 04:22 You could express affection to your husband instead of 04:27 being cold and saying, Well, if you don't see things my way, 04:29 then you have to be over there. 04:31 What would be some actions that we need to refrain from? 04:35 Maybe rolling eyes? 04:37 That would be a good start. 04:38 Maybe sighing when he says something. 04:42 Maybe you've never been guilty of that, but I think I have. 04:47 What about mumbling under your breath, or ignoring him, 04:52 or even giving him the cold shoulder? 04:56 As women we can be pretty good at the icy treatment. 04:59 So these are just some ideas. 05:02 You make your own list. 05:04 These are just principles to get you going. 05:06 And work this week to express more positive words and actions, 05:11 respect for the man that God has given you. 05:14 Next week we're going to examine the forward heart, 05:18 and you won't want to miss that program. 05:21 As always, our closing Scripture is Romans 15:13. 05:24 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace 05:27 in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power 05:30 of the Holy Spirit. |
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